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 worked in New York’s Garment District
• [6:06] Designing handbags while hanging out behind the DJ booth at the clubs in college.
• [9:45] How she got her handbag everywhere – including Sex and the City! – by hustling.
• [15:34] Developing a deep knowledge of handbag history while hosting The Handbag Awards. 
• [19:55] So much design inspiration is taken from vintage! 
• [26:30] On “dupe” culture and trademarks.
• [30:01] How fast fashion has changed the handbag industry.
• [33:45] On the concept of vintage “It” bags.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Handbag Designer 101 Substack newsletter
• The Handbag Designer 101 Podcast
• @handbagdesigner on Instagram
• Emily’s video on dupe culture
• Her letter on ‘getting ahead of the dupe’
• The Sex and the City scene
• The History of Women’s Handbags Part 1, Two, Three, and Four
• The Armani Privé post
• The story of Hermè, Henry Ford, and the zipper
• The talk with the United States Patent & Trademark Organization (USPTO) on patents
• Handbags to look for when you’re vintage shopping

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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 Distressed Fest’s west coast conter-part, hailing from San Diego where he’s been dealing distressed vintage clothing for some time now.

We chat about what makes distressed clothing so special and their most incredible finds on today’s show. It's a really interesting one and I think you’re really gonna love it –  so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [2:30] Early memories of buying and selling clothes, and lots of thrifting
• [9:46] The path into dealing vintage clothing
• [14:19] How distressed vintage became their special interests
• [25:23] Starting Distressed Fest, a vintage event promoting distressed vintage as wearable art.
• [30:04] Wash, wear, and repair as the markings of a good distressed vintage piece.
• [35:57] Distressed pieces have a visible history that can sometimes be interpreted.
• [46:08] Well-worn pieces becoming a status symbol in high fashion.
• [48:46] One of the wildest stories I’ve ever heard about picking vintage clothes from an abandoned homestead!

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Distressed Fest
• @sumshitifound - Abe’s business
• @legarbaage - Connor’s business
• @distressedfest
• Led Zeppelin
• @erikbill
• @antiqueshirts
• @bangfoyobuckclothing
• @detailsvintage
• @shop.handbook
• @laborandgleangarment

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [2:35] Growing up on Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s style, and obsessing over 90s and Y2K pop culture.
• [4:31] Getting into indie style, modelling, and collecting magazines in high school.
• [11:46] Specializing in early 2000s ‘as seen on TV’ fashion moments
• [17:54] Starting her vintage shop, Little Oyster Club
• [27:00] Going to Kathy Hilton’s closet sale
• [33:53] Her J’adore Dior tank she’ll never part with
• [35:02] Mackii’s decades long obsession with Juicy Couture

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Little Oyster Club
• Mackii’s Instagram
• Mackii’s TikTok
• NYLON Magazine in 2006 with Ashley Olsen
• Wasteland
• Kaley Cuoco as Bridget Hennessy from 8 Simple Rules
• Lorelei in Custo at Rory’s birthday
• Rory’s ‘Reading is Sexy’ tee
• Lorelei’s ‘Yoga Kills’ tee
• Carrie’s ‘I have Nothing to Wear’ tee
• Toby Mott @culturaltraffic
• @macyeleni
• Macy Eleni on Pre-Loved Podcast
• Suki Waterhouse in shorts and tights
• Jamie Dornan and Kiera Knightley
• @voulezvous
• Lorelei’s kitty Princess tee 
• Mackii’s Joomi Joolz collection
• Steph Ermer
• Steph Ermer on Pre-Loved Podcast
• Addison Rae wearing the Electric Barbarella pants
• Avril’s Getting Lucky in Kentucky tee
• @misss2005
• Second Chances by Macy Eleni

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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 Normal Market and A Current Affair) so we got a little preview of some of the really special pieces you’ll see there.

It’s a fun one, and I think you’re really gonna love it –  so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [2:40] Discovering a love of vintage fashion, growing up in Jersey City and working in vintage shops as a teenager.
• [6:56] How Keesean’s fashion career unfolded after years of crashing New York Fashion Week runway shows.
• [11:15] Moving to Philadelphia to open a brick-and-mortar vintage store.
• [16:39] Keesean is building out an archive of historic Black designers.
• [20:45] How to approach an “edit” for a vintage show.
• [26:41] Vintage buying in Paris
• [36:31] Favorites in Keesean’s personal collection, including great vintage tees.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• @moorevintagearchive
• Moore Vintage Archive
• Another Man’s Treasure
• Cathy Horyn
• What Goes Around Comes Around
• A Current Affair
• Brooklyn Flea
• Not a Normal Market 
• Naomi Campbell walking for Patrick Kelley
• Via Davia Vintage
• Indigo Style Vintage
• Cave Canem poets
• The Watering Hole
• BLK MKT Vintage

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [1:48] Alex lived in Japan as a child, and her earliest fashion inspirations come from being a 90s child model there.
• [8:33] Her “quitting fast fashion” story, after years working in fashion retail.
• [20:56] Starting her vintage brand, St. Evens, as a return to the fashion world.
• [30:52] On the ILGWU, or International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
• [36:24] Alex’s Substack, 1-800 Vintage, on garment history and care.
• [48:05] One of the most surprising pieces Alex came across vintage shopping in Japan!
• [53:27] ‘The 100 Fashion Films Project’ and the fashion in the 2000 holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• @wear_st.evens
• St. Evens website
• 1-800 Vintage on Substack
• Seven Wonders Collective on Pre-Loved Podcast
• The Oops I Did It Again red leather suit
• “Print Media! You let it die!”
• Pre-Loved Podcast with Sofi Thanhauser, more on the ILGWU
• Mountain Artisans co-op
• Alex’s piece on Mountain Artisans
• GEM’s founder, Liisa, on Pre-Loved Podcast
• The 100 Fashion Films Project
• Alex’s 100 Fashion Films Project post on The Grinch
• Subrina Heyink
• Viv Chen on Pre-Loved Podcast
• The Molehill on Substack
• Seven Wonders Collective
• @lunarcurated
• @bookivintage
• @amouryshop

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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 how it led her to Long Live.
• [9:26] 90s J.Crew catalogs as fashion inspiration.
• [12:13] What Erika has learned from 3 years on Substack, writing about personal style.
• [17:38] Erika loves an online secondhand shop
• [26:16] A Vera Bradley revival?
• [36:50] Erika is the founder of EV Salon, a community that brings like-minded communities together for in-person connection.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• @erikaveurink
• Long Live on Substack
• Erika’s letter on JCREW catalogs
• Nora Ephron movies as a source of fashion inspiration
• Erika’s letter about why buying more won’t help
• Thanks, It’s From eBay
• WORN in Des Moines
• BODE
• Sarah Spellings
• Sarah’s piece on brown diamonds
• Tariro Makoni of Trademarked
• Mandy Lee (Old Loser in Brooklyn) - Cyclical on Substack

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer

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 Enterprise “Business Disruptor of the Year” award, and ultimately, her goal is to inspire others to see the power of fashion as and for activism.

This episode was indeed inspiring – and rich with history! – and Kimberly even gave us a little preview into her latest book. I’ll let her tell you the whole story. I think you’re gonna love it –  so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [3:40] Kimberly loved the 90s style she grew up in, but got hooked on vintage through a 1960s dress found in Chicago.
• [6:22] Her professional career started as a public school teacher, and she has always been an educator.
• [7:28] Her social entrepreneur initiative in fashion was Grant Blvd.
• [11:25] Learning about Black Ivy style.
• [16:29] The rich history of Sunday best as an aesthetic of the Civil Rights movement.
• [22:50] A lot of research went into telling the story of the clothing sold in Blk Ivy.
• [25:07] How the space at Blk Ivy Thrift is used for present day social justice work. 
• [27:04] Kimberly’s book, Build It Boldly 

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Blk Ivy Thrift
• @blkivythrift
• Build It Boldly (book)
• Netflix documentary, 13th
• I Called Him Morgan
• Black Ivy (book)
• Arcana bookstore in LA
• Take Ivy
• King in the Wilderness documentary
• Angela Davis
• Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisolm
• The music of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer

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! 

Something I love is a niche vintage category, and I think you’re gonna love this episode – it’s a fun one, so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [4:02] Maureen fell in love with secondhand fashion after moving to NYC, where she accidently had to restart her wardrobe
• [5:56] Her love of vintage eyeglasses began while working on movie costumes.
• [12:06] Maureen especially loves 1960s and Space Age glasses.
• [14:59] Eyeglasses brands referencing vintage.
• [21:53] The business case for dealing a niche vintage product.
• [26:42] Sourcing vintage Gucci glasses in Tangier, Morocco. 

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Azyr Specs
• Azyr website
• Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
• André Opticas
• Polaroid glasses
• Bayonetta glasses
• Gabriette and Bella Hadid in Bayonettas
• Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Manhattan Vintage Show
• @peteryeedesigns
• Eden’s Harvest - jewelry

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer

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 community. You’re gonna love this episode – it’s a fun one, so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [1:46] Thrifting in the 90s in the Washington grunge scene.
• [5:18] Working at Mars Mercantile in Berkeley in 1998
• [14:48] Sarah started her first store as a pop-up in her own apartment.
• [22:40] Real talk about the many challenges of running a small business.
• [31:51] Pretty Penny’s vintage specialities, and how they’ve changed over the years.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• Pretty Penny - website
• @prettypennyclothing
• Sarah & Nick, over 20 years ago!
• Mars Mercantile in the 90s
• Buffalo Exchange
• Wasteland
• ‘Why Not Vintage’ pop-up in 2004
• Hey Pretty Hair Salon

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer

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 appeared on the Red Carpet worn by Pamela Anderson and Angelina Jolie – who is a regular customer and lover of vintage! You’re gonna love this episode, with all sorts of fun stories about vintage party gowns – it’s a treasure, so let’s dive right in! 

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [4:41] Robyn made her way to New York, where she learned about all the various careers one can have in the fashion industry. 
• [12:04] While working in fashion industry, she’s always building a collection of vintage pieces.
• [14:12] She starts The Kit Vintage with a clothing rack in her husband’s vintage and antique jewelry store.
• [17:00] Why The Kit Vintage specializes in special event vintage
• [23:06] What Robyn’s seeing trend in special event dressing and on the Red Carpets
• [27:30] The Kit Vintage dresses worn by Angelina Jolie and Pamela Anderson on the Red Carpet
• [41:09] Robyn on personal style and the favorites in her collection.

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• The Kit Vintage
• @thekitvintage
• Anna Sui loves vintage
• Platt Boutique Jewelry
• Angelina Jolie’s dress from The Kit Vintage
• Pamela Anderson dress from The Kit Vintage

LET’S CONNECT: 

• 📸Instagram: @emilymstochl
• 🐦Threads: @emilymstochl
• 🎥TikTok: @emilymstochl
• 📧 Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/ 
• 🎧Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible!

• Patty Weber
• Kathy Brand
• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Lucille of Galipette Vintage
• KT 
• Lydia Welp
• Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer