Emma Chamberlain Shares Her Top Tips for Vintage Shopping

Emma Chamberlain will go to great lengths to find the right piece of vintage for her closet. She is not a stranger to curling up in bed at the end of a long day to try to hunt for the perfect item for her wardrobe when she gets a break from her demanding schedule. 

“I kinda let the algorithm take me on a journey,’ says Chamberlain on her online shopping habits. “The internet… it is a mess. It is toxic, but I'm gonna use the algorithm to my benefit, if I can.”

Although Chamberlain says when she does have a break, she loves to shop in person. "When I'm in New York, Chinatown,” says Chamberlain giving a shoutout to James Veloria. “But also all the little shops up in that little shopping center.” 

At home in Los Angeles, Chamberlain has one hotspot she keeps going back to, the Rose Bowl Flea Market.  

Chamberlain will be back on Vogue’s Met Gala carpet this May as Vogue's special correspondent for her sixth consecutive year. “I don't expect anything…Like every year I'm like, ‘This could be the last year’,” says Chamberlain. “I am so grateful that I've ever been able to do it.” 

Also on this episode, Vogue Runway's Irene Kim and producer Alex Jhamb Burns take listeners inside the second annual Vogue Vintage Market which took place this past Saturday.  They spoke to folks in the line—some who had been waiting for hours—about the vintage pieces they were most coveting and the pieces they walked out the door with. 

The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews.

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