S8 Ep22 TIMELESS VIXEN: Lauren Lepire, founder of a vintage clothing boutique in Beverly Hills - on iconic pieces, museum quality antiques, rare designer dresses, and true haute couture.

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On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lauren Lepire, the founder of Timeless Vixen, a high-end vintage clothing boutique located in Beverly Hills with a focus on iconic, rare, and important pieces of fashion. We’re talking museum quality antiques, rare designer dresses, true haute couture spanning from the Victorian era to modern day. Lauren’s vintage gems have appeared on fashion icons from Kate Moss, to Dita Von Teese, they’ve been in big Hollywood movie productions and they’ve even been acquired by museum archives around the globe. 

We chat about fashion houses such as Chanel, Christian Dior, and Valentino who work regularly with her to purchase their original designs to further complete their archives, her first pinch me moment celebrity placements, and what it’s like to see her vintage on the big screen.

All this and more on today’s show – let’s dive right into it!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [3:45] Lauren’s love of true vintage started when she was a teenager in an all-girls ska band.
• [8:49] Lauren started selling vintage on eBay over 20 years ago, recirculating incredible finds from thrift stores and the Rose Bowl flea market.
• [10:16] One of Lauren’s earliest big clients was Courtney Love, and during this era she started to learn a lot about Edwardian fashion.
• [15:09] The fun of being a vintage fashion detective and learning a piece’s backstory.
• [18:47] Working with designers to build back their archives.
• [23:54] The vintage Michael Kors dress that Sabrina Carpenter wore, previously worn by Madonna on Glamour magazine!
• [31:38] Kylie Jenner wearing vintage Hanae Mori to the Golden Globes 
• [34:51] Lauren’s own personal favorite pieces. 
• [38:11] Selling her first piece to a museum when she was twenty-five years old.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• @timelessvixen
• Timeless Vixen
• Vera Ellen in White Christmas 
• Fashion archives buying back their own pieces
• The vintage dress Sabrina Carpenter wore to Vogue World
• Jared Ellner
• Margot Robbie wearing an Ossie Clark vintage piece in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Arianne Phillips
• Kylie Jenner in vintage Hanae Mori
• The exhibition featuring Lauren’s vintage dress
• The Bob Mackie Sonny & Cher duo set
• A a 1958 Christian Dior gown designed by a young Yves Saint Laurent
• Jasmina & David
• @JasminaTV

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