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Buying vintage clothing isn’t a novel concept. Like many people, when I started shopping for used clothes during my high school years in Minnesota, I was simply adding an affordable splash of style to my wardrobe. Since then it’s become my passion, and I hunt down cool secondhand shops wherever I travel. Over the years, vintage has become serious business. Christie's and Sotheby’s auction off designer collections.
Supermodel
Karen Elson![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tsdOmvfkwOiHoTZ3vqkazTBiPExaSBMaVNKrCtb6Xddw_d6oBj8n6h68ROyg3thGDToDXli5Cqrc5MwjboFuPePK31JXXNEHZ1pruN3cxHoB23-oYTPUxIskgpQG7m-clr3Mfe3ISgkJ858i0YGEHfBj72NsOXSHXl9rifFlRlHFyZJjns7tl-=s0-d)
is opening a boutique in
Nashville![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s5L6DqdT0q_XzHI12sWQOM0bj0coouBmNcsVm6SarPbXJyIjFAotXP-cFm28OOu-qa_AY4XWjREkp8cMgpik1qzLp1pDIFEpeWkpENAnG9rcGzTwgivrX1vJtf1Jnv-5r10mpRCENyKdDWAz0ctNIZwxSUEOTZqKwpkL44jFMMmDR51oxe8v6A=s0-d)
this fall. And Oxfam has brought on fashion whiz Jane Shepherdson—former brand director of
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trendy Topshop—to remake the company’s dreary charity stores and to shine a spotlight on the sustainability factor of vintage. “Initially people were drawn to vintage because it was one of a kind,” says Cameron Silver, king of the trade and owner of Decades, in
Los Angeles![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s5lgr_X8152cDB6mQVuYlaAq3A3ipH83sqgEDNB3_RdjZJeebcAyBEm3-1t0wQP0-twpkvmk6TBlQAeaSItPYBE05df-gj8kNn8UgtNZ_FjLSZKM53N_tb9H--RBEh0W39I2k--zXqUBnAmbZyt2nTjz8JOt2WwPs6HbNt0JYQBLqkyyWPhew=s0-d)
. “Now it’s extra chic because it’s green.” A justification for my obsession at last. Here, a short list of my favorite boutiques worldwide. -
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