In conversation with Anna Gray
The Club Vintage founder talks favorite buys and the future of vintage
Welcome to In conversation with… a new monthly series where I chat vintage, shopping, and style with cool and exciting people who are making waves in their respective fields.
Today’s subject is Anna Gray, the founder of Club Vintage, whom I met and worked with for years at now-defunct Object Limited. Anna has been featured in the New York Times and The Cut, and has her own newsletter, Things I Would Buy if I Din’t Have to Pay Rent. Anna is as brilliant, curious, and ebullient as she seems and I cherish any time I can peek into her brain (and closet). Follow her on Instagram here and Club Vintage here.
1. Name//Location//Occupation:
Anna Gray, New York, Founder of Club Vintage.
2. Three personal closet staples:
My bamboo handle Gucci bag (fits a lot)(seen here). My black shearling coat from Banshee Vintage via Club Vintage (best winter coat). Bruno Magli black loafers (I wear 5 times a week)(seen here).
Bags: Gucci black handle nylon bag, $175 // Gucci black nylon natural handle bag, $128 // Gucci black canvas bag, $137 // Gucci black canvas & leather bag, $148 // Gucci canvas shopper tote, $148
Coats: Cropped shearling jacket, $55 // Curly lamb trim leather jacket, $97 // Aviator shearling jacket, $150 // Brown shearling jacket, $224 (not black, but perfect…) // Oversized shearling jacket, $103
Loafers: Bruno Magli black patent loafers, $64 // Bruno Magli white leather loafers, $52 // Bruno Magli brown leather loafers, $53 // Bruno Magli brown embossed loafers, $45 // Bruno Magli brown suede loafers, $58
3. Favorite vintage home item you own:
Probably my Mies van der Rohe dining chairs that I found in an antique mall in Cape Cod and had my sweet, selfless brother drive back to NYC for me (featured here in Clever!).
Single Mies van der Rohe chair, $472 // Van der Rohe-style set of 2, $892 // Tecta rattan cantilever set of 3, $1133 // Set of 4 cantilever chairs, $606
4. Piece you regret buying and why?
None - everything has its moment.