The Sturbridge Show is a golden me for people who buy and wear beautiful old things, where Laverne Cox, Anna Sui, and other lovers can find a store at the Sturbridge Show.
Some people on earth give their outfits more thought, attention, or flair than the shoppers at a unique vintage clothing sale.
The wealthy collectors who were invited to the Sturbridge Show’s opening-night cocktails on Thursday night in New York City reflect on clothing in the same way that many people think about food, both for entertainment and for pleasure. The keen classic dogs wandered through columns of artfully decorated booths noses down in search of things wonderful minutes after the doors opened at 5 p.m.
“Now it’s the first birds — generally sellers shopping for their own stores”, said David Brockman, 63, who runs the present and brought the occasion to Manhattan from Massachusetts, where it usually happens the Monday before the Brimfield Antique Flea Market. “I wanted to have a really specific, customized, design- inspiration show”, he said, alluding to the various fashion- design professionals who likewise come to shop, hoping to find old items from which to get new ideas.
Counterclockwise from top left, Fay Leshener, 36, a casting director who lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, wore an incandescent blue pantsuit and sipped wines. John Hill, 31, who works at Bergdorf Goodman, wore little under his lace bright Simone Rocha clothing. Liisa Jokinen, 49, is the father of the Gem app, which particles classic products from all around the internet. Hecht relationships are a topic of conversation for Steven Guarnaccia, who enjoys primary colors. Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
In the 35 years he’s been working with handmade clothing, Mr. Brockman has gotten to know “pretty much all of the folks” who are serious about it, he said. Growing up on a family homestead in Missouri, he was bitten by the classic insect early on, when his mother, an ardent antique collectors, took him along with her looking for older stones.
Mr. Brockman said he couldn’t pick a favorite item in this year’s show, which continues through Saturday. Though he favored the old denim and the 1920s and ’30s garments, he seemed to love it all. “Just look at that’ 70s Saint Laurent over there!” He said, gazing at a red and pink dress that was hung in a cross-room with great excitement.