What I really love about them.. Is the fact that they contain someone's personal history..I find myself wondering about their lives. I can never look at a garment.. Without thinking about the woman who owned it. How old was she? Did she work? Was she married? Was she happy?.. I look at these exquisite shoes, and I imagine the woman who owned them rising out of them or kissing someone..I look at a little hat like this, I lift up the veil, and I try to imagine the face beneath it.. When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you're not just buying the fabric and thread - you're buying a piece of someone's past.
Isabel Wolff