October 19, 2004

Buying Time

Personal Vintage Shopper

Here’s the tricky thing about shopping for vintage clothes: Just because an item is unique, oozes glamour, and has a great label doesn’t mean it’s a killer find.

As in life, so, too, in fashion. When something is ugly, it’s just plain ugly.

So how does a regular old shopper figure out whether a frilly blouse is a so-totally-Marc-Jacobs score or a librarian-gone-awry disaster?

As in life, so, too, in fashion. Ask the experts.

Sign up for NYC General Store’s personal vintage-shopper service and let a true hound find you that perfect retro outfit. For an hourly rate of $150, you’ll get hooked up with a shopper that best fits your tastes and needs (the roster includes a celebrity stylist and former fashion editors). You can either tag along and learn how to mine the stock or just have the dirty work done for you. Whatever you require, these style mavens will dig it up.

Unless, of course, you’re into the librarian-with-twenty-cats look.

In which case, sister, you may just be hopeless.

For more information, go to nycgeneralstore.com.