Irene and Marina Albright, the mother and daughter team behind New York’s Albright Fashion Library, bring their archives and one-stop-styling shop to California. An open secret among stylists, costume designers, and the fashion savvy since its inception in 1990, New York’s Albright Fashion Library- AFL- makes even Vogue’s mystical fashion closet pale in comparison. In a nondescript building in Manhattan’s NoHo district, a treasure trove awaits with over 30,000 gowns, dresses, blouses, skirts, jackets, shoes, bags, and pieces of jewelry culled from the collections of more than 100 designers- from Givenchy to Alexander McQueen- each hand selected by owner and former stylist Irene Albright and her daughter, fashion editor-at-large and buyer Marina, who previously honed her eye as a fashion assistant at Glamour.
Now the duo have expanded their archives- the most comprehensive of its kind in the world- to a West Coast flagship in Beverly Hills that has already lured the likes of stylists Isabel Dupre and Elizabeth Stewart, on the hunt for respective megawatt clients like Kim Kardashian West and Jessica Chastain. Inhabiting a beautiful midcentury six-bedroom house just off Sunset Blvd, their showroom- which also acts as a set for any editorial or advertising photo shoot in need of a full glamorous wardrobe, styling or consulting- is open by appointment only to fashion insiders. Packed with more than 10,000 finds, the new outpost features offerings available for rent and sourced from the archives in New York as well as newly acquired pieces from Paris. www.albrightnyc.com
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