This story is part of November Image. Lost and found theme, exploring the many lives our clothes and objects have, the many stories still waiting to be unearthed.
Our clothes sustain us, shaping our experience and understanding of life in ways both subtle and profound. It's that feeling of studying a photo of an ancestor, marveling at their clothing, trying to decipher who they were through every stylistic detail. It's the pain of losing a favorite shirt, the regret of giving something away too soon, or the liberation of donating clothes you once loved, offering them to new people and new perspectives. Wearing clothes we like advances memories and also calls us back.
In many ways, walking into a thrift store, shopping for secondhand items online, or even borrowing clothes from a friend is like interacting with a huge lost and found bin. Each store or closet is an amalgamation of history, energy and life, marketed to be discovered. One sunny day in October we traveled to Malibu with a trunk full of secondhand clothes. With each outfit, we remember and unearth a future informed by the past.
Sandrine wears a Gianni Versace ostrich feather jacket from Aralda Vintage.
Sandrine wears waffle tops and a Diesel cap from Mom n Dad Vintage.
Sandrine is wearing Vivienne Westwood shearling jacket by Aralda Vintage, Diesel pants, Mom n Dad Vintage.
Sandrine wears a Brooke Callahan skirt.
Sandrine is wearing a Junya Watanabe dress from Aralda Vintage, motocross pants, and a bracelet from Squaresville Vintage.
Foundry: In search of
Production: Mere studies
Model: sandrine malary
Toilet: Carla Perez
Photography assistant: Mekael Dawson
Production assistant: Ron Davison
Romany Williams is a writer, editor, and stylist living on Vancouver Island, Canada. Collaborators include SSENSE, Atmos, LA Times Image and more.
