About

For the girls with sharp eyes and a thing for pieces that feel impossible to find.

I started Closed Caption because I’ve always believed getting dressed should feel personal. Not overly polished, not trend-chasing - just pieces that make you feel something. The kind you keep thinking about and always reaching for.

With a background in fashion photography, publishing, design, and art direction, I’ve always been drawn to storytelling through clothes, objects, textures, and tiny details. Closed Caption became a place to bring all of that together - a curated mix of vintage, archive designer, worn-in leather, special silks, and those weirdly perfect pieces that somehow make an outfit feel more like you.

Everything is handpicked by me from all over, with a focus on pieces that feel timeless, interesting, a little emotional, and hard to find again. I care a lot about shape, color, texture, and that specific feeling when something just works instantly.

Based just outside Washington D.C. in Old Town Alexandria, Closed Caption is more than just a shop to me. It’s a world built around personal style, nostalgia, collecting things you love, and romanticizing everyday life a little more.

Basically: clothes. bags. shoes. objects. ideas.

Thanks for being here ♡

-Erika Astrid