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Best Glam Resale
Mr. Lulu's
STAFF PICK: For dressing to kill, or at the very least to turn some heads, Mr. Lulu's has what it takes. Start at the top with an exclusive line of playful hair pieces and wild wigs made by local designers Lady CoCo and Morning After. Then move on to choose from a shimmering rainbow of iridescent cocktail dresses, or an array of suave smoking jackets. Finish it all off with a pair of stunning, strapless stiletto-heeled shoes or smart ankle-high Beatles boots, and baby...you're a star! Mr. Lulu's is the Then and the Now of glamour and hipness: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion played the store's opening party a year and a half ago, later donning a full ensemble of Mr. Lulu's fashions for their CD photo shoot with Tucson photographer Darren Clark. Yeah, we're name dropping. But if you don't drop names, what's the point of having them? Mr. Lulu's demented and sexy selection of vintage clothing includes "lux" designers like Gucci and Channel, though most items are anonymous, once-upon-a-time survivors, like the hot-pink velvet "One-Armed Bandit" gown; or the "Vanna," an early '80s, white-satin disco number with a sequined bodice (put out by the Queen of Vowels herself). Don't overlook the section nick-named "The Naughty Secretary," a collection of dowdy-but-sheer peekaboo blouses and short, tight pencil skirts. Owner Gregory Bennett, who named the store for his pet Chihuahua, is handsome and debonair and just the man to help bring out the diva in you.
A fugitive of the brutal New York art and fashion scenes, he
continues to work in relative obscurity (here, at least) on his
Alex Arden label; his custom, hand-sewn creations include clients
like fashion model Kate Moss. He's also the exclusive carrier
of a few modern labels like Jender and Cookie Puss, and until
recently X-Girl (which he decided to drop upon learning it'd been
sold off by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, who originated the company).
Mr. Lulu's is also known for its creative, high-energy fashion
shows, directed by Bennett with such original choreography and
theatrics that they border on being performance art.
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