Today I stopped by The Way We Wore’s Bi-Annual Sale. For those of you not familiar with the store, it’s one the best vintage shops in Los Angeles—Dita von Teese and Debi Mazar recently hosted a charity auction there. Every summer, the store puts their bottom floor on sale for 50% off. Their inventory ranges from white 1920s dresses that are so delicate I wanted to frame one and hang it in my bedroom to over-the-top 80s garb, like a Jean Paul Gautier black velvet mini with fabulously gaudy gold straps that luckily was nowhere near my size.
Speaking of size, today’s shopping trip reminded me that a number is just a number. I picked up this Emanuel Ungaro zebra print skirt ($125 $75) that was two sizes larger than I normally wear—but fits me like a glove. That’s why my rule of thumb when vintage shopping is if you like it, try it. You can always tailor it later.
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There were polka dots for everyone at Paris Fashion Week: Emanuel Ungaro provided retro black and white and psychedelic multi-colored dots; Balenciaga draped spotted silk; Loewe cut out dots on his sweaters; Christian Dior had playful large circles; and Maison Martin Margiela went avante garde.
I love mini dresses. I’m wearing one right now in fact—with opaque tights of course, since I’m at work. But micro minis can be a little much, especially when the dress has a chest-exposing sweetheart neckline. Isabel Marant tried to make her animal print micro mini wearable by styling it with a blazer. It worked on Erin Wasson, but who has thighs like that?
