State of Grace

Meet the woman behind Vintage Grace, young Hollywood's latest obsession.

- Meg Donohue

Guttersen in her showroom, wearing a '90s Giorgio Armani suit from Vintage Grace.

For Chandler Guttersen, everything has a story behind it. The reason she moved into her apartment-slash-showroom? A bad breakup. The apartment itself? Oh, it used to belong to Cindy Crawford. How this very story came to be? None other than Law Roach put her in touch with the ELLE team. Guttersen even wanted to know the story behind my own name, flipping the interview dynamic to satisfy the curiosity that is so integral to her business, Vintage Grace. This theme carries through to her very core: Fashion is storytelling—and storytelling is everything.

Through her work at Vintage Grace, Guttersen has provided pieces for celebrities like Dakota Johnson, Chloe Fineman, Justine Skye, Evan Mock, and Roach, who works with stars like Zendaya and Ariana Grande. When Roach saw a dress from Guttersen's stash—a beaded Isaac Mizrahi number originally made for Kate Hudson in 2003—she says he told her, “I know a major fashion moment when I see one.”

Guttersen wears a fall 2005 Chanel dress designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a Perry Ellis fall 1992 faux-fur coat designed by Marc Jacobs, both from Vintage Grace.