Emma Roberts loves buying second-hand handbags

Emma Roberts loves second-hand fashion. In her free time, the actress scours second-hand luxury platforms, like Fashionphile, trying to find the perfect balance of condition and price to add to her collection. “I’m always looking for the perfect handbag and that almost never means what’s new and trendy,” she says.

After years of browsing Fashionphile, Roberts is now teaming up with the platform as an ambassador for its 25th anniversary, turning her passion for upcycling into a selection of designer items, including a Lady Dior bag, a Louis bag Vuitton Pochette Métis and a Fendi Zucca. Chopstick bag.

With flagship and pop-up locations nationwide, Fashionphile’s assortment includes a wide variety of designer brands ranging from entry-level offerings like $200 Louis Vuitton wallets and $300 Hermès silk scarves to rare items like a diamond-encrusted Chopard watch for $54,000 and an $18,000 for $39,000. Rolex gold watch. Items are certified by Fashionphile’s team of authentication experts, who receive the pieces via in-store and online shipment, as well as through the platform’s sales studios and service centers at Neiman Marcus.

It was the vast selection of goodies that first attracted Roberts to Fashionphile. “I’ve always loved buying vintage and second-hand, so discovering a platform with such a huge selection and in excellent condition was a dream,” she says.

The 33-year-old actress, known for her roles in American horror story series and classics for teenagers from the 2000s like Blue green And Nancy Drew, also draws on its vintage vein in real life. “Whenever I visit a new city, the first thing I do is look for vintage and estate sales,” she says. But it’s on Fashionphile that she’s found many of her most treasured designer finds. Roberts grabbed her first-ever black Hermès Birkin bag from the platform, as well as a black Chanel Hobo bag, which she bought for her sister. “She cried when I gave it to her!” Roberts remembers.

Roberts’ partnership with Fashionphile comes at a time of increased demand in the second-hand and vintage luxury markets, which now exceed $50 billion in sales, according to a Bain & Company report. But for Roberts, it’s all about collecting stories, not just investments, through her wardrobe. “Shopping second-hand is so much more fun!” It’s like a treasure hunt,” she says. For example, at the age of 16, the actress bought a leather jacket in London that she still owns more than 15 years later. “Just seeing it hanging in my closet brings back memories,” she says.

Lately, her Fashionphile scrolls have been dedicated to finding special pieces, including a Louis Vuitton suitcase, a Chanel belt bag, and the iconic coat worn by Penny Lane in the ’90s film. Almost known. In her quest, she tries to follow her own advice to hopeful second-hand luxury buyers: “Don’t be discouraged!”