ThePaperBagPrincess.net
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The Paper Bag Princess | Vintage Couture and Contemporary Collectible Clothing
Description
The Paper Bag Princess was founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Mason on the heels of her first reference book, The Rag Street Journal, The Ultimate Guide to Shopping Thrift and Resale Across North America, published by Henry Holt, New York. Mason says after taking time off from her position as an executive producer for a computer animation firm in Hollywood to write her first book, that she could not bear the thought of ever going back to work for anyone ever again and decided to take her chances as an entrepreneur, following her first love, vintage fashion.
Mason had acquired an impressive collection of fine vintage clothing over the years after traveling the globe working as a model and actress, having shopped every single thrift and vintage shop that lay in her path. Known by all who worked with her in those years as always arriving at her castings with the most unique ensemble, she sought out the world of vintage first as a way to set herself apart from the crowd and thus catching the eye of either the director or producers at a given casting, recalling that often it was the beautiful polka-dot dress that the director had notice on her during her audition that seem to have won them over. This theory would serve her well in future years as she has come to be recognized for dressing some of the world's most influential celebrities for important personal and red carpet appearances, from Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellweger, to the young Mary Kate and Ashley Olson sisters.
Mason open her first boutique in May of 1995 in a very small venue that was know to a select group of diehard vintage fans as the little shop just behind the Mac Makeup boutique in West Hollywood that catered to the fashion and film industry offering a professional discount to all models and makeup artist. Mac's generous marketing policy was a big payoff for Mason's first location bringing every notable model and industry professional straight to her doorstep as well. Mason recalls fondly that many of her first clients once to refer to her original location as their little secret!
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- The Paper Bag Princess
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- West Hollywood California
- United States 90069
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- (310) 358-1985
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