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Gutsy stylists hunt at edgy boutiques |
| To find the red leather jacket Brad Pitt wears in the upcoming "Fight Club," costume designer Michael Kaplan went to Decades, an upscale vintage store on Melrose Avenue. |
| "Fight Club" isn't a period film, but Kaplan wanted to mix quirky, gently used clothing with modern garments so that Pitt's wardrobe would look distinct and lived-in. Kaplan found the jacket and also snagged a pair of jeans with a newspaper print and some Gucci loafers from the 1970s. |
| "I love Decades," Kaplan says. "It's got just the right amount of just the right things. It's very well-selected." |
| Because Decades stocks vintage clothing that's in sync with the current fashion trends (such as hippie chic or, more likely, was the original inspiration for them (Gucci's Tom Ford shops regularly here for his ideas), this store has become a hotbed of star style. |
| Costume designers depend on Decades for authentic vintage garb, and then the stars they dress come back to buy their own gowns to wear to events - such as Tea Leoni, who wore a late-1950s Don Loper dress to the premiere of her husband David Duchovny's film "Playing God" after discovering the store via a costume designer. |
| Decades' trove of 1960s and and 1970s Hermes, Pucci and Dior attracts celebs with the nerve to wear something colorful and whimsical. Rose McGowan, Gina Gershon and Cameron Diaz are among the store's shoppers. |
| "Wearing a vintage dress gives them an opportunity to get a lot of press and be seen as a fashion icon rather than a fashion follower," says Decades owner Cameron Silver. "Because if a star wears something off-the-rack, like a borrowed Versace, it's the designer who gets the credit." |