My Very Own Sale of the Century Is Happening
I’m selling a decade’s worth of clothes…and personalities! Gucci, The Gap Chunky Turtleneck, Michael Kors-era Celine, Chanel, Wilson leather...I'm ready. Are you?
I’m streaming a NEVERWORNS Live! Shopping sale on Substack on Sunday, January 12 at 7 p.m. from...MY CLOSET! I never let anyone in here. No closet tours. No nada. Someone take the Tom Ford-era Gucci spring 1996 watercolor striped hot bitch pants and the Sliding Doors leather blazer off my hands. PS. You can tune into these sales every other Sunday. See you at the next one on January 26! Paid subscribers, you can see a few of the goods early.
For years, I’ve cleansed other people’s closets. I started schmatta shrinking wardrobes for my former boss at Vogue and then other editors years ago. At one point, I ran a cartel of last season’s Prada and old Narcisco Rodriguez (and a slew of gifted goods under my desk) and then resold the items at sales. Then, word spread, and I started cleansing closets for others. Remember Sale of the Century, which shut down Soho? Be still my sartorial heart.
This butter-soft, supple, delicious vintage Chanel bag is for sale…I’ve never worn it! A classic!
I love every bit of going through other people’s things. At the time, I enjoyed learning about my colleagues and bosses through their clothes. I’m great at giving advice about what to keep and what to sell. I ask people specific trigger questions that lead them to the ultimate let-go stage, and voila, their closet becomes whittled down and manageable.
And yet, I’ve never done a proper closet cleanse for myself. Yes, I do an occasional “in and out.” A basic sweep! Sometimes, there’s a voluptuous bag of things that are ready to go. But I seem never to make a sizeable dent.
Now, I’m ready to make a dent—a
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