There could be worse problems!
But its a thing.
My grandma tried to make me go to Shopaholics Anonymous.
Photo: By Paige Powell
All proceeds will go toRemake, a nonprofit that addresses exploited female workers in the fast-fashion industry.
A spring 2000 Blumarine dress with matching heels at Ivy Gettys closet sale at Allisons Archive.
There will be John Galliano, who designed Gettys wedding dress.
A spring 2000 Blumarine dress with matching heels at Ivy Getty’s closet sale at Allison’s Archive.
There will be Giambattista Valli,whose couture shows Gettyis a front-row fixture at.
There will be buckets filled with Bottega Veneta high heels.
(Gettys finally accepted shes a kitten heel person.)
After accepting she prefers kitten heels, Getty is offering a number of new or barely-used stilettos.
And there will beplentyof Blumarinethe designer that best literally and figuratively fits Gettys bohemianmeetsUptown Girlpersonality.
Shes keeping that one though.)
In fact, a piece from the famed early aughts designer is Dickermans personal favorite.
“I just want them to have a life,” she says of her clothes.
We discovered that Ivy has shoes to match a Spring 2000 Blumarine skirt we have at the showroom.
Theres also just tons and tons of traditional vintage, including pieces from Emilio Pucci.
I think that Im not going to see it available againbut I end up not wearing it.
I just want them to have a life, she adds.
After accepting she prefers kitten heels, Getty is offering a number of new or barely-used stilettos.
Getty says the sale was fate and that shes been thinking about it for a while.
So once her closets were overflowing, she knew it was time.
(But not working out.
I dont work out, she says, laughing.)
I dont know what in the spirituality is happening to me right now, she says.
I was like, Oh my god,spring cleaning, thats such a term.
What are the odds that this happened in the spring?
It just feels lucky.
This was great timing.
An online sale would have beenwayeasier.
Im a little bit of a hoarderIm protective of my items.
Its hard to have them disappear, she says.
It’s like children or something!
Okay,not children, but I just need to know where its going.
Shes also just down to meet other people who like, well, the same stuff she does.
I just want them to have a life, she says of her clothes.
Allisons Archive is located at 248 McKibbin Street in Brooklyn, New York.
