If you think that the sticker price on a piece of clothing is the most important consideration when choosing a wardrobe item, I’d like to suggest that you start thinking of your closet more like you do your car. Most drivers are very aware that depreciation zaps a huge portion of their car’s value during the first five years so it just makes sense to choose models that have high resale values.
If you’re going to build a vintage clothing collection or even just buy contemporary clothes and fund your habit by selling then to secondhand shops at the end of every season, knowing which labels have the highest resale values will really come in handy.
Unfortunately, the annual Kelly Blue Book Best Resale Value Awards only recognize vehicles. But if I were to announce a Zuburbia Green Book Best Vintage Resale Value Award, I would definitely have Ossie Clark on the list.
A perennial favorite of both collectors and plain ol’ women who love to wear his clothes, it seems Ossie’s pieces will always be in demand and thus command good prices.
Today’s VPOD is a lovely example of a 1970s Ossie Clark for Radley blouse in a Celia Birtwell print with beautiful sleeves and a feminine bow. Wear it, love it, pass it on.
It’s a forever popular find for a vintage fashionista!
Available at Devoted 2 Vintage.
P.S. Who would you nominate to the Zuburbia Green Book Best Vintage Resale Value Award? Leave me a comment below to vote for your favorite label.
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