Old Time Photo Booth, Pirated Barney's New York Corset
"Next thing you know, they'll have us in here selling the clothing racks and curtains" I heard a disgruntled employee remark, in their final hours of employment. I was in Barney's New York, the flagship, one last time. Each of the pieces in the "Old Time Photo Booth" group are priceless in a sense, because every one-to some extent-incorporate gift wrapping ribbon I bought from Barney's, famed luxury retail giant, just days before they closed their iconic doors forever. I paid $3 a roll for the ribbon, but it is truly a treasure of New York fashion history, quite literally; irreplaceable. 'They knew not what they did' I thought to myself as I claimed the spoils of my conquest like a vulture, and stomped down Madison Avenue, realizing in that moment; I really was a pirate. Though each of the garments are priceless for this reason; this corset is the crowning jewel of this parasitic mark on fashion's collective memory. Each of the external channels which house the Rigilene boning are, i