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Vintage hunters busy as A-listers look to fashion’s archives for Oscars night
Experts who track down rare designer pieces report a surge in requests from celebrities keen to make mark on the red carpet
Now vintage hunters – a growing coterie of fashion experts who obsessively track down and sell rare designer pieces – are reporting a surge in demand for their services as celebrities and their stylists look to the past in the hope of creating a future viral look at Sunday’s ceremony. Johnny Valencia, the owner of Pechuga Vintage in LA, and Christelle McCracken, from My Runway Archive in London, cite a renewed curiosity in dramatic pieces from John Galliano’s early Christian Dior collections, in part fuelled by Kevin MacDonald’s gripping documentary that has just hit screens. Not only can an archival look be epoch-making (see Zendaya in a robot suit from Thierry Mugler’s 1995 collection), it also ticks the sustainability box, allowing celebrities to align their values with many of their younger fans who champion secondhand shopping.
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