Celine and Balenciaga went all in on bug-eye frames this season, and Rihanna and Rosalia made them cool. Here's why they're just not for me. Read more...

Pillbox hats are back on every runway from Alaia to Valentino, but this one's a face-shape trend more than a style trend — here's who actually pulls it off. Read more...

I love Tabis, just not on an altar — here’s why the split-toe shoe is the perfect reception change and the wrong ceremony choice. Read more...

Building a fall wardrobe secondhand isn’t just a values-driven choice anymore — with real cost-per-wear advantages and a majority of Gen Z and Millennial shoppers already defaulting to resale-first, it’s simply become the more practical way to shop, and August is the month to start the search. Read more...

The secondhand market’s growth isn’t a trend story anymore, it’s a data story — and scarce, well-documented vintage handbags in particular are behaving less like depreciating purchases and more like a genuine, demand-backed asset class. Read more...

Medieval-core is a small but well-grounded 2026 trend rooted in real 1970s design history, and its signature elements — lacing, capes, bell sleeves, jewel-toned velvet — are exactly the kind of specific, hard-to-mass-produce details vintage shopping is best positioned to deliver. Read more...

Indie sleaze’s 2026 revival is a more considered version of its 2007-2012 original, and the pieces that make it work — worn-in leather, real vintage denim, authentic band tees — are exactly the kind of things vintage shopping does better than a costume-department recreation. Read more...

2026’s 70s revival is specifically the Laurel Canyon version — suede, crochet, earth tones, and a surprising medieval undercurrent — and it’s a trend built almost entirely around textures and fabrics vintage does better than anything new. Read more...

This season’s “cool girl” trend list — slip dresses, jerseys, silk trousers, jelly accessories — is a near-perfect match for vintage shopping, because the effortless quality the trend is chasing is easiest to find in pieces that are actually decades old. Read more...

Versace, Cazal, Chanel, Alain Mikli: the vintage designer sunglasses worth buying, how to spot fakes by the temple engraving, and where Foundry sources rare frames. Read more...

Ferragamo, Gucci, Church's, and the other designer shoe brands worth buying vintage — how to authenticate, size, and judge sole condition before you buy. By Foundry. Read more...