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Video: NYC vintage shop is a ’90s paradise

We meet with Spark Pretty founder Amanda Dolan, former stylist of Betsey Johnson, and her co-owner and friend Meagan Colby, to talk about the inspiration behind their store and ask them to help producer and ’90s baby Medha try out four distinct looks: one casual wear, one going-out outfit, one formal dress, and a stylist's choice. At the end,...

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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...