Fashion Masterclass Part 1 of 3: How to shop better for second-hand designer goods

We get Angie Chen of The Fifth Collection to share what we should totally buy pre-loved, how to save pre-loved pieces with defects, and how to protect ourselves from buying fakes online

By Rachel Tan - 21 Nov 2018

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Photo: Angie Chen

In the first of this three part series, we tap on the experience of Angie Chen, 28, for expert advice on shopping for second-hand luxury goods. The fashion equivalent of a museum curator, Chen has been the curator of second-hand luxury resale site The Fifth Collection for four years, and "authenticates, checks the condition and weighs in on the relevance of" more than 200 second-hand and vintage pieces almost every day.

Pre-loves to Definitely Buy