National Trust to sell vintage fashion in CBD’s Block Arcade

The labels will go from Valentino to Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent and Carla Zampatti.

You can buy a $ 900 mink coat or an Emilio Pucci shift dress for $ 350, but Mr Fordham estimates the average price will be around $ 150 and there will also be $ 30 in scarves and costume jewelry.

National Trust Victorian CEO Simon Ambrose said Vault was a unique endeavor for the organization.

“It is in an exceptional location, in one of Melbourne’s premier gambling halls,” he said. “It’s very much in line with our heritage sensibilities.”

He hopes Vault will make “a small profit” to help fund the trust’s volunteer programs and collections.

While the National Trust store won’t open for a week, Block Arcade chief executive Grant Cohen said more Block stores will reopen this Saturday, with many having been closed for 12 weeks. “We are very excited,” he said.

Over the next few months, there will be two other new tenants from Block: a cocktail bar in the basement on Elizabeth Street and the existing Dr Seuss boutique has been split to make way for a jewelry store, Trewarne.

Mr. Cohen said Vault would have “a wonderful synergy” with the Block Arcade, whose name comes from the Melburnians walking around in their best clothes or “blocking” in the late 1800s.

“The Arcade is a very organized shopping experience. We like that everything is quite eclectic and unusual, ”Mr. Cohen said. “The inventory at Vault is really quite exceptional.

Mr. Fordham described Vault as “a concept store”. He hopes the store and its upstairs rooms will host lectures, fashion design students and stylists, and support young designers.

It welcomes people who sail. “They might say, ‘I had a song like this,’ or ‘my grandma had this.’ There could be some really good storytelling.

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