10 years before her wedding, this bride found her Balenciaga wedding dress at a thrift store
and currently spends her free time building up her collection, which includes a Cardi B–approved cyberdot jumpsuit from Jean Paul Gaultier’s fall 1995 show and a trove of rare Comme des Garçons and Issey Miyake. Also in her collection is acollection, designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, that the 29-year-old bought in New York City 10 years ago at a Goodwill shop and wore for her wedding in May 2019.
While Sallay never considered herself a “wedding person,” the Balenciaga dress became her dream dress. Before entering the world of software marketing, Sallay studied at the Parsons School of Design and lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. An avid shopper, she often trawled the Goodwill a few blocks from her apartment. “I was spending all the money that I had earned over the summer [from interning] essentially on clothes,” she says. “It was a nice little therapeutic activity for me.
A year later, Sallay’s friend back in Indianapolis mentioned that she had a friend with whom Sallay would get along. Though she was still in New York, Sallay and her now husband, James, began chatting on Twitter. They decided to meet up once she returned to Indianapolis during summer break. “We had so much in common, and we ended up spending every day of that summer together,” she says.
Of course, while there is now sentimental value to the piece, Sallay still appreciates the dress’s place in fashion history. “It was awesome, and it still continues to be my best thrift score today. I’ve never seen it resold anywhere on the internet ever,” she says. “In my head, I’ve always thought, Who is the person who first owned this? What did they use it for? I have no idea what compels someone to just give it to the Goodwill in New York, but it’s awesome.
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