“Usually it will be a year out and now they are saying, ‘It’s next weekend!’ Most important, they’re coming in and saying there is nothing in department stores because designers weren’t producing during the pandemic.”įinds include a 1996 haute couture Valentino gown with a 50-foot cathedral train ($28,995, including sketches originally $70,000) commissioned by Angie Everhart for her marriage to Ashley Hamilton a custom 1980s Arnold Scaasi lace gown and veil white caviar-beaded and embroidered 1950s and ’60s evening bags and a trove of new rhinestone jewelry. “We’ve been slammed with brides, their mothers and wedding guests,” says Elizabeth Mason, who founded the Paperbag Princess vintage clothing store, now in Beverly Grove, in 1992. Local shops are bustling to serve options for the bride’s big day, rehearsal dinner and after-party, as well as for guests and mothers of the couple.Īccording to fashion shopping platform Lyst, there was a 103% surge from March through May in online searches for pre-owned wedding gowns and a 53% spike in views of vintage bridal attire by brands such as Mugler, Vivienne Westwood and Versace. What’s certain, though, is that the pre-loved gown business is booming in Los Angeles, where the vintage fashion market runs deep. The desire for vintage gowns may be influenced by multiple factors: sparse stock in stores because of pandemic production lags and shipping delays an increasing shift toward sustainable fashion and tastes awakened by the Regency style of “Bridgerton” and the ’70s-style wedding gown donned by Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in the “House of Gucci” film. Brides appear to be leaning into vintage dresses for their big day. Despite the coronavirus, wedding season is back - with a slight twist.
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