Candace Bushnell is offering items from her own personal collection for a new Depop shop.
The Sex and the City creator, who adapted her own New York Observer column into the anthology book which inspired the iconic TV show, wants some of her favourite outfits to have “more than one life”.
She told WWD in a statement: “I partnered with Depop because I believe beautiful things deserve more than one life.
“While I don’t shop secondhand often, these pieces have been to Milan, to Vogue events, to a Miss Universe pageant in China – they have more to give. Depop understands that.
“They’re not treating resale like an afterthought. There’s real curation happening there, real taste and that’s what made it feel right.”
The new collaboration will include more than 20 pieces from her personal wardrobe, covering decades of designs worn at events, appearances, and her everyday life.
She added: “These are all my personal pieces. A Michael Kors dress from the early ’80s that I found marked down 80 per cent at Bergdorf’s and wore to every good party I could get myself to.
“A Pamela Dennis I grabbed at Barneys in a panic before a premiere I attended with Kim Cattrall that fit perfectly off the rack.
“A Missoni from the ’90s I wore to an Elton John Aids Foundation event. A Dolce and Gabbana coat from Milan with a leopard lining that I wore everywhere. They’re the clothes I actually lived in.”
Meanwhile, Candace – whose Depop shop launched on Tuesday (June 2) – drew some comparisons between the worlds of writing and fashion, especially with the memories they can conjure.
She explained: “It’s never just a coat. It’s the cranberry Dolce coat with the leopard lining, the one that made you feel like you had a secret.
“When I think about these pieces, I think about where I was, who I was at the time. The Prada dress that’s already lived a more glamorous life than most.”
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