There are bulging closets all over Hollywood, but Irene Albright’s are bigger. Thirty-four years ago, the OG stylist and fashion archivist founded her in New York, now with 20,000 pieces of true fashion finds for rent. “When I first had the New York showroom, most of the menswear in came from it — I had all this Armani!” says Albright, who began building her collection early in her career, buying leftover pieces from photo shoots.
After opening a small Beverly Hills showroom a decade ago, she’s moved Albright Fasion Library LA into luxe new digs in L.A.’s Trousdale Estates.
The house functions as a mega-closet, featuring 7,000 rental-ready pieces of designer eveningwear, couture gowns, jewels, shoes (25 racks of them) and evening bags — both new and archival — plus a full photo studio for celebrity shoots and commercials. “We get stylists and costumers here,” she says. “But lately celebs come in directly.
We’re our own stylists: We dress you head to toe for anything, in almost any designer. Your shoot can be done here.” Clothes from her collection have been worn by everyone from Beyoncé and to and .
For the HBO Emmy after-party in 2022, Sydney Sweeney wore a green Versace dress with cut-outs from Albright, while Lindsay Lohan stunned in a floor-length vintage Galliano from the library this spring at the premiere in New York. Albright Fashion Library’s and preview the goodies, but visiting the appointment-only Trousdale spot is a fashion fantasy o.