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Video: Inside New York's Most Exclusive Vintage Shop

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Video: London's Best Vintage Stores: Shopping For Hidden Streetwear Gems

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Happy Isles vintage bridal boutique launches online store

The Happy Isles boutique in Los Angeles is one of the most popular vintage bridal boutiques and now its unique offerings will be available online. Opened just over a year, Happy Isles is located on the iconic Sunset Boulevard. The appointment-only shop, run by founder Lily Kaizer aims to recreate the experience of shopping for gowns in past...

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From bondage to flowers, a fashion bonanza at Coachella

Coachella became one of the world's premier music festivals not only for the A-list performers. The two-weekend party in the California desert has become a major event in its own right for the fashion. While designers have heavily marketed their brands to Coachella, the fans who draw the most notice often do so by embracing their own sartorial...

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Vintage@Intermezzo: Vintage Trends in Pictures

Kicking off the international season of trade shows, vintage vendors congregated in Manhattan’s Javits centre for the three-day Vintage@Intemezzo event. Among labels in prominence were Krizia, Gaultier, Pucci, Escada, Christian Dior, and Moschino (when the label’s name also included the ironic Couture!). The 60s and 70s still dominated as the...

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A Conversation: Vintage Clothing and the Art of Discovery

‘Vintage is the ultimate justification for buying anything at retail. Vintage is here to tell you that quality and originality matter.’ So says Cameron Silver, founder of renowned LA vintage retailer Decades, and creative director of Halston, who is joined by David Casavant, collector of early Raf Simons and Helmut Lang whose archive has led to...

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Loose Threads: The shrinking lifespan of high street fashion

It has become common practice to shop for clothes on a near daily basis. Whether it is a quick trip to the high street to see the latest fashion deliveries, or browsing online for the newest looks, fashion's furious pace means we can visit our favorite stores and find new merchandise at any given time. When the cost of a new, head-to-toe look is...

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Vintage fashion auction

French auction house Million & Associés will auction 425 vintage fashion and modern ready-to-wear pieces this week. Amongst the coveted items, which spans five decades of catwalk designers, is the legendary Yves Saint Laurent Mondrian dress, a couture piece from its 1965 winter collection. The dress was worn by Moyra Swan on the September cover...