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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Old v. New Fashion Houses https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:31:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses/page/2#post-1269627 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:57:52 +0000 rachylou 1269627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ha! I knew it. annagybe on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses/page/2#post-1269624 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:54:30 +0000 annagybe 1269624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Valtrex is a drug, to treat herpes. It kept coming up when I was trying to google the name of the leather goods company. rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269623 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:52:13 +0000 rachylou 1269623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Total peanut gallery comment - Valextra really sounds like some sort of a pill to me, one where the guy says really fast "results no more effective than placebo." However, they make a nice bag. Very modern. annagybe on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269575 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:56:22 +0000 annagybe 1269575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes, Valextra! rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269551 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:32:32 +0000 rachylou 1269551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Anna - Valextra? retailgirl - Allowed me to give you both of the badges I wanted to annagybe on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269464 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:51:18 +0000 annagybe 1269464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You know I might go for that really exclusive old school luxury company. There is some leather goods company, which the name escapes me that is supposedly better than Hermes. Its styles are not flashy and only really know buy those in the know. ETA it might be Loewe, but for some reason I thought it started with a V. retailgirl on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269437 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:26:33 +0000 retailgirl 1269437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sorry for the double post! retailgirl on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269436 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:26:06 +0000 retailgirl 1269436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Definitely old fashion house. I would get one or more hermes scarves, plus an enamel bracelet. Or some custom ferragamo vara pumps. A burberry trench and cashmere muffler. A loro piana Ruana or coat. A gucci flora print silk scarf. So, not only iconic house but iconic item. ( not sure how far $2000 would go with some of these things!) retailgirl on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269433 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:20:06 +0000 retailgirl 1269433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Definitely old fashion house. I would get one or more hermes scarves, plus an enamel bracelet. Or some custom ferragamo vara pumps. A burberry trench and cashmere muffler. A loro piana Ruana or coat. A gucci flora print silk scarf. So, not only iconic house but iconic item. ( not sure how far $2000 would go with some of these things!) rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269412 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:51:49 +0000 rachylou 1269412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ quietgirl - another classic! It's an interesting question - how fast would something from The Row go out of style? I think Row style would work for me many years to come (but I could be wrong), but part of my hesitation with them is... where is the shop? where is the service? I don't feel like they have a full operation behind them... Quietgirl on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1269315 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:40:40 +0000 Quietgirl 1269315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I know that quality shoes make an outfit. However they are a LONG way from most people's eyes. If I was spending $2,000 I would probably buy a classic designer bag. But oops, that wasn't the question, was it? I think I would go with a classic style..regardless of the designer. I would want to get many years of enjoyment from my purchase!          HAVE FUN and let us know what you decide, please! rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268908 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:56:57 +0000 rachylou 1268908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Omg, Karie. I LOVE that cocoon coat. And it's puffy :D Anna - You know, as soon as the post left my fingertips, I thought about that. You're right things aren't the same. They don't do so much bread-and-butter staples. And/or their staples aren't their bread-and-butter. Always something new and different. Much more about manufacturing than artisan work. Diana - That's an idea. I wonder if I could stretch my imagination that way more often. E - Go sensible governess voice!! I like the idea of that. Lyn, Runcarla - So old for the style. Interesting! rabbit - Wearable art... does that mean no *house* at all? Hmm. shevia - On the subject of wearable art... You know, I think the Japanese designers are artists first... Echo, amiable - Maybe that's part of it for me, part of being able to get the same thing ten years later - not feeling that newer designers are established and here to stay. Also the shopping experience seems very different to me, altho the shops are all pretty mall-ified now. IK - A vote for Helmut! Thistle - Lol. Yeah, reality is, I have a lot of other things to do with $2000 in one go than clothes. Mo - Well, I have to agree that some of the mystique is bewildering. The hype. In reality, I liken it to the chicken sticks I give Lilypup the dog for treats. There was a local lady who drove out to the farms for the chicken and then dehydrated them in her kitchen. I went to the rude lady's chi-chi store and bought these chicken treats for as long as chicken stick lady was in business. I could have gone to the fawning guy's chi-chi store and done something different every month - seaweed, blueberry, ollalabery (sp?), etc. etc. But as Anna points out, I'm somewhat delusional about how steady the product is at these "old" places. Neel on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268907 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:56:38 +0000 Neel 1268907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I would probably just holiday with that money some place in my cheapie clothes Karie on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268860 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:00:52 +0000 Karie 1268860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ New. I have a friend whose daughter is an up and coming designer (Lauren Bagliore). There is a cocoon coat in her collection that I adore. It's very avant garde and fits me perfectly. It's about $1000 so I'd have a little left over lyn* on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268809 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:11:31 +0000 lyn* 1268809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Maybe if you squish into my LV trunk we mail to Japan? Jaime on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268805 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:08:01 +0000 Jaime 1268805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I would by something by a Japanese designer. Do you think I could squeeze the ticket to Japan out of that $2000? lyn* on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268794 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:01:46 +0000 lyn* 1268794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Or an LV trunk! Oh wait ... those are more than $2000 :p Diana on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268758 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:38:16 +0000 Diana 1268758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'd cut the difference and go for something like Valentino or Prada. Established brand but with a slightly more trendy aspect. Or a Burberry coat. Honestly I would not buy shoes. I destroy shoes too quickly. I'd buy a coat or handbag. Mo on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268745 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:28:20 +0000 Mo 1268745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I can't fathom the conversation on many levels.  I'd be better off with quantum physics, and I only did one year of physics and one year of advanced chemistry.   I don't even get fashion 'houses'.  Do. Not. Get. It.  I like the looks of a particular item of clothing or I don't, at face value.  If I find I keep liking things by one particular brand, I will make note.  Carla on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268735 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:17:22 +0000 Carla 1268735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm with lyn* and $2000 just says 'Burberry trench' to me. Or maybe a Longchamps rolling carry on suitcase!?! Thistle on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268729 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:15:22 +0000 Thistle 1268729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Still trying to wrap my brain around $2,000 to spend on a designer item . . ironkurtin on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268727 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:12:04 +0000 ironkurtin 1268727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'd buy this cashmere vintage Helmut Lang coat I've been slobbering over for maybe ten years. amiable on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268723 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:10:06 +0000 amiable 1268723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think I'd go old for the very reasons you state - if I'm going to invest that much, I want to wear it for decades. annagybe on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268721 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:08:30 +0000 annagybe 1268721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Are there truly any legacy brands left? Almost all the major houses have gone through upheaval. Echo on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268676 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:09:13 +0000 Echo 1268676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I definitely prefer edgy over classic, and while perhaps this should not be the case, I have an extreme dislike for Karl Lagerfeld, which makes it next to impossible for me to stomach buying Chanel. I'm not terribly fond of Marc Jacobs, either, though LV has never really been my cuppa. Alexander McQueen tops my lists, though, so I guess that counts as new. But I do like Gucci, and I am also quite fond of Balmain. Most newer designers aren't yet established as designers in my head yet, which makes it that much harder for me to spend the money on trendier labels. It seems like many of them want to step right up into the big leagues without paying any dues first, kwim?  lyn* on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268652 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:26:20 +0000 lyn* 1268652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think I'd go for something old and classic, but I'm not a very edgy dresser, so I think it speaks to something that would work well in my wardrobe (Burberry trench) as opposed to something really expensive that would stick out (uh... silk romper?) rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268644 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:17:36 +0000 rachylou 1268644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh furniture is a whole subject in and of itself. But I have the same problem there too. I went traditional as regards the sofa because, in my head, I led with function. Now I wonder. What's a bruised shin in comparison to vision? E on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268642 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:11:43 +0000 E 1268642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Old. Because I like the heritage aspect, enjoy the 'English country' look anyway, and my style is the polar opposite of edgy. (That being said...I don't actually know what fashion houses are doing, so maybe the old ones are as edgy as the new ones? In that case, I'd go with vintage.) I have a bit of stodginess in me too...I think of it as the sensible governess voice. rabbit on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268635 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:05:23 +0000 rabbit 1268635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ New.  I'd probably buy a piece of somewhat wearable art.  It could actually be vintage and from an older label, but it would need to look fairly unique, my bias is to only geek out over unobtrusive unchanging minimalism when it comes to furniture -- and then to stalk it secondhand. rachylou on "Old v. New Fashion Houses" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/old-v-new-fashion-houses#post-1268633 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:04:16 +0000 rachylou 1268633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Well, a girl can dream! I was going to say $1000 - but then I thought about the inflation. I'm figuring/hoping $2000 should get you a pair of pants in today's world. Hahaha! Which brings up the fact I haven't seen the price of a pair of Gucci loafers in a long time. It may offend me. Lol.