Designers & curation

My Sht selects designer vintage and archive fashion for people who care about how a garment was made and where it comes from. This page explains what we look for. The stock itself changes every week.

Designer vintage and archive

Designer vintage is second-hand clothing from established houses, chosen for design and quality rather than the label alone.

Archive means past-season and historical pieces that belong to a specific designer, collection or moment, and still say something about how fashion changed. Old clothing is not automatically archive. Relevance is.

Reference designers

Four designers set the direction of the store: Rick Owens, Yohji Yamamoto, Ann Demeulemeester and Maison Margiela.

They are not a shopping list. They are the reference point for the silhouettes, construction and attitude we look for, in their work and in the designers around them.

The wider circle

From there the search moves to related names, scenes and eras: Comme des Garçons, Jean Paul Gaultier, Julius, Guidi, Isabel Benenato and Marithé + François Girbaud, among others.

We also look for less known and forgotten designers, and for pieces from established houses when a specific collection or construction fits.

What we look for

• Deconstructed and asymmetric tailoring
• Long, elongated silhouettes
• Washed and faded black
• Distressed leather and raw, unfinished hems
• Military, industrial and utilitarian references
• Layering and transparency

Mostly the 1990s and 2000s, the years of Belgian, Japanese and conceptual fashion.

Recently in the store

• Gucci by Tom Ford, 2001
• Prada, 1990s
• Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent
• Gianni Versace
• Burberry and Moncler outerwear
• Issey Miyake: Photographs by Irving Penn, 1988, original French edition

These pieces may already be sold. New arrivals are posted first on Instagram: @my__sht

How we select

• Design: silhouette, proportion and idea matter more than trend.
• Construction: material, technique and finish must justify the piece.
• Relevance: each piece connects to a designer, era or culture worth remembering.
• Authenticity: labels, construction details and materials are checked against the house and the era before a piece goes on sale.
• Condition: flaws are disclosed. Wear is accepted only when it belongs to the piece.

Why books and art

Fashion does not exist on its own. The store brings together clothing, fashion and art books, magazines and visual objects because they share the same references.

Curated by @n_fornasari.

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