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memories; The Way We Wore is a treasure chest for heart-stopping vintage finds.
Byline: Irini Arakas
Doris Raymond, owner of the recently opened L.A. vintage store The Way We Wore, has a confession to make: "I have been buying and hoarding clothes for the past twelve years, and I cannot stop. It's an illness!" Raymond receives regular checkups from designer Zac Posen, who comes to her overstuffed closets looking for Balenciaga and Vionnet.
"Before opening the shop, I had been selling privately to museums and special clients, making four major shopping trips around the world every year; but I had to settle down. At the moment, I am one tired puppy," sighs the San Francisco transplant. Lucky for us. Her new store is filled with haute couture (Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Fortuny), American classics (Bill Blass, Bonnie ...
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