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Roberts in ‘‘vintage’’ Valentino, Aniston in Valentino and ’70s Halston, inset, Zellweger in Jean Desses, Ricci in Madame Grès, Paradis in vintage Chanel and Riley Keough, Elvis’s granddaughter, in D&G’s T-shirt.
Medicine cabinets get supersized ing, had worn vintage to past Oscars
with great success, it was the one-two
punch of Julia Roberts, in vintage
Valentino, and Renée Zellweger, in
a brand can do is dilute the image of a
company by flooding the market with a
product. While vintage is not a brand
name, its once illustrious moniker has
Mason, who dressed Aniston in a
vintage 1970s midnight-blue Halston
Couture dress for the Emmy Awards
this year, finds the trend of new vintage
By Deborah Baldwin — it’s really kind of mind-boggling,’’ Jean Desses, that again made vintage a become the victim of its success. worrisome.
said Steve Bissell, the company’s presi- hot commodity. After spending 25 years working ‘‘Contemporary pieces don’t have a
NEW YORK dent. ‘‘People are saying ‘I can’t live For Zellweger, who worked closely with genuine vintage clothing, Wat- backbone yet,’’ she said. ‘‘I have never
t’s been a dream for me,’’ Tristana without these things.’ No matter what with Rita Watnick, the founder and nick is exasperated by the misuse of heard a woman scream with joy when
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