🎧 Lidow Archive's 9,000-Piece Collection Dresses Hollywood Stars

Pre-Loved Podcast interview 🎤 with Haile Lidow, founder of a 9,000+ piece fashion rental archive

May 05, 2025

Brand New Episode of Pre-Loved Podcast!

There’s a brand new episode of Pre-Loved Podcast out, wherever you stream shows!

We’re chatting with Haile Lidow, the founder of Lidow Archive, a clothing rental fantasyland of over 9,000 pieces of vintage & contemporary designer clothing and accessories, which Haile has collected over the course of 15-years.

The archive now occupies an entire wing of her Los Angeles home and studio, and there’s even a whole room just for shoes (including 9 pairs of Kiki boots, which have been worn by the likes of Rihanna!).

Her pieces have been worn by Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga, and Madonna and that’s because Haile loves the vibrant, the stand-out, the statement making pieces. I’ll let her tell you all about it! – let’s dive right in!

“Lady Gaga bought this dress from me for her Joker press tour. I got it in Portland, it must have been, like, eight years ago or something... my friend was looking at me like I was crazy when I pulled this dress out.
Every detail was perfect and it was a perfect little dress. My friend thought I was insane, like, I can't believe you're going to buy that. And I was like, yes, I'm going to buy this!
And I don't think it got rented one single time. Like I swear, I don't think it was ever rented. But then Gaga buys it and wears it on her press tour!”
— Haile Lidow, Lidow Archive

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

[5:03] Haile’s lifelong love of fashion started with middle school weekends treasure hunting at local flea markets with friends.
[8:46] At just 16, she landed an internship at Vogue, the launchpad for her fashion career.
[13:36] How she figured out a path from “collecting,” to a full-on career in fashion archiving.
[23:00] The massive task of documenting a 4,000-piece collection to kickstart her business.
[27:48] How vintage archives work with celebrity styling and editorials.
[32:23] A whole room just for shoes? Step inside the archive’s most jaw-dropping feature.