Worn-Again Clothes : Recycled Style, as Modeled by Actress Rosanna Arquette

It’s no wonder that so many people wear vintage clothes in Los Angeles. The fashion industry here was born on Hollywood’s back lots, and old clothes are as well loved as old movies. Recycled style is sometimes inspired by thrift, but often it really has more to do with playing dress-up. Actress Rosanna Arquette, a veteran vintage clothes collector, knows her way around wearable antiques. Arquette’s next movie, “New York Stories,” is due this spring.

Hair and makeup: Angelo DiBiase / George Newell; stylist: Jeff Gardner / Visages

FINDERS’GUIDE

Costumers, curators and fashion designers make a habit of scouring the area’s resale shops. Contributing to this list of sources are costume designers Louise Frogley (“Bull Durham”) and Albert Wolsky (“Crimes of the Heart”), Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator of costumes Edward Maeder and designer Lori Henle, whose Il Tetto hats are sold at Modasport, Beverly Hills.

AMERICAN RAG, 150 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. Store specializes in men’s and women’s fashions from the ‘40s through ‘60s.

BRENDA CAIN, 1617 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The specialties are casual classics from the ‘40s and ‘50s for men and women.

FRAMM, 2667 Main St., Santa Monica. Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Store features lace dresses from the Victorian era through the 1930s, in addition to new women’s clothes made from vintage fabrics.

GOLYESTER, 1356 W. Washington Blvd., Venice. Sunday through Saturday, noon to 5:30 p.m. Store features clothing from the 1880s through the late 1940s, especially embroidered and lace items.

JET RAG, 6111 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. The shop concentrates on fashions from the ‘50s through the ‘80s.

THE JUNK STORE, 11900 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Sunday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Clothes from the ‘50s--including Hawaiian shirts and vintage neckwear--are the featured attractions. The store also carries a collection called Cactus Club, a line of new clothes with a retro feeling.

ELIZABETH LUCAS, 1021 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The store carries men’s and women’s rayon clothing, including unusual evening wear, from the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. The shop also carries new skirts made of vintage rayon.

PHYLLIS, 8403 West 3rd St., Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Women’s evening wear from the turn of the century through the 1930s are among the features. So are hair ornaments and jewelry.

PLAY BACK, 622 N. Doheny Drive, Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Store carries a wide selection of white lace clothing from 1900 to 1950, rayon dresses and unusual vintage hats.

REPEAT PERFORMANCE, 7264 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The store features men’s and women’s casual and dressy clothing from the 1930s through the 1950s.

SOMEWHERE IN TIME, 98 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shop will rent or sell its casual and dressy clothing from the 1920s, the 1950s and the 1960s.

TWO-TIMER, 6907 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. The shop stocks an eclectic range of clothes for men and women, dating from the early 1900s to the present.

Hair and makeup: Angelo DiBiase/George Newell; stylist: Jeff Gardner/Visages