She has been called “vintage fashion doyenne,” “vintage fashion guru,” and “vintage ninja,” but perhaps a more apt title for Doris Raymond would be fashion anthropologist at large.
Raymond has been buying and selling vintage clothing for over 30 years. In a telephone interview she spoke to Epoch Times recounting her humble beginnings and talking about her great love of fashion.
As a teenager, she began to buy vintage clothing at thrift shops, at a time when buying second-hand clothes was not fashionable and when vintage was something that people would not admit to wearing, even if they did. Her addiction (for lack of a better word) started out as a necessity and grew from there.
Metallic mesh top by Whiting & Davis. The Way We Wore
