EVERYTHING I'M BUYING THIS SUMMER, PT. 2

Charon: I made it back to the Netherlands, family and orders both waiting for me. I'm still only halfway through the Vinted haul for my kids. It's the only shopping I actually enjoy these days. It’s so much less complicated than shopping for myself. It either fits or it doesn't. I buy everything a size too big anyway, since they'll grow into it eventually.

Since Part 1, a few new things have made it onto my list. Like this oversized linen T-shirt from Arket (having my eye on this one as well). It’s all in the three-quarter sleeve. Both will go great with oversized shorts or balloon pants. After a lifetime of wearing strictly vintage shirts, I'm finally ready to invest in this cotton summer shirt from Toteme. That fresh classic blue has that pop of Michael Rider's Celine. On a day that goes from desk to beach, I'd wear it over my go-to Arket square neck swimsuit and Thistles AL sunglasses (I have those and the Jack, also available in tobacco now, on constant repeat). I think I need this Jennifer Behr Kamryn silk-georgette headpiece too.

TOTEME cotton summer shirt, ARKET square neck swimsuit, ARKET toweling short and JENNIFER BEHR Kamryn silk-georgette headpiece (It’s giving tacky, but I love it. I might try this vintage Chanel version).

Someone Get This, Before We Do #18

At its peak, 50% of what I owned was vintage or pre-loved, sometimes more. That number sits closer to 25% now, a shift I can trace directly to where I live. As said before, South Africa is many things, but a vintage destination it is not. That's not the only reason. The delicacy of vintage items in general doesn't suit my life the way it used to. I get dirtier and dustier these days, so I crave "practical" in a way that would have horrified me a decade ago. But life today makes me happy, so I've (almost) made my peace with it.

I keep most of my own wishlist on Vinted. The platform does none of the editing for you, unlike Vestiaire or The RealReal, which means the scrolling is relentless, but the finds are genuinely surprising. I've always loved the hunt. There's something about pulling one extraordinary piece out of pages of noise that never gets old, a habit that started young: trawling the local thrift store in the village I was born in, wading through the wardrobes of tastefully deceased ladies. Years later, after my modeling career, I ran my own vintage designer boutique in the heart of Amsterdam, also called The Ceiling.

Old Céline Resort 2018 T-shirt cape (or here, in camel here and in print here), and one of many Phoebe Philo’s revamped Céline items the black silk scarf top.

I don't think I've spent more than €500 on a single Vinted find. I've also been sent a fake once or twice in the past, before the platform added an authentication check. My best Vinted buy might be an old Céline resort 2018 T-shirt cape, about €150, the same design that just resurfaced in silk in Phoebe Philo's latest drop. For anything bigger (pre-loved shoes and bags), I go to Vestiaire, whose vetting I trust much more. Last week I finally went for it, and bought a new The Row Alma raffia from Googoosh. They also sell the sold out The Row Idaho shoulder bag (just saying). Lara, meanwhile, travels to the US often enough that she keeps a running TRR list ready for every NYC trip. I envy her level of vintage devotion.

This week, I share what's sitting on my personal vintage wishlist.

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