Want to know how to maintain trend superiority without coming off like the poster girl for fashion victims? A glamorous dash of vintage couture adds an educated sense of history to your look. One of the best places to find great pieces is LA's Decades: each season owner Cameron Silver gathers designer classics from the 1960s and 70s into a tightly edited collection of the pieces that inspire fashion's most coveted houses. At his sunny upper floor atelier Christian Dior, Ossie Clark and Hermés inspire, but you'll also find samples of Charles Jourdan, Missoni and Peter Max that speak clearly of what was and what surely will be again. MC

Decades, 8214 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 90046. Tel: 310.655.0223