It started with a tip from a logistics contact who’d spent thirty years managing warehouse clearances across the Midlands. “There’s a room,” she said. “You should probably see it.”
The room was in a former textile distribution centre on the outskirts of Luton — a building that had processed garments for mid-market retailers from the 1980s until 2008, when it closed. The room in question had been sealed, apparently, since a returns processing error in late 2002 had rendered its contents uncategorisable. Nobody had dealt with it since.
What We Found
Forty-seven boxes. Inside those boxes: 200+ garments, predominantly Juicy Couture and Miss Sixty, all from the 2001–2003 production window. All NWT. All in original packaging. The velour had not faded. The tracksuits were still folded in their original tissue. The zip pulls still had their protective plastic sleeves.
We spent six hours in that room, cataloguing and photographing. By the end we were sitting on the floor eating gas station sandwiches and trying to process what we were looking at.
What Happens to Them Now
We’ve already released twelve pieces. The rest are being cleaned, measured, graded, and photographed over the coming weeks. We’ll release them in small drops — four to six pieces at a time — so they don’t all disappear at once. Sign up to the list for early access. These will not be here long.