Vintage Clothes Are Lovely, But Martinize the Ghosts

When I was 12, the woman up the road kicked the bucket. The next day, the neighborhood housewives descended on her bungalow, grabbing booty left and right, each claiming that various of the deceased’s personal effects had been promised to her. One particularly assiduous scavenger–who, for the sake of anonymity, I shall refer to as Read More

A Vintage Connoisseur Finds Old Clothes to Sell to the Stars

Cameron Silver was ripping through the racks of previously owned clothes at one of the city’s largest vintage shows, on West 19th Street on Jan. 30, when Mary McFadden brushed by him.

“Oh,” he gasped, spotting the designer, then quickly turning away from her. Mr. Silver, 29, specifically buys clothes by Mary McFadden-and other couturiers Read More