{"id":1880,"date":"2014-07-17T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2021-12-15T01:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:02:50","slug":"what-i-love-now-clair-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/what-i-love-now-clair-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Love Now: Clair Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best parts about working at 1stdibs is the ability to pick the brains of our crack team of in-house experts. Need advice on what color, cut, or creator to invest in? Decades of knowledge and scholarship are just a couple of desks away.<\/p>\n

But we’d feel bad keeping all of that to ourselves. We are, after all, an internet company and the prevailing high-tech rallying cries \u2014 transparency! disruption! optimization! \u2014 still apply to antiques. Thus, in service of an open exchange of information, we reached out to Clair Watson, Director of Fashion, to share with us her current top-five items.<\/p>\n

Clair \u2014 who has one of the most enviable wardrobes you’ll ever encounter \u2014 really knows her stuff when it comes to archival fashion, and has worked in the industry since way before “vintage” was a thing. So while you may not have the convenience of sitting alongside her at work, read on to get Clair’s insider tips on what to buy now.<\/p>\n\t

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One of the best parts about working at 1stdibs is the ability to pick the brains of our crack team of in-house experts. Need advice on what color, cut, or creator to invest in? Decades of knowledge and scholarship are just a couple of desks away. 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