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Now, James gets over 200 DMs a day inquiring about her hybrid sportswear pieces. Her most popular pieces are still her tanks. She also designs dresses, bodysuits, long-sleeve tops, and skirts, too. (She’s also thinking about doing bags.) The demand for her one-of-a-kind pieces has skyrocketed during lockdown, when James decided to pursue designing them full-time. She says the Move Over Girls Let This Old Lady Show You How To Be A CNA Vintage Shirt flood of custom orders has kept her busy during quarantine. “I usually start sewing around 8 a.m., and finish at maybe 1 or 2 a.m.,” she says. “That's been my routine for the past three weeks now.” Chiswell didn’t always dress this way. She grew up between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and loved to watch old movies with her grandmother. She loved how Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Grace Kelly, and Diana Dors dressed, particularly in their casualwear. “I didn’t have the confidence to dress that way though,” she says. “I had kind of a grungy style. I got rid of my Doc Martens when I started dressing this way, but I’ve always loved heels.” Jeans were a particular insecurity; they never fit her well in the thighs or waist. When she was in Burbank, she came across Bésame, a vintage makeup store where she bought lipstick and face powder. Then it clicked. She started collecting vintage dresses and reproductions of vintage dresses (they live in separate closets, as the vintage dresses are a bit more delicate). McNeilly started dressing in vintage clothes about six months after she did. He dresses like a greaser, in camp shirts and high-waisted pants that wouldn’t draw too much attention from dudes in Brooklyn. “I like 1958–1962 fashion the most,” he says.