Located in the old Marga Resale boutique location is Maggie Rose Couture Resale. This, old school elegant meets 1960’s glitz boutique fills the couture vacancy left by many resale boutiques that have gone too trendy. Packed with the best of the best here’s where you’ll find everything from that perfect Chanel vintage gown or Louis Vuitton classic bag to your trendy designer tops and jeans all at 50%-80% below original retail or market value.

Racks of great dresses, jackets, pants, sweaters, blouses, tops, shoes and handbags by Versace, Chloe, Chanel, Laundry, Black Label Armani, Banana Republic, Herve Leger, Sue Wong, Tadashi, Terani, Yves ST Laurent, Gucci, to name a few, along with shoes by Martinez Valero, Marni, Peter Fox, Via Spiga, Ferragamo and more.

I started looking at a rack of vintage jackets. Most of them were couture pieces from the 1990’s with pieces by Moschino, Escada, Classic St John and the like from $49-$160. An Alan Austin black brocade jacket surprised me at $145 and in the mix was also a pair of signature evening beaded trousers with rhinestones by Da Nang and the most amazing Kosmika ruffled rough edge jacket for $110. Wow, seriously unique, fabulous finds.

Above me was a rack of good cashmere sweaters priced at $39-$69. Ohh, how I love cashmere. Yummy! Quality labels too….TSE, Neiman Marcus, United Colors of Benetton, Juicy Couture all were here from classic crew to wrap sweaters. These were not your cheap single or double poly but the good 4 ply quality threads that would originally retail at over $120 each… many up at $200-$300 originally.

Up on the wall were several vintage, mint condition Louis Vuitton signature bags. A Louis Vuitton Paris backpack looked brand new. At $589 anyone who is a Louis Vuitton aficionado would pounce. A classic barrel bag from the 1980’s showed some usage wear & tear and was priced at $620. But two mint pieces, an overnight suitcase at $1700 and a large square shaped duffle at $1900 were fair buys if you are a collector.

I went totally nuts over a gold metallic leather Fendi bag. In mint condition I spotted a while back in Vogue and fascinated about it until I saw the retail price of $2800. Here this bag is $1900. Though still out of my meager range, it’s a sweet deal for any up and coming celeb. There are mint and near mint bags here by Chanel, Luella, Mulberry, Marc Jacobs, Gucci, Celine at around $100-$1100. But an amazing Nancy Gonzales signature crocodile bag was here for $2400 instead of $4000.

If you need an extra special gown for prom, or a cocktail dress for a black tie event or even a dress for a wedding reception, look no further. Here there is rack upon rack of gowns and dresses for anyone from 17-70 years of age. A sexy slinky shear black cocktail dress by Laundry was just $69 instead of the original 139. On the high-end there was a Herve Leger pink cocktail dress at $1650 instead of $2400 and an over the top Terani, full length ball gown complete with beading and tulle layering was $900 instead of $2900.

After I looked at all the wonderful couture dresses and gowns, I went back to racks that held basic wardrobe staples. A pair of Rock N Republic jeans were just $69 and some Seven For All Mankind jeans were just $49. A Theory coat was $98 instead of $300 and a Max Studio NWT beaded top was a great buy at $70 instead of $160. Before I left I tried on a DKNY black velvet ruffled coat. OMG! This delicious piece was $380 instead of $790. Sometimes I wish Spring was not just a few weeks away.

Maggie Rose Couture Resale is where you go when you want something unique, special and when you don’t want to look like everyone else. Here you can find it here for much less.

Maggie Rose Couture Resale Boutique
13900 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91432
818.763.5150

www.maggierosecouture.com

Suzanne O'Connor