Chloe Sevigny 'embarrassed' to admit to shoe collection size

Chloe Sevigny is "embarrassed" to admit to how many pairs of shoes she owns because she holds on to things as long as possible.

Chloe Sevigny is "embarrassed" to admit to how many pairs of shoes she owns.

The 49-year-old actress likes to keep her fashion purchases for as long as possible and has even held on to footwear she bought when she was a teenager.

Asked if there's anything she has too much of but can't get rid of, she told Sunday Times' Style magazine: "Shoes. Too many. I’m embarrassed to say how many. I still have ones from high school.

"Because I mostly only buy second-hand or vintage shoes, if I find something new, I feel like I have to hold on to it because I don’t like this attitude where everything’s disposable."

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But the 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' actress thinks getting good-quality vintage pieces is growing increasingly more difficult.

She said: "Thrifting is more challenging than it ever was because there is so much disposable fashion that’s flooding those shops now.

"It takes a lot more time and effort to weave through all that garbage to find the real pieces in a good charity shop.

"The best now in Manhattan are City Opera Thrift, which supports the opera, and Vintage on 3rd Avenue in Gramercy Park. They are both very discerning."

One of the 'Boys Don't Cry' star's first major fashion splurges was on a pair of boots.

Discussing her early splurges, she said: "When I was 18 my parents and I split the cost of a pair of Maison Margiela Tabis. They were black boots and I bought them at If in Soho, New York City. I still have them.

"And then, when I was 20 or 21, I bought my first Comme des Garçons cape sweater. Sadly I lent that one to a friend and she lost it. I felt like it was a historic piece of my fashion narrative so I am very upset that has gone, but I still remember how it fits."

Meanwhile, Chloe called for a return to the 90s grunge aesthetic.

She said: "I wish more kids aspired to dress like Hole-era Courtney Love; I feel like that hasn’t really caught on. People seem more into the glossier, Y2K, Christina Aguilera kind of stuff — they’re not into the real punk or grunge or DIY side of the 1990s."