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Erika Veurink's avatar

I love this!!

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Laure Albouy's avatar

thanks Erika! Long Live is an OG and a fave read for me on Substack xxx

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Learning about high-end brands and vintage brands through shopping curated vintage and consignment has been invaluable to me! Such a great tip. As always, if your town has them, shop in person, and really look at high quality garments.

Excellent article, thanks, Laure. 💕

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Laure Albouy's avatar

yes! local is better when possible :) thanks Sheila ☺️

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Elisa Croft's avatar

So many great tips! I feel like my friends are all worried about fit too and my tailor has gotten a lot of referrals because of it 🤭.

Another thing I like to do is take the flat measurements of some of my favorite fitting items so I have that as another reference.

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Laure Albouy's avatar

yes!! measurements of favorite fitting items is such a great tip 💯

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Tracy Desmond's avatar

This has empowered me to go down the second hand route. Downloaded Vinted and taking notes from your posts. Thanks for this!

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Laure Albouy's avatar

ahh so good to hear Tracy!!! thanks for your comment ☺️ tell us how it goes :)

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Robyn Perry Coe's avatar

Thanks so much for laying out the how-to's! Snagging your brand list!

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Laure Albouy's avatar

thanks Robyn! brands are the best starting point for sure :)

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Maggie Lanham's avatar

Thank you so much for the mention! I wholeheartedly agree with every point you've made, these are all the touchstones to make vintage and secondhand shopping an easier first choice! ♥️

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Laure Albouy's avatar

thanks Maggie!! been loving your substack xxx

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