Ian Drummond Collection

Ian Drummond Collection Vintage Clothing, Accessories and Textiles for Film/TV Rental. Follow for sales. Ian is always looking to add to the collection.

Ian Drummond has amassed a collection of vintage clothing, footwear, accessories, textiles and ephemera over 25 years. Much of it is dedicated toward rental via the Ian Drummond Collection to film, television, theatre productions, and print publications. The collection runs the gamut from period historical clothing, with a strong focus on the 1920s-1990s and comprises everything from broken-down i

tems for characters to the most elegant dress. The rest of the collection finds itself available through Ian Drummond Vintage for Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/iandrummondvintage and https://www.etsy.com/shop/iandrummondstash
..and at clothing shows in Toronto, Ottawa, and nearby areas. In those we offer a wider variety of fashion-related items, such as tear sheets from vintage fashion magazines suitable for framing; jewellery and sewing items sold off in great de-stashing lots; vintage textiles such as hand-loomed Victorian blankets and fine linens; and curtains, fabric, sewing patterns and anything that's worth passing along to other fans of vintage fashion. The collection is available during warehouse hours, or by appointment. Please feel free to contact us with estates, downsizing, and for any reason that wardrobe items might need to find a home with us.

To cap off the year, we wanted to round-up the productions that premiered this year which rented from us, whether it was...
12/20/2024

To cap off the year, we wanted to round-up the productions that premiered this year which rented from us, whether it was just one item or many! We hope that as the industry continues to recover, next year will be even better!

(This is our last post of the year. We will be closed until January 2nd. See you in 2025👋)

* Murdoch Mysteries, Season 18. Costume designer: Joanna Syrokomla
* Malory Towers, Season 5. Costume designer: Melanie Jennings
* What We Do in the Shadows, Season 6. Costume designers: and Anna Viksne
* The Big Cigar. Costume designer:
* The Apprentice. Costume designer:
* Pachinko, Season 2. Costume designer: Kyung-hwa Chae
* Feud, Season 2. Costume designers: Lou Eyrich , Leah Katznelson and
* Masters of the Air. Costume designer:
* Under the Bridge. Costume designer: Patricia J. Henderson
* Ordinary Angels. Costume designer: .Neale
* Cruel Intentions, Season 1. Costume designer: MichaelGround
* How To Die Alone, Season 1. Costume designer: Cristina Spiridakis
* Brilliant Minds, Season 1. Costume designers: and
* Trap. Costume designer: Caroline Duncan
* Cross, Season 1 (Set Decoration Department). Set Decoration by: Michaela A. Sulka, Ivana Toth and Brent Kelly
* Ruby and the Well, Season 4. Costume designer: Jenifur Jarvis

Wishing you all a Happy Holidays and prosperous 2025!

Channeling Don Draper this Holiday season! It’s our second last day in the office before a well earned Holiday break. We...
12/19/2024

Channeling Don Draper this Holiday season!
It’s our second last day in the office before a well earned Holiday break. We have one more post coming tomorrow before we lock up, which will be a round-up of all the productions we are so grateful to have rented to this year 🎬
In the meantime, wishing everyone a stylish and festive Holiday season from all of us Ian Drummond Collection! 🎄🍸

Our end of year staff portrait! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us here at Ian Drummond Collection! 🎄🎁 ...
12/18/2024

Our end of year staff portrait!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us here at Ian Drummond Collection! 🎄🎁


12/16/2024

A heads up for anyone planning on making any orders; get them in before 3pm on Friday! 🎄✨🎁

Inspired by a Vogue cover from November 15th 1948 with the featured article “Christmas Finds: fashions to give and to we...
12/16/2024

Inspired by a Vogue cover from November 15th 1948 with the featured article “Christmas Finds: fashions to give and to wear”. Model Barbara Mullen photographed by John Rawlings.

We did not have a suitable late 1940s gown available, so we went with a 50s one in a festive burgundy red taffeta with matching bolero featuring rhinestone buttons. Worn with a faux pearl necklace, faux pearl earrings and white satin evening gloves, all from the collection.

Our vintage magazine archive is available for research and reference at a $5 per week rental cost.

#1948

Sophie GimbelFollowing our post earlier today in which we recreated an image that featured a dress by Sophie of Saks…..S...
12/13/2024

Sophie Gimbel

Following our post earlier today in which we recreated an image that featured a dress by Sophie of Saks…..

Sophie was born in Texas in 1898. She married at age 19 and moved to Philadelphia. While she was raising her son, she worked as a part time stage costume designer. She and her husband divorced in 1926, after which she got a job as a stylist for Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1929, she was asked to take over the Salon Moderne at the Saks flagship store in New York and be its lead designer.
She often travelled to Paris to order designer clothing for the store, as it sold French couture as well as Sophie’s own collection. Some of the other labels included Chanel, Vionnet and Schiaparelli. She also made copies, as was common practise at the time. The Salon Moderne was not particularly successful before Sophie took it over but she soon popularized it, tripling sales in her department. She designed costumes for Broadway shows in order to gain publicity for the store.
She is credited with introducing culottes to the American luxury fashion market and pairing beaded sweaters with ball gowns. The gowns she designed were noted for their simplicity, elegance and luxe fabrics. She offered a number of classic designs each collection including strapless ballgowns with intricate detailing. The colour used in her work was subdued yet striking.
She erred more on the conservative side, critical of ever-shortening hemlines and exposed skin. She wasn’t a trendsetter but this allowed her to have a widespread appeal not enjoyed by the designers who were taking risks. Exclusive clientele wore her haute couture pieces. She lived the same lifestyle as her clients and knew exactly what they wanted.

Her label changed from “Sophie Gimbel” to “Sophie of Saks” in the 1940s. She appeared on the cover of Vogue’s inaugural American fashion issue in 1940. While the Parisian salons were closed during WWII, she created an American couture equivalent at Saks, which made her one of the world’s most influential designers at the time.
During the war, she played a major role in organizing the first combined showing of American fashion in a precursor to New York Fashion Week.

12/13/2024

The new EU “General Product Safety Regulations” came into effect today. The regulations have forced a lot of small businesses both inside and outside of the EU to cease shipping to EU countries as, in addition to other requirements, an authorized representative of the business needs to be available in each country where orders are shipped to. This is not feasible for a lot of small businesses. As a result, we are forced to stop accepting orders from all 27 EU countries, as well as the 3 EEA countries of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Please note that orders to the UK and crown dependencies are not affected, except for those from Northern Ireland.
We hope that more information will become available and things will become clearer in the coming months for vintage clothing sellers around the world. Reason would suggest that clarification and amendments are imminent, which will hopefully result in sellers being able to reinstate shipping to the affected destinations.
We will keep you updated if any developments occur! For now, we apologize to our EU customers.

Inspired by an Emba fur advertisement in the Vogue Christmas Issue, December 1955 (from our reference library). The mode...
12/13/2024

Inspired by an Emba fur advertisement in the Vogue Christmas Issue, December 1955 (from our reference library).

The model in the ad wears a white and silver gown designed by “Sophie” (Sophie Gimbel was designing for the Salon Moderne at Saks Fifth Avenue) and an “Autumn Haze” mink stole designed by Christian Dior. The ad was photographed by Virginia Thoren.

In our picture, Carolina wears a white 50s dress with silver detailing, a rhinestone bracelet, rhinestone earrings and a rhinestone brooch in her hair with a fur stole, all from the collection.

Our vintage magazine archive is available for research and reference at a $5 per week rental cost.

Watch out for our next post this afternoon all about Sophie Gimbel!

Concept and photo by
Modelled by

#1955

New collection items: x2 1970s dress sets in brown and silver brocade 🩶🤎The set with the cropped jacket has the label “R...
12/12/2024

New collection items: x2 1970s dress sets in brown and silver brocade 🩶🤎

The set with the cropped jacket has the label “Ruth Young, Shayside Pittsburgh”. Ruth’s upscale clothing boutique opened in Pittsburgh in the 1960s. When this set was bought, Ruth’s boutique would have been an important Pittsburgh fashion destination, serving a well-to-do clientele. Ruth passed away in 2000 and the shop continued operating with her daughter and another business partner at the helm. It closed in 2012.

Inspired by an unpublished British Vogue Christmas cover from 1956. Photographer unknown. We personally think this is a ...
12/09/2024

Inspired by an unpublished British Vogue Christmas cover from 1956. Photographer unknown. We personally think this is a far superior image to the one they went with! 🎄
Erin wears a 1950s white sleeveless gown, gold-tone bauble earrings, a Christmas brooch in her hair and a rhinestone bracelet 💎

What’s your favourite Vogue Christmas cover?

Our vintage fashion magazine archive is available for research and reference at a $5 per week rental cost.

#1956

We started using our current inventory system in 2021: RTPro (rental tracker professional). This is a popular software f...
12/06/2024

We started using our current inventory system in 2021: RTPro (rental tracker professional). This is a popular software for businesses who rent to the film industry. We were able to check our system and figure out what the top repeatedly rented items were in the past 3 years. The results were interesting and are pictured here! There is quite a bit of crossover in what productions they were used in, which shows that certain items fit the bill for many different briefs.

Do any of these items surprise you?

The boy’s blue 1970s sneakers and women’s 1970s denim vest are the top two; both were rented 7 times each during that time frame.

New inventory: a 1970s Oscar de la Renta Boutique gold and black brocade sleeveless cocktail dress and cropped jacket se...
12/05/2024

New inventory: a 1970s Oscar de la Renta Boutique gold and black brocade sleeveless cocktail dress and cropped jacket set, with the dress bodice adorned in black sequins ✨
The word “boutique“ on the label during this period referred to Oscar’s Ready to Wear collection, geared towards a younger, more price-conscious customer.

Happy December! From Vogue 1955, the Christmas issue! Cover model wearing an Arnold Scaasi coat. Articles in this issue:...
12/02/2024

Happy December! From Vogue 1955, the Christmas issue! Cover model wearing an Arnold Scaasi coat.

Articles in this issue:
The feast of Christmas.
For the Christmas list: a wine cellar?
December boleros: major fashion arrival.
Skiiing fashion: all of a colour.
North-south ideas for Christmas giving.
In Paris: The Von Furstenberg-Guinness wedding.

New collection items: an early 1920s metallic weave floral dress and metallic weave floral pattern cape with satin linin...
11/28/2024

New collection items: an early 1920s metallic weave floral dress and metallic weave floral pattern cape with satin lining and lamé flower. They are not a set but have complimentary details 🌹🌷💐🌺🌸
The florals of the dress pop in vibrant shades of red, yellow and green. It features a sash detail with diamanté adornment 💎💎💎

3 new glam dresses in the collection ✨ We’re making comparisons to Taylor’s stage costumes and outfits again this week a...
11/22/2024

3 new glam dresses in the collection ✨

We’re making comparisons to Taylor’s stage costumes and outfits again this week as she finishes up her last shows in Toronto!

1. 1988 Zandra Rhodes blue bead and sequin dress. This dress was worn by director Jenny Wilkes to the 1988 Academy Awards when a film she directed (Making Waves) was nominated for best live action short film. �Taylor has worn many blue outfits with beaded patterning including the Midnights bodysuits designed by Zuhair Murad and her 1989 2-piece designed by Roberto Cavalli. 🩵🤍

2. 80s lavender bead, sequin and glitter draped jersey dress.�Taylor wore a lot of purple during the Speak Now Era. She brought it back for the Eras Tour with a number of sparkly purple ballgowns during the Enchanted segment. She also wears a purple beaded and sequinned dress for the Lavender Haze performance, designed by Oscar de la Renta. 💜�

3. 90s dark blue sequin dress.�Again, Taylor is no stranger to blue sequins. This calls to mind the blue sequin Reputation Tour dress, the Midnights bodysuit, the Roberto Cavalli Grammy’s 2023 outfit and many others! 💙🪩

🎬 Season 1 of the new TV series dropped today on ! It is based on the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself a re...
11/21/2024

🎬 Season 1 of the new TV series dropped today on ! It is based on the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself a retelling of the 1782 novel Dangerous Liaisons. Set on a Washington DC campus, the new series stars .Hook, , , and .
📍Filming took place in Toronto in 2023, eventually wrapping last January after a pause during the industry strikes.

We sold a lot of clothing to the production and they also rented a tuxedo from us for the character of Blaise. Although the series is set in the present day, we provided many vintage and designer items from the 80s and 90s, as well as assorted pieces from the 50s, 60s, 70s and more contemporary pieces. We’re excited to find out how these pieces were used for the characters. We also sold vintage fabrics and are curious to see what was made of them! Pictured here are some of the items they bought from us and the tux they rented for Blaise.

We want to thank the costume team for sourcing from us for this series. Costume Designer , Assistant Costume Designer , Costume Supervisor Erika Larner.

11/19/2024

Ian’s item of the week is a 1970s coat with passementerie detailing throughout, originally sold at Mabel Danahy’s in Buffalo NY and acquired by Ian from Retrouver.biz here in Toronto.

Mabel Danahy’s ladies luxury clothing boutique operated in Buffalo for 97 years before closing in 2022 due the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Mabel founded the store with her sister Elsie in 1925, with their mother Louise acting as vice president. “At the time, the Queen City was at it's zenith, and Delaware Avenue was lined with stately homes and elm trees. The Danahy shop was at the center of a prominent group of clothiers and seamstresses catering to a stylish clientele known as the carriage trade. Through the years, the street became an address synonmous with fashion."
Ruth Peachey took over ownership in 1961 and the store has changed locations a number of times, becoming known as simply ‘Danahy’s’. In 2012, Ruth passed the business on to her niece Elizabeth Lennon.
The store sold moderately priced to high end designer labels such as Bill Blass in the 1970s and Eileen Fischer in more recent years.

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Ian’s item of the week is a 1970s coat with passementerie detailing throughout, originally sold at Mabel Danahy’s in Buffalo NY and acquired by Ian from Retrouver.biz here in Toronto. Mabel Danahy’s ladies luxury clothing boutique operated in Buffalo for 97 years before closing in 2022 due the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic. Mabel founded the store with her sister Elsie in 1925, with their mother Louise acting as vice president. “At the time, the Queen City was at it's zenith, and Delaware Avenue was lined with stately homes and elm trees. The Danahy shop was at the center of a prominent group of clothiers and seamstresses catering to a stylish clientele known as the carriage trade. Through the years, the street became an address synonmous with fashion." Ruth Peachey took over ownership in 1961 and the store has changed locations a number of times, becoming known as simply ‘Danahy’s’. In 2012, Ruth passed the business on to her niece Elizabeth Lennon. The store sold moderately priced to high end designer labels such as Bill Blass in the 1970s and Eileen Fischer in more recent years.

Answering all the big questions on costume houses! If we missed any, drop them in a comment below. 👇

Kristine's items of the week from our collection!

Ian’s Collection Hightlights: Ian models a Varsity jacket he picked up in Paris in 1986. Embroidered on the front breast, it reads “Conquest men’s sports American apparel. Buffalo State League Championships”. The back says “Salt Lake City Shark Eyes”. The right sleeve has a “Hunter College Champs 1965” patch. Do you own a varsity jacket? #vintagevarsityjacket #varsityjackets #80svarsityjacket #80svintage #vintagecollection #costumehouse #huntercollege #80sfashion #collegestyle #saltlakecity #americanfootball #collegefootball

It's #oppositeday so we've bundled up some of our summery pieces with wintery woollens🧣 because florals are not just for spring! Shop these pieces at the link in bio 🌸❄️🌼 . . . #vintagefashion #vintagefinds #vintageshopping #sustainablefashion #secondhandfashion #vintageootd #vintage #vintagecommunity #vintageknitwear

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