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shopping playlist: red hot summer

shopping playlist: red hot summer

a curated lineup of scorching vintage gems, designer heat, & summer silhouettes.

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Emilee Russell
May 28, 2025
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Red.

The color of my dreams. The color of all the smart light bulbs in my apartment. The color of my face when I see yet another horrible Chanel runway collection…

And (not to mention) the color of half the items in my closet, seriously. Cherry red is a neutral for me, which means I am constantly on the hunt for cool #redhot gems.

salivating at this collage.

I spend hours saving tons of vintage items that I’ll never pull the plug on…because I’m not made of money —despite the strange yellow/green hue of my skin when I accidentally stumble into pastels. #notmycolorseason

What typically happens? I save a million items, let them stew, someone else scoops them up, and I’ve wasted precious time I could have spent reading Grace Coddington’s memoir. But not today. I’m going to put my Depop finds to GOOD use.

I’m going to share.

I created a curated doc OR shopping playlist (as I like to call it) of the most recent strange, summery, and most importantly: RED finds from the Depop app. Here you’ll come across:

  • Flip flops, but make them Moschino

  • Underrated Proenza Schuler pieces that give ‘main character energy’

  • Vintage terry cloth straight out of the ’70s

  • Tanks that are anything but #basic

  • Plus swimsuits, beach bags, and other red-hot essentials to turn the heat all the way up

Everything is also ridiculously affordable…which helps! Enjoy.


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