Vintage Shopping in Milano: A Hidden Gem

a little trip to PWC, our favorite vintage shop in Milano

Photos & Styling Riccardo Slavik

shot on vintage cameras

Model Daniil Kovalskyi at Yu Models

All clothes available at PWC VINTAGE SHOP MILANO
VIA PIETRO CUSTODI 12, MILANO

Vintage Frankie Morello boots stylist’s own

Full disclosure, a lot of the clothes I shot are from my archive, I’ve brought them to PWC recently for a Pop Up event and are still available to buy there. I’ve wanted to shoot clothes from the shop for a while, since it’s a place I love visiting and me and my friends love bringing our archive pieces there to sell. I’ve known Maria, who reigns on the small, chaotic, shop from behind the counter, since our clubbing days in the 1990s, and she brings the same passion and enthusiasm she brought to running the iconic Popstarz night to managing her shop. What makes her shop a go-to for students from all the various fashion schools in the city is her passion not only for interesting vintage finds, but also her curiosity and desire to discover and feature new and upcoming designers. Her little shop is crammed full of strange upcycled pieces, pieces from upcoming independent designers and amazing vintage finds, and like all real vintage shops you really need to immerse yourself into it and browse like crazy but the search will turn up some real treasures. R.S.

Raf Simons prototype jacket with mesh shirt detail circa SS 2006, shorts Junior Gaultier.
T-shirt with printed cotton mesh layer with burn marks Vivienne Westwood SS 2010, cargo shorts, vintage.

‘ A little anecdote here about this stunning Westwood Spring Summer 2010 runway piece. I was gifted the top by the press office in Milano, I wore it to a party during Fashion Week at iconic club Plastic, back then they had candelabras with real candles on the bar, long story short, we were all rather drunk, I decided to sit on the bar, a friend who will remain unnamed ( everybody knows who it is) pushed me while voguing or dancing, and the back of the top caught fire ( strangely enough it wasn’t evne the first time I caught fire in a club, I guess I have a fiery personality). I was unharmed, the top wasn’t, it is now a very interesting ‘customized’ piece with a huge hole in the netting layer in the back, which makes it somehow both less and more valuable.’

Cotton jacket with twisted fastening , Anglomania Vivienne Westwood, mid 1990s, Punk Rock Sex print t-shirt Vivienne Westwood early 2000s re-issue, leopard print jeans Anglomania Vivienne Westwood, big penis choker prototype Vivienne Westwood early 2000s.
Color block top with cut-out, Jean Paul Gaultier SS 1990, cotton shorts with ribbed back Junior Gaultier late 1980s.
Cotton shirt and silk scarf with graffiti print, McQ Alexander McQueen circa 2009.
Coat in light denim effect fabric with embroidery on one sleeve, New York Industrie by Kostas Murkudis, banana cut jeans in light cotton, Andrew MacKenzie early 2000s, studded choker Trielina.
Linen jacket with abstract zebra print and satin details Roberto Cavalli circa 2011.
Mesh t-shirt and shorts set Julian Zigerli SS 2014, shoes DrMartens by Simon Cracker.
Madras jacket JPG by Jean Paul Gaultier, late 1990s, flag print t-shirt Vivienne Westwood circa 2013, striped cotton jeans TOPMAN Kim Jones capsule collection, 2003.

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