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S8 Ep19 SEVEN WONDERS COLLECTIVE: founder, Melissa Blumberg - on opening her first vintage store in 2011, and how it evolved into a vintage community collective with 30 dealers.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Melissa Blumberg, the founder of Seven Wonders Collective. Melissa opened her first vintage store in 2011, and since then her business has evolved into a collective housing many different vintage dealers and multiple different stores in New York City under the Seven Wonders Collective name – and she shares the full story on today's show. .

Melissa says her dream day is looking at every single piece of clothing in a massive thrift store (because you never know where treasure is hiding.) It's that love of treasure that left her with a massive vintage collection to begin with. And you bet she shares about some of those best treasure finds on today's show – let's dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

  • [3:50] Melissa's style growing up was informed by the dELiA*s catalog and the Betsey Johnson store in the mall.
  • [5:19] Melissa has been working in New York vintage stores since she moved to the city at twenty-one-years-old.
  • [7:53] How the vintage scene in New York has changed since then.
  • [11:14] The moment Melissa opened her first vintage store.
  • [17:05] The evolution from owning her store to the Seven Wonders Collective.
  • [28:08] The importance of community and the power of a collective.
  • [36:01] Some of Melissa's favorite vintage pieces and personal finds.

EPISODE MENTIONS:

  • @sevenwonders_collective
  • Seven Wonders Collective
  • The Vendors
  • Horizons Vintage
  • Real Life as Liv

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SPECIAL THANKS:

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  • Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage
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  • Lucille of Galipette Vintage
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