A Former ‘It’ Girl Deletes Herself

“People think I’m a Beverly Hills bitch, but really I’m a Beverly Hills witch,” said Liz Goldwyn, a writer of the Substack newsletter “Starf*cker” and a filmmaker. She was reflecting on her life as a native Angeleno with a famous last name, now seen at some remove.

Ms. Goldwyn, 48, moved to Hawaii last year because, she said, “I am a hippie who wants to be barefoot, riding my bike, climbing on rocks.” She has returned home for a week to decide how much of her former life she wants to preserve.

This week, she is selling a portion of the enormous collection of vintage clothes she began acquiring as a teenager. They are currently housed in a climate-controlled storage unit meticulously organized with sections that include “vintage coats, 1920s-2010s.”

On May 22, a preview of the sale will be held at Arcade Vintage in Los Angeles for any of her 10,000 Substack subscribers. The next day, the pieces will go on sale to the public in person and online.

The Saturday before the sale, Ms. Goldwyn was eating a chopped salad at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, just down the street from the home she grew up in, which was a stop on the Hollywood Maps to the Stars tour and is now owned by Taylor Swift.

“I hate this so much,” Ms. Goldwyn said as she scrutinizes the garment racks at Arcade deciding what to sell. Credit…Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times