In the spring of 2024, Display Copy hosted its first-ever community clothing drive in collaboration with photographer Deirdre Lewis and stylist Herin Choi. United by a common thread of creativity and sustainability, donations from all five boroughs were gathered and entrusted to five talented sustainable designers across the East Coast. Each designer wove their vision into the fabric of these pre-loved pieces, transforming them into pieces that embody reinvention, craftsmanship, and the boundless potential of coming together for a common purpose.

Few voices in fashion today carry the weight of Alexander Fury, whose work as a journalist, critic, and author respected for its precision and insight. Beyond his writing, Fury is also a passionate archivist, amassing a personal collection of over 3,000 pieces spanning the work of iconic designers such as John Galliano, Miuccia Prada, Vivienne Westwood, and Tom Ford. Today, his archive is internationally recognized, with select works featured in prominent exhibitions, including at the Barbican, and in publications like Display Copy, where Lulu Tenney brings his archival gems to life on the streets of Paris.

Fashion Editor Michelle Cameron reflects on her maternal grandmother’s Cheongsams, delicate silk dresses that symbolize both personal memory and cultural heritage. Inheriting the garments after her grandmother’s passing, these garments represent more than mere clothing; they are artifacts of a life lived. Determined to honor and adapt them, Cameron resized and modernized the garments, showing us that nothing is completely new or old and that fashion can be circular in both practice and spirit.

Fear not! The art of the band tee is not dead. According to Rick Moe, the industry OG and vintage sleuth behind Tyranny + Mutation, the kids are alright and the band tee is here to stay.

Denim has been around a long time… from its origin story in late 16th-century France, to the first time it appeared on the runway in NYC in 1976, from the counterculture to consumer culture and back again, the ubiquitous warp-faced textile is now officially a symbol for degrowth in fashion.

The Display Copy marketplace collective officially launched in 2024, spotlighting a hand-selected group of expert vintage curators and upcycling designers across the USA. With a mission to offer a refined alternative to the overwhelming contemporary resale market, Display Copy transforms the experience of shopping vintage — eliminating the endless search and presenting a collection with a distinct point of view, All Together Now, in one place.

In the quiet breath of morning, the artist moves with intention. Colors murmur, the unseen takes shape, and in the delicate tension of balance and form, Ikebana reveals itself. With hands both tender and precise, like a mother’s touch, each stem is placed, each angle considered, echoes passed down through time, a dialogue between discipline and instinct. Within the structure, there is freedom. Within the emptiness, meaning emerges. Shadows challenge, light offers answers. Ikebana is more than arrangement—it is creation, meditation and contemplation intertwined.

Artist and lecturer Suzy Sharpe’s work seeks to foster a dialogue around the relationships we share with objects as an essential feature of the human condition and celebrates both the familiarity and the novelty to be found in all that has been well-loved.

She has robes and she has monkeys

Lazy diamond studded flunkies

She has wisdom and knows what to do

She has me, and she has you 

— The Doors 

In October of 2024, Kathleen Sorbara debuted her new, thoughtfully refined 20th century vintage collection: SORBARA’S. Formerly Chickee’s Vintage, the go-to vintage destination for New York’s best dressed. Display Copy recently caught up with Sorbara to learn more about the beloved evolution of Chickee’s Vintage and pick her brain on “capsule” wardrobes, creative muses, and fall vintage trends.