Whether you’re looking to unload some of your pre-owned designer goods or acquire some brand
new pieces from your favorite designer’s last season’s collection, there’s an education to be had on
the best resources.
From The Real Real to SARTORIALE and eBay, today there is a selection of elegant choices to ensure value from your clothing investments. Few of us haven’t heard of The Real Real (TheRealReal.com) with their interactive website, strong social media presence and chic stores in New York City and Hollywood. The consignment website, which started life focusing on mainly women’s designer clothes and handbags, has branched out into a curated selection of everything from pre-owned home-goods to Rolex watches. A particular highlight of The Real Real is their attractive pricing and convenient consignment services. Customers can expect to find a range of luxury brands on the site from Hermes to Chanel and Balmain. Men can even expect to find shoes from prominent makers, such as John Lobb and Gaziano Girling. For men with a taste for unique, brand-new, classic menswear pieces, online destinations such as
SARTORIALE and DROP93 by The Armoury offer compelling propositions. Both websites offer a selection of new old stock, and pre-owned merchandise geared towards gentlemen of discerning taste. The collection at SARTORIALE (sartoriale.com) features a wide range of garments from Brioni, Belvest, Canali, as well as Rubinacci. A particularly unique offering here are shoes by Silvano Lattanzi, often discounted from their astronomical retail price to somewhere between $500 to $1,000 USD. The same can be said of the items from Brioni, at SARTORIALE, ties priced from $95 and suits from just over $1,200 make attractive options compared to full retail.
At DROP93 (shop.drop93.com) by the world famous Armoury (known for their menswear shops in Hong Kong and NYC) discerning men will find a unique selection of New Old Stock items from brands, such as Ring Jacket suits priced from the mid $600 range as well as a rather generous selection of pre-owned bespoke suits and sport coats from makers, such as WW Chan, Anderson & Sheppard, as well as Liverano & Liverano.
One of our favorite aspects of Drop93 is the significant selection of knitwear from Ascot Chang, priced from just over $100 USD. Drop93 also stocks many premium, new and pre-owned shoes from Carmina, Foster & Son, and Saint Crispin’s, among many more. At DROP93, business partners Mark Cho and Allen See have created a truly curated selection for the menswear afficianado in addition to offering customers the resource to sell select unwanted pieces from their wardrobes.
Right here on the Central Coast, we also boast a local option. Foxxy Couture Carmel on San Carlos Street in Carmel by the Sea offers consignors and customers a small mecca of a designer womenswear showroom. Specializing in luxury resale items, such as vintage and current designer handbags as well as clothing like vintage Levis, Founder Susan Galvin has created a seamless consignment process and an elegant space to showcase some of the best designer goods available. Foxxy Couture Carmel also boasts a unique online shopping experience on their website (foxxycouturecarmel.com).
