Addiction to Shopping Creates Internet Entrepreneur
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Between dressing up in her mother’s wardrobe and tagging along at auctions and estate sales with her father, Sheffield MacIntyre got hooked on the thrill of the hunt. Her target? Vintage clothing – particularly creations by the top designers of yesterday and today. Today, her finds are being worn by stars for the red carps, gracing the cover of magazines, and being archived by couture fashion houses.
Through out her college years, her interest in vintage and designer fashion remained a hobby and her collection of Pucci skirts, Lilly Pulitzer dresses had yet to outgrow the bounds of her own closet. “I fell in love with the history behind the clothing, the truly distinctive designs and the superior quality of the pieces,” said MacIntyre.
After graduation, she returned to South Florida unsure of her career ambitions, but certain that a conventional office environment was not for her. She decided to try starting a business of her own. “I wanted to develop a company that brought together my passion for clothing, and my desire for a non-traditional workplace,” explains MacIntyre. “Vintage clothing had been a hobby for me, but I wanted to develop it into something more. I wanted to bring my large collection to market and share with everyone what great things I had discovered.”
Today, she is owner of BackInStyle.com, a website specializing in the sale of her beloved vintage clothing, as well as a great source for more contemporary designer fashions.
“There is something special about vintage clothing,” says MacIntyre. “Wearing it allows me to transform an outfit from something run of the mill to something extraordinary. Most people I know shop at the same handful of stores. I prefer to look at the current trends and mix them with something from the past to create a one of a kind look.”
By maintaining an inventory of dresses, separates, suits, handbags and shoes as old as the 1940s and as current as last season, clients of Back In Style.com can achieve the unique style MacIntyre describes. In an era of mass production, this is no small feat.
BackInStyle.com is always open online, but Miamians and visitors to the area are welcome to preview the great finds in person at their by appointment only showroom. The company will even host private shopping socials for groups like charities or sororities with a percentage of the proceeds awarded to their organization. Call 305.519.4955 for more information.
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http://www.BackinStyle.com is a vintage & designer clothing & accessories website with a showroom in Miami, Florida. Over the past 10 years we have supplied clothing to celebrities, magazines, television, and couture fashion houses. Clients include Chloe Sevigny, Daisy Fuentes, Julia Roberts. They have been featured in international publications such as Lucky Magazine, UK Grazia, Daily Candy, Marie Claire, Supermodels Unlimited, & Six Degrees, and had their garments on the red carpet at the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and People’s Choice Awards. Back-in-Style.com has a wide variety of items as old as the 1940′s, and as current as today, ranging from hard to find couture designers, to unique novelty items and period pieces. With over 3,000 items in stock, I am sure you will something of interest.
