The turmoil of the last twelve months seems to have eliminated trends from fashion, with moods and desires almost impossible to track on a global scale. But one phenomenon still seems poised to dominate 2021: vintage clothing, or “archival fashion,” as the cognoscenti call it. (Funny, that, because “vintage” was developed as the snob’s alternative to “used” and “thrifted.”) Archival, a notch above vintage, is distinguished by the piece’s place in fashion history–it appeared o

Online thrift shopping grew during lockdowns as a new batch of archival styles from Missoni, Romeo Gigli and Louis Vuitton become popular on the resale market. It’s no secret that in 2020, shopping made a big pivot to online. Thrifting, a hobbyist shopping sport that had long been enjoyed in-person, was among the categories to see that shift in drastic ways. With flea markets largely closed, and vintage stores and resale emporiums striking nerves with consumers over hygiene a

Fashion resale has rapidly entered the mainstream thanks to the rise of platforms like The RealReal and Thredup and brands are starting to take interest. To date, brands’ direct experience with resale has been limited. Most instead team with an outside platform to facilitate the resale of their products, to avoid managing the logistically complicated process. Due to the middleman, however, the brand takes a smaller cut of each transaction. But DTC fashion brands are making us

I was born in 1995. If you ask some, I am a member of Generation Z. Others will say that I am more of a millennial. No wonder I’ve always felt like I straddled the line between the two. While technically I’m a member of Gen Z, before the time when “generational experts” and marketing firms started targeting my cohort, I played the part of a millennial, doing all the things that those same marketers labeled as being peak millennial behavior. This means: I got my fashion tips f