Like many students in trying to make ends meet, belinda Humphris began selling second-hand clothing to fill her in Adelaide communication studies.
But after a couple of years spent in vain style restoring ancient ways of ebay, insipid, he is Humphris in times of a Paul, Joan boy George Madonna, found a unique taste for more out there - 80s and 90s fashions.
"I started traveling old-fashioned international design and I found to be quite a gap in Australia fashion market pound - era of the 1980s and the 1990s pieces," Humphris said. "But I want to see a very strong forward Angle, with vintage pieces with current trends, not wearing antique from head to foot."
Initial ebay sales, so bright prospect in 2009 Humphris build your own online shop, Claire, Incorruptible, sales mainly Kenzo, Moschino, Norma Kamali, a Lacroix fan saizhe, Azzedine, Alaia, other, separate name was enough to inspire their excessive amounts of time, but the prosperity and development, rolling Claire Incorruptible. Com is revel in the reference and often shocking style of twenty years. A blazer, downy grid Kenzo conflict heroism thierry Mugler bandage look is so addicted to love) and a magnificent gold foil a jumper the items for sale at the scene, supplications of wonderful memories for those of us who experienced the 80s and 90s interpretation, and hope, from those who are absent in the second test.
In this respect, the timing of Claire Incorruptible couldn't have been better, as the same year Humphris launched her site, fashion fell in thrall again to the decades of decadence.
Bold shoulders, power suits, crop tops and bandage dresses were once again back on the runway, thanks to the likes of Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana and Nina Ricci, and Humphris couldn't have been happier.
"A lot of the trends we're seeing now have their origins in that era," she says.
"It's really interesting seeing designers reinterpreting that time, but I think it's important to show the original pieces that are influencing what's coming out now."
Humphris is the first to admit that "many vintage dealers would be absolutely appalled I'm calling 90s era clothes vintage" (a vintage purist will tell you anything within the past 20 years is contemporary). But hundreds of customers disagree, with Claire Incorruptible now selling to countries such as the US, Japan, Britain, China and Russia, and garnering write-ups in influential blogs such as Style Bubble and Trend Hunter.
Domestic demand is also strong, prompting Humphris to open a bricks-and-mortar pop-up shop within the designer store Alice Euphemia in Melbourne.
It's open until the end of the month, but already "the Chanel [jewellery] cabinet has been completely destroyed, and we've sold a lot of pieces to customers ranging from girls in their teens to women in their 50s that just really love fashion". Prices start at $80 and go up to $700 for a quality Gaultier or Alaia garment, but most items are somewhere in the middle, such as a cobalt Yves Saint Laurent military blazer for $395 and a Technicolor Oscar de la Renta cape.
But after a couple of years spent in vain style restoring ancient ways of ebay, insipid, he is Humphris in times of a Paul, Joan boy George Madonna, found a unique taste for more out there - 80s and 90s fashions.
"I started traveling old-fashioned international design and I found to be quite a gap in Australia fashion market pound - era of the 1980s and the 1990s pieces," Humphris said. "But I want to see a very strong forward Angle, with vintage pieces with current trends, not wearing antique from head to foot."
Initial ebay sales, so bright prospect in 2009 Humphris build your own online shop, Claire, Incorruptible, sales mainly Kenzo, Moschino, Norma Kamali, a Lacroix fan saizhe, Azzedine, Alaia, other, separate name was enough to inspire their excessive amounts of time, but the prosperity and development, rolling Claire Incorruptible. Com is revel in the reference and often shocking style of twenty years. A blazer, downy grid Kenzo conflict heroism thierry Mugler bandage look is so addicted to love) and a magnificent gold foil a jumper the items for sale at the scene, supplications of wonderful memories for those of us who experienced the 80s and 90s interpretation, and hope, from those who are absent in the second test.
In this respect, the timing of Claire Incorruptible couldn't have been better, as the same year Humphris launched her site, fashion fell in thrall again to the decades of decadence.
Bold shoulders, power suits, crop tops and bandage dresses were once again back on the runway, thanks to the likes of Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana and Nina Ricci, and Humphris couldn't have been happier.
"A lot of the trends we're seeing now have their origins in that era," she says.
"It's really interesting seeing designers reinterpreting that time, but I think it's important to show the original pieces that are influencing what's coming out now."
Humphris is the first to admit that "many vintage dealers would be absolutely appalled I'm calling 90s era clothes vintage" (a vintage purist will tell you anything within the past 20 years is contemporary). But hundreds of customers disagree, with Claire Incorruptible now selling to countries such as the US, Japan, Britain, China and Russia, and garnering write-ups in influential blogs such as Style Bubble and Trend Hunter.
Domestic demand is also strong, prompting Humphris to open a bricks-and-mortar pop-up shop within the designer store Alice Euphemia in Melbourne.
It's open until the end of the month, but already "the Chanel [jewellery] cabinet has been completely destroyed, and we've sold a lot of pieces to customers ranging from girls in their teens to women in their 50s that just really love fashion". Prices start at $80 and go up to $700 for a quality Gaultier or Alaia garment, but most items are somewhere in the middle, such as a cobalt Yves Saint Laurent military blazer for $395 and a Technicolor Oscar de la Renta cape.
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