Collection of 55,000 Cocktail Dresses

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A friend of mine met him in Santa Monica and she has been selling some of the 55,000 dresses on consignment for him at Sturbridge and Brimfield. She couldn't believe it when she went to the warehouse... 55,000 dresses takes up a lot of room. I've seen quite a few of them in person at the shows, some are more amazing than others, of course. I think the guy missed his calling, he should have been a vintage dealer!
 
Great story! Hard to believe a man could love dresses so much and not be a transvestite LOL I hope they make enough for him and the Mrs to retire more than comfortably.
 
What an amazing life and amazing couple. His early wartime years are especially moving. But how he managed to hide this obsession from his children is beyond me, lol.

There are so many great quotes in this article – and loved this one...

He struggles to describe the thrill of driving by a yard sale and glimpsing a wisp of shiny taffeta hanging on a garage door.

And the exchange between them is hilarious...

"There's a new bag in the garage. Where'd that come from?" she'd ask, though she knew perfectly well.

Paul: "That's been here for quite some time."

Margot: "Oh no, it's not. The garage is getting fuller and fuller. I'm not blind."

As Jen said, this man missed his calling. I sure wish I weren’t so far from the sale, as I would have loved to go. Thank you for posting this fun article. I’ve forwarded it to a few friends.
 
thanks for posting this, I've shared it on facebook.

Metro Retro Vintage said:
"There's a new bag in the garage. Where'd that come from?" she'd ask, though she knew perfectly well.

Paul: "That's been here for quite some time."

Margot: "Oh no, it's not. The garage is getting fuller and fuller. I'm not blind."
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I can relate. Sometimes I wonder myself where the new bags have come from, and I'm the one who bought them.
 
Yikes. The next sale is on my birthday, in 10 days. AND I live about 1/2 hour drive from the warehouse.

Think I can tell my boyfriend that I want t spend the day wandering through tens of thousands of dresses? Hmmmmmmm. Maybe!

Now if it were HATS I would have fainted by now......:hysterical:
 
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