Pre-Loved Podcast with Emily Stochl
Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly interview show about rad vintage style with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! Emily Stochl - @emilymstochl - is the show's creator and host. Each episode is about second-hand fashion. We come at the subject from all sides. We discuss style, running a fashion business, the global second-hand industry, sustainability, and -- of course! -- the incredible stories behind our best vintage pieces, and why we choose second-hand first.
JRAT: artist and designer, Janelle Abbott - on growing up in her parents’ Seattle clothing factory, and choosing a zero-waste path into fashion design.
On today's show, we're chatting with Janelle Abbott, the artist and designer behind JRAT. Raised in her parents’ Seattle clothing factory, Janelle grew up with an early respect for the labor that goes into making clothing.
After graduating from Parsons, she rejected corporate fashion, choosing a radically sustainable, zero-waste path.
Through her brand JRAT, she transforms discarded and found materials into one-of a-kind garments – her work merges activism, art, and performance—as she exposes fast fashion’s farce through garment reclamation, reminding us that all garments are human artifacts.
In this conversation, we're diving int...
ORNATE VINTAGE: Rachel Stillman, third-generation vintage dealer - on a 500-unit pandemic barn buy, and developing her showgirl costume specialty.
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On today's show, we're chatting with Rachel Stillman, the founder of Ornate Vintage Co. Rachel's journey into vintage started young—growing up surrounded by fashion and art, with a grandfather who was an artist and dealer, a grandmother who was a fashion designer, and a mother who also graduated from FIT, where Rachel herself studied fashion, and sells vintage jewelry.
A...
STYLEBIDDER: Ken Pickart, American Ivy enthusiast and menswear vintage dealer - on Brooks Brothers, and building a business with social media.
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On today’s show, we’re chatting with Ken, the founder of Stylebidder, a secondhand shop specializing in vintage and designer menswear. Ken has been selling for over thirteen years, starting out on eBay and Grailed, and he eventually expanded to his own online store and pop-ups events across the northeast including Newport Folk Festival & Alfargo's Marketplace.
Ken is a true...
ELECTRICAL BANANA VINTAGE: Desirée Fors, founder and vintage curator - on knowing when to pivot in your business, and building community through Instagram Live sales.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Desiree, founder of Electrical Banana Vintage. Her obsession with vintage started at a very young age, growing up in NYC where she kept herself occupied by playing 'store' while her mom attended college classes. Eventually, she got a job working at Nashville's oldest vintage shop, The Hip Zipper, and after three years learning the ropes and getting encouragement from the owner to follow her dreams, Desiree decided to take the leap and start her own vintage business.
She has great advice to share about pivoting in your business, and has...
CHEERIO COLLECTIVE: vintage market & event space - Lureena Thompson on what it really takes to sustainably bring a small business to life, one stone at a time.
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On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lureena Thompson, a comedian, actor and artist in Los Angeles, who opened the Cheerio Collective in Highland Park this spring. It’s a vintage store by day – utilizing a curated “rent-a-rack” collective concept, and a live event space by night – and Lureena self-admits she’s doing SO MUCH, and that you should stop by to tell her in...
DON’T LET DISCO: Ashley Moubayed, collector and curator of vintage and antique beads - on upcycling to create limited-edition jewelry, and honoring the life within every bead.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Ashley Moubayed, the founder of Don’t Let Disco. Don’t Let Disco sources uniquely crafted beads, often vintage or antique, and one-of-a-kind, to upcycle into limited-edition jewelry, honoring the life within every bead.
Don’t Let Disco is a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, and this New York Fashion Week, Ashley will be showing her Spring/Summer 2026 collection – Pre-Loved got you a special sneak peek into some of the pieces and their stories, and I can’t wait to share these with you.
Everything about Don’t Let Disco embrac...
ALISON NAGATANI: Maui Mood Swing and Mad Kimono - on moving from a California farm to Hawaii and building two vintage stores on Maui.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Alison Nagatani, the founder of Maui Mood Swing and Mad Kimono.
Alison is a fourth-generation farmer turned vintage entrepreneur who made the bold move from California's Central Valley to Maui and has since reimagined her life, living new passions.
What started as sourcing vintage for a friend's store evolved into two unique vintage destinations: Maui Mood Swing, an antique mall experience with a Hawaiian twist, and Mad Kimono, a curated women's vintage boutique inspired by her personal closet spanning pieces from the 1930s to 1990s.
And...
VESTIAIRE COLLECTIVE: Belinda Van Santen, Vintage Category Manager - on 5x growth in searches for vintage on the platform, and ‘Vintage Pieces at Vintage Prices.’
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Belinda Van Santen, Vintage Category Manager at Vestiaire Collective. Vestiaire Collective is a global platform for pre-loved luxury and designer fashion, started in Paris in 2009, where Belinda is also based.
Belinda has been with Vestiaire Collective for over a decade, one of the company’s longest employees, who has great perspective on how the platforms’ expertise in vintage has evolved and intensified over the years. Most recently, Vestiaire Collective has seen a 220% increase in vintage supply and 5x growth in searches over the past five years.
Vintage-lovers, this one...
MANZANITA: Dorit Avganim, stylist and curator - on personal styling, and a belief in urban storefront corridors and community spaces.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Dorit, founder of Manzanita, a vintage boutique in University City in West Philly. Dorit is a stylist, and in fact she was recently named Philadelphia Magazine’s Best Philly Stylist!
We talk about her special styling talents and her unique approach to curation – she feels she can call in the exact right person for each piece she pulls, and I think vintage-lovers you can probably relate! The piece finds you!
Plus, her belief in urban storefront corridors and why she became inspired to open a physical community space, m...
CHERRY PICK VINTAGE: Brooklyn O’Neill, co-founder - on sorting and grading 250,000 lbs of secondhand clothing each month for 3 vintage shops and a wholesale business.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Brooklyn O’Neill, one of co-founders of Cherry Pick Vintage, which operates 3 vintage retail shops and a wholesale business across British Columbia, Canada.
Brooklyn’s fiancé, Andrew is a third-generation clothing recycler, and the Cherry Pick Vintage team sorts and grades 250,000 lbs of secondhand clothing at the family’s warehouse each month – proving that “everything you want already exists!”
On this episode you’ll learn what it’s like to sort through 20,000 lbs of clothing each day, and the wildest discoveries that turn up in those bales.
Plus, why Brook...
ESTATE SALES.NET: General Manager, Marika Clemow - on the technology innovating estate sales for the modern day secondhand buyers and shoppers.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Marika, the general manager of EstateSales.Net – she’s a global expert in the secondhand market, her career spanning career spanning from auction houses in Sydney and London to making the estate sale space more technologically-innovative for the modern day secondhand buyers and shoppers.
Now, listeners of this show will probably be familiar with EstateSales.Net – the place to find estate sales online. On today’s episode you’re going to hear about some of the new ideas – like virtual line management and hybrid auction sales – that are making estate sales more a...
PICKLE: Julia O’Mara, co-founder of Pickle, a peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace - on building the sharing economy for fashion, working with influencers, and raising $12M.
On today's show, we're chatting with Julia O'Mara, the co-founder of Pickle, the peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace. Pickle's goal is making it easier and more affordable to rent high-quality clothing within communities – on today's episode, Julia will tell you about how she was working in business and product engineering when she had this idea: a gap in the fashion market.
And it led her to build Pickle, a first-of-its kind platform, which – in less than a year – has boomed onto the scene, recirculating 100,000 items, top lenders paying their NYC rent with their Pickle earnings! – and the company raising...
VERY BREEZY: vintage bridal studio, luxury fashion curator and wardrobe stylist, Brie - on collecting vintage fashion and building a business around what you love.
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This is the space where we talk about all things vintage, secondhand and pre-loved across the fashion space! And for new listeners, or longtime pals, to follow along with all things thrift, vintage, rad, retro, and sustainable, you can find me Emily Stochl, across the internet as @emilymstochl. Come hang out I’d love to chat with you!
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Brie, the founder of Very Breezy, a luxury vintage fashion studio in...
LA RETRO GIRL: long-time vintage dealer, Monique Gatillon - on how perseverance, divine timing and positive mindset contributes to the success of her business.
This episode is brought to you by Classic Coco, thank you for making Pre-Loved Podcast possible! https://classiccoco.com/
This is the space where we talk about all things vintage, secondhand and pre-loved across the fashion space! And for new listeners, or longtime pals, to follow along with all things thrift, vintage, rad, retro, and sustainable, you can find me Emily Stochl, across the internet as @emilymstochl. Come hang out I’d love to chat with you!
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Monique of LA Retro Girl! You might know her from b...
NOT-A-NORMAL SHOW: Lale Boz, founder, creative director and interior designer - on hosting a market at Barney’s for vintage dealers, artists, indie designers, and 10,000 guests!
This episode is brought to you by Classic Coco, thank you for making Pre-Loved Podcast possible! https://classiccoco.com/
This is the space where we talk about all things vintage, secondhand and pre-loved across the fashion space! And for new listeners, or longtime pals, to follow along with all things thrift, vintage, rad, retro, and sustainable, you can find me Emily Stochl, across the internet as @emilymstochl. Come hang out I’d love to chat with you!
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lale Boz, the founder of Normal NYC and the Not-A-Normal Show – wh...
BONHAMS: Marissa Speer, Head of Designer Handbags & Fashion in the U.S. - on auctioning Jackie Kennedy’s 1968 wedding dress.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Marissa, the Head of Designer Handbags & Fashion in the U.S. at Bonhams Auction House. If you’ve listened to the episode we did with Bonham’s UK-based counterpart, Meg Randell, Bonhams is building on its success in offering handbags & fashion by introducing the category to the US market.
Marissa bring twenty-years experience to this position, previously she worked at Resurrection Vintage, where she learned to source, date, and place exquisite antique and couture pieces with the world’s most renowned fashion houses, museums, stylists.
Then, she worked at...
ECLECTIC INVENTORY: Meg Barnes, New York-based interior designer turned dealer - on vintage watches and Coach bags, Betsey Johnson’s yard sale and opening her studio.
This is the space where we talk about all things vintage, secondhand a0nd pre-loved across the fashion space! And for new listeners, or longtime pals, to follow along with all things thrift, vintage, rad, retro, and sustainable, you can find me Emily Stochl, across the internet as @emilymstochl. Come hang out I’d love to chat with you!
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Meg Barnes, the founder of Eclectic Inventory. Meg is a New York-based interior designer turned vintage dealer, who started an Etsy shop in 2012. Her side-hustle has grown and evolved – Eclectic Inventory...
THREDUP: Cynthia Lee, Head of Merchandising at ThredUp - on merchandising one of the largest online resale platforms, and curating a 20,000 piece vintage collection.
Inside ThredUp's Massive Vintage Collection with Cynthia Lee:
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Cynthia Lee, the Head of Merchandising at ThredUp, who have just launched a limited-time, first-of-its kind curated assortment of more than 20,000 vintage pieces in partnership with Beyond Retro.
From childhood treasure-hunting on San Francisco's Haight Street to managing millions of unique daily listings, Cynthia brings 15 years of merchandising expertise from powerhouse brands like Neiman Marcus, eBay, StockX, and Sephora.
A lover of vintage herself, Cynthia spearheaded this initiative, and she’s coming on the show today to share...
LIDOW ARCHIVE: Haile Lidow, founder of a 9,000+ piece fashion rental archive - on the bedroom dedicated to shoes, and Lidow pieces appearing on Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Haile Lidow, the founder of Lidow Archive, which is a clothing rental fantasyland of over 9,000 pieces of vintage & contemporary designer clothing and accessories that Haile has collected over the course of 15-years — it now occupies an entire wing of her Los Angeles home/studio.
Her pieces have been worn by Chappel Roan, Lady Gaga, and Madonna and that’s because Haile loves the vibrant, the stand-out, the statement making….. And we haven’t even talked about the shoe closet yet, which contains 24 pairs of Marc Jacobs boots, including 9 pairs of Kiki boot...
BAG CRAP: Amanda Marcuson, the founder of BAG CRAP, a vintage bag charm brand - on upcycling trinkets and vintage toys into one-of-a-kind handbag charms.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Amanda Marcuson, the founder of BAG CRAP. Bag Crap is a vintage bag charm brand built on nostalgi and individuality
Amanda is a longtime vintage collector, with a love of treasure hunting that grew over the years as she spent countless weekends at estate sales, thrift stores, and flea markets searching for quirky items. She became a luxury handbag resale expert turned designer and charm curator. She uses vintage keychains and repurposed toys to transform nostalgic items into playful one-of-a-kind bag charms that celebrate sustainability.
Her business experi...
PINTEREST: Global Trends & Insights Lead, Sydney Stanback, and secondhand stylist KG Lillian - on fashion trend reporting, thrifted style bundles, Coachella, and nostalgia.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with the folks at Pinterest about their Festival Fashion Trend Report, made for Coachella. Sydney Stanback, Global Trends & Insights Lead, Pinterest gives us the scoop about how fashion trend reporting happens at Pinterest – think about it, Pinterest is obviously a major driver in what we wear, setting the trends before they even get to social media, and what they reported for festival fashion this season.
We also had secondhand stylist KG Lillian, hop on the line with us, she’s known for her thrifted style boxes, and Pinterest asked her to curat...
VIRGINIA CHAMLEE: Super Seller on Chairish with a lifelong passion for collecting vintage - on how to shop for vintage furniture, housewares and accessories.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Virginia Chamlee, a longtime journalist and staff writer for People magazine who has a lifelong passion for collecting vintage.
Nearly a decade ago, she began selling her finds, quickly become a Super Seller on Chairish and developing a roster of clients from AD 100 interior designers to A-list celebrities. In 2022, her first book, Big Thrift Energy, was released worldwide and since then she has traveled the country sharing her tips on how to shop for vintage furniture, housewares and accessories.
This episode is a lot of fun, and – especial...
KIKO’S KLOSET: vintage dealer, Kayla Dickie - on her "if you can’t dance in it, why wear it?!” attitude toward expressing yourself unapologetically in pre-loved fashion.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Kayla Dickie, the founder of Kiko’s Kloset in LA. Kikos Kloset uses dance to showcase how good it feels to be in your body, in one-of-a-kind outfits, feeling free, beautiful, & self-assured. As Kayla so often says: “If you can’t dance in it, why wear it?!”
She started selling vintage as a side hustle during the pandemic – dancing in the clothes on social media – and never looked back. We talk about the lessons learned in the years since, and why she believes in expressing yourself unapologetically in well-loved fashion, in a ne...
EMILY BLUMENTHAL: handbag industry and design expert - on vintage handbags and history, dupes and trademarks, and getting her designs on Sex and the City.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with handbag industry and design expert, Emily Blumenthal, who is the founder of The Handbag Awards and National Handbag Designer Day, and professor of entrepreneurship at FIT, and host the Handbag Designer 101 podcast.
This episode is all about – you guessed it! – vintage handbags, including the story of how Emily got her original handbag designs on Sex and the City, and so much other great vintage handbag lore. I think you’re really gonna love it – so let’s dive right in!
DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:
[2:29] Growing up with a dad who w...DISTRESSED FEST: co-founders and dealers of distressed vintage, Abe and Connor - on distressed vintage as wearable folk art with visible history, and why these pieces are coveted.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Abe and Connor, the co-founders of Distressed Fest, which is a vintage event promoting distressed vintage as wearable art. If you’re listening to this live, Distressed Fest is headed to Brooklyn March 29th, and you should go check it out if you enjoy this episode.
On to our guests today, Abe is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but now he runs a vintage showroom in Brooklyn. He has a fine arts background and is a vintage clothing appraiser on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. His business partner, Connor, is Distresse...
MACKII SHAYE: vintage dealer and magazine collector, owner of Little Oyster Club - on 2000s pop culture and ‘as seen on TV’ fashion moments from shows like Gilmore Girls.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Mackii Shaye, who calls herself a real life Valley Girl, major magazine collector, and former model. After working a lot of different jobs in the fashion industry, she took a leap to start her own vintage, shop Little Oyster Club
We chat about collecting magazines, and Mackii’s love for ‘as seen on TV’ fashion pieces from the early 2000s — so many “oh my gosh, I remember that!!” moments from pop culture, and it’s a fun one, and I think you’re really gonna love it – so let’s dive right in!
MOORE VINTAGE ARCHIVE: vintage dealer, writer and curator, Keesean Moore - on his archive of historic pieces by Black designers.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Keesean Moore, who is a vintage dealer, writer and curator based in Philadelphia, where he is the founder of the Moore Vintage Archive on Philadelphia's historic Fabric Row. Keesean has been dealing vintage since high school when he got a job at a small vintage shop in Jersey City, and the rest is history.
In this episode, we discuss his design library, as well as his museum-quality archive of historic pieces by Black designers. And, Moore Vintage Archive has a couple New York City markets coming up soon (Not a Nor...
ST. EVENS: Alexandra Stevens, vintage dealer and writer of 1-800 Vintage - on the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and ‘The 100 Fashion Films Project.’
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Alexandra Stevens, an NYC-based writer, stylist and vintage dealer, working at the intersection of fashion, history, and culture. You may know her from her vintage brand, St. Evens, or her Substack newsletter, 1-800-VINTAGE.
We discussed the ILGWU – that’s the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Alex’s series ‘The 100 Fashion Films Project’ about all things iconic fashion in film – including the Grinch! I bet you didn’t see that reference coming – and so much more.
It’s a fun one, and I think you’re really gonna love it – so let’...
ERIKA VEURINK: writer of Long Live and founder of EV Salon - on writing about secondhand fashion, and sourcing inspiration from 90s J.Crew catalogs to Nora Ephron movies.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Erika Veurink, a writer, the founder of EV Salon, and a brand consultant who lives in Brooklyn by way of Iowa. You may know Erika from her Substack, Long Live, where she writes about clothes – mostly pre-loved – and shares secondhand shopping recommendations.
We chat about fashion writing, Nora Ephron movies as muse, and why all the best thrift shopping is here in Iowa. I think you’re really gonna love it – so let’s dive right in!
DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:
[5:03] Erika’s career journey as fashion writer, and...BLK IVY THRIFT: Dr. Kimberly McGlonn, founder & CEO of Grant Blvd and Blk Ivy - on cultural artifacts celebrating the aesthetics and work of the Civil Rights movement.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Dr. Kimberly McGlonn, an award-winning social entrepreneur, working at the intersections of social justice and environmentalism. You might know her as the founder & CEO of Grant Blvd, and now Blk Ivy, which is a Philadelphia-based secondhand store that specializes in cultural artifacts celebrating the aesthetics and work of the Civil Rights movement.
Her work has been featured by Fast Company, Inc Magazine, Essence, and has been funded by Beyonce’s BeyGood Foundation. In 2022 she was a recipient of the Visa’s “She’s Next in Fashion Award” and the Black Enterpri...
AZYR SPECS: Maureen Ryza is a costume designer, stylist, and vintage eyeglasses dealer - on sourcing and selling vintage glasses from all over the world, for modern-day wear.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Maureen of Azyr Specs, which is a vintage glasses brand! Maureen fell in love with vintage glasses while she was working on costumes for a movie that was based in 1975, and she saw firsthand the power that glasses had to elevate a character’s whole look.
On this episode, she shares her journey trying to make a sustainable difference in the glasses space, sourcing them from all over the world and refining them alongside an optician in NYC for modern-day wear. To date, she's re-sold over 800 pairs of vintage glasses...
PRETTY PENNY: Sarah Dunbar has sold vintage since 1998 - on the early days of the buy-sell-trade business, vintage pop-ups in her apartment, and 19 years of her own stores.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Sarah, the owner of Pretty Penny Vintage, located in Berkeley California. Sarah started selling vintage in 1998, when she got a job at a busy buy-sell-trade store called Mars Mercantile, which taught her a lot about the business.
Eventually she held pop-up sales where she sold her own vintage clothing in her apartment, and then in 2006, she opened Pretty Penny with a student loan. She’s had multiple locations and iterations of the business throughout its almost 19 year history.
But what remains consistent is her love of her local c...
THE KIT VINTAGE: Robyn Goldberg, curator and owner of a luxury vintage boutique - on special occasion dressing, Red Carpets, and the appeal of very old vintage.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Robyn Goldberg, curator and owner of the luxury vintage boutique, the Kit Vintage, which specializes in luxury vintage special occasion and bridal. Robyn started in the fashion industry 25 years ago, and she shares her stories working in the industry from Anna Sui to Teen People where she was a fashion editor.
Robyn started her vintage business in 2014, with a clothing rack inside her husband’s antique and vintage jewelry store – vintage engagement rings pair perfectly with the vintage outfits for the wedding weekend, afterall! Most recently, her vintage gowns have appe...
JASMINATV: best friends and co-creators, Jasmina and David have deep fashion industry roots - on their design backgrounds’ and bringing a fresh energy to luxury shopping.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Jasmina and David – together they create as JasminaTV, where they’re bringing a fresh energy to luxury fashion across social media. Both best friends have deep fashion industry roots and a passion for high fashion, so they’ve taken their design backgrounds and turned them into a platform for luxury shopping and fun fashion analysis.
Jasmina and David have taken their followerss window shopping to so many of Los Angeles best and most famous vintage spots archives like Tab Vintage, Pechuga and Recess, and classics like Wasteland, Melrose Trading, Rosebowl. L...
YURI’S MARKET: archival fashion expert, Yuri Carter - on skills learned working in luxury consignment, marketing advice for a vintage business, and 90s and Y2K designer.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Yuri Carter, an Atlanta-based vintage and archival fashion connoisseur. After many years working in the luxury consignment business where she learned tricks of the trade, she established Yuri’s Market in 2017, as a premier destination for curated vintage and high-quality fashion.
Yuri’s Market has evolved into a comprehensive marketplace, and a physical archival and vintage shop in Atlanta, further solidifying Yuri’s Market’s presence in the vintage fashion industry. This one is for the vintage designer enthusiasts – I loved Yuri’s stories and I know you will, too – so, let’s...
PONY MFG CO: designer and founder, Phoenix - on repurposing deadstock, vintage and antique textiles, her love of vintage graphic tees and a great vintage sweatshirt.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Phoenix, the designer and founder behind Pony Manufacturing Co., which is a small batch fashion brand utilizing deadstock and antique textiles.
Phoenix has a deep love of vintage and antique textiles, starting with vintage graphic t-shirts, and developing into a love of vintage workwear and sweatsuits which inspired her first upcycled collection at Pony. I loved learning from Phoenix about the process of repurposed vintage textiles from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, everything from sleeping bag to quilts, there’s a beauty found it all!
And I know you...
TAILORED THRIFTS: Sierra started her vintage business as a college sophomore, alongside her fashion merchandising degree - on sustainable fashion in a college town.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Sierra, who started her secondhand clothing business, Tailored Thrift, while she was a sophomore in college. She wanted to bring a curated selection of vintage and secondhand to her college town – and what started as popups and markets turned into a brick-and-mortar store.
I loved hearing about how Sierra worked on her business, almost as a research project tackled alongside getting her fashion merchandising degree. She found that in her college town there was a large group of people who wanted to shop sustainable, but didn’t feel like digging t...
FREE ARTS NYC: upcycling designer, Anne Whiting and recent FIT grad, Nashalae Martin - on how high school and college-aged young people learn about sustainable fashion.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Anne and Nashalae. Anne Whiting is an upcycled fashion designer, sustainable fashion activist, and writer. She is also a longtime volunteer and mentor for young people with Free Arts NYC, an organization that provides arts programming for youth – including arts internship placements. Through Free Arts NYC and her upcycled brand, Anne James New York, Anne has worked with several high school and college-aged interns teaching them about the pillars of sustainable fashion and upcycling. She loves helping her interns create their own capsule collections using NYC secondhand shops like Goodwill and BigReus...
VINTAGE VINTAGE VINTAGE: friends, turned business partners, Libby, of Libby & My, and Rajni, of Jungli Vintage - on opening DC’s first and only vintage collective.
On today’s show, we’re chatting with Libby and Rajni, the founders of DC’s only vintage collective, VINTAGE VINTAGE VINTAGE. These two friends, now business partners, Libby – of Libby & My –who grew up collecting vintage and antiques in the Midwest, and Rajni, founder of Jungli Vintage – a lover of all things bold and colorful – have teamed up to open a collective of 18 vintage vendors all under one roof.
Today’s episode is such an ode to community. If you’re in the DC area, VINTAGE VINTAGE VINTAGE is hosting the That's So Vintage Market, on November 9th and 10t...
55,000 DRESSES: vintage dealer and sustainable wardrobe stylist, Lisa Graystone - on curating and liquidating the one-of-a-kind, award-winning 55,0000 dresses collection.
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On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lisa Graystone of Evolution Vintage. Lisa is a sustainable wardrobe stylist and vintage dealer, and since 2018 she has been the curator of the 55,000 Dresses Collection. Dress collector, Paul Brockmann, accumulated this one-of-a-kind, award-winning collection, which Lisa is helping to curate and liquidate – finding every single dress in the collection a new home.
This story is one of a kind – let’s dive right...
