S8 Ep10 HANDBAG CLINIC: circular business buying, selling, authenticating, and restoring luxury handbags - from flipping bags as a teen, to fixing Claudia Schiffer’s vintage Chanel.

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! 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 into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:19] Lisa loved watching fashion shows and exploring Vogue spreads as a child. [6:14] Lisa has been a vintage dealer and sustainable wardrobe stylist for over fifteen years [11:26] The unlock of styling in sustainability [15:52] Meet the one-of-a-kind 55,000 dress collection! [20:01] Lisa takes over the process of liquidating the collection in 2018 [28:56] The experience of the dress pop-ups – an ultimate dress-up closet! [33:55] The crown jewels of the collection [37:38] The cyclical nature of vintage [43:39] Vintage collectors and dealers need to check out this sale! EPISODE MENTIONS:  Lisa Graystone 55,000 Dress Collection Evolution Vintage  LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Sean Crowley, of Crowley Vintage located in Brooklyn. Sean specializes in traditional menswear vintage – a bit of a twist for our show, and a fun one at that. Picture tailoring, Fair Isle sweaters, country tweeds, varsity knits, and suiting –  Sean is a former designer at Ralph Lauren, and we chat about vintage inspiration, his design career, aesthetics, and world building.  All this and more on today’s show  – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:12] Sean developed his love of vintage menswear aesthetics watching PBS with his grandfather and visiting antique markets as a kid [7:49] Sean got his start selling vintage, while learning from his mentor who owned Bobby from Boston [14:27] Sean meets a lot of Ralph Lauren designers while working in vintage, and decides that’s where he would like to go next. [26:12] Sean starts Crowley Vintage  [31:00] Finding what you love in style, without all the inputs that come with the internet and social media  [37:53] Sean’s take on what makes a prized vintage piece EPISODE MENTIONS:  Crowley Vintage Bobby from Boston Ralph Lauren  LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Macy Eleni, TikTok secondhand style star on a mission to reinvent fashion entertainment using secondhand clothing as a vessel for storytelling. Raised by a single mother in Dayton, Ohio, Macy used thrift shopping as a way to express herself as a teenager.  On todays’ episode we’re chatting about iconic Y2K style, and how being on YouTube in the 2010s influenced Macy’s love of fashion and thrift, plus estate sales in Los Angeles, Juicy Couture, and so so much more. Plus, Macy’s book, Second Chances, is out THIS WEEK on September 24th, so snag your copy after you listen to this show.  – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [4:50] How Macy got into secondhand fashion as a teenager who wanted to play with style on a bargain. [8:02] The glory days of thrifting when you could find vintage Louis Vuitton for a few dollars. [13:04] Y2K irreverent graphic tees [17:08] When thrifting went through a mainstream transformation [21:00] On vintage Juicy Couture  [26:15] Finding vintage Ed Hardy at estate sales [31:53] And her best estate sale tips [38:24] Macy’s thrift manifestation Pinterest boards EPISODE MENTIONS:  @macyeleni Macy’s TikTok Second Chances book Macy’s YouTube channel Macy on Fluffy Files ( by the founder of Juicy Couture) podcast Macy’s Juicy Couture “Firkin” EstateSales.Net on Pre-Loved Podcast @littleoysterclub @jasmina.tv @stephermer Steph on Pre-Loved Podcast LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Kate Sanner, the Co-Founder and CEO of Beni, working on making resale as easy as buying new.  We've all been there: You're scrolling, spot something you absolutely love, and you want to hit ‘add to cart.’ But guess what? There are 300 million resale bargains out there just waiting to be snagged. We’re chatting about how Beni takes the time, energy and know-how out of the resale dig with just a couple of clicks (it’ll blow your mind!)– let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [5:18] With her background in marketing, Kate thought solving ‘secondhand first’ would be a fascinating problem to tackle. [12:19] How the team conceptualized Beni through manual search, in its early days [17:33] Can we convince people to choose secondhand first instead of new? [22:49] Why she thinks of sustainability as “the gift with purchase” [25:13] How Beni makes secondhand search easier. [31:34] Being a female founder in the tech space [35:48] Kate’s best secondhand finds EPISODE MENTIONS:  Beni @join_beni Out With the New Substack Dobbin St. Vintage Depop’s 2022 displacement research ThredUp 2024 Resale Report LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Mya Gelber, a  Brooklyn-based law student, writer, and content creator who loves hunting down the perfect essentials, color theory, and trend commentary.  Mya wrote for New York Magazine’s The Strategist about where to find the perfect white t-shirt – she prides herself on being able to get stains out of a white tee, by the way – and these, and more personal style tips on today’s show – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:21] Mya loved the style in the Parent Trap growing up [9:14] Exploring the vintage scene in LA as a teenager. [14:06] Her journey to law school [18:11] Finding the perfect basics secondhand [22:33] Mya’s best tips for online secondhand shopping [26:20] Top tips for getting stains out of your fave white tee [30:37] Her personal style & favorite pieces EPISODE MENTIONS:  Mya Gelber Mya on TikTok Mya’s New York Magazine column @aaricanichole Aarica Nichole on Pre-Loved Podcast LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Sanne Hendriks, an Amsterdam-based tattoo artist, illustrator, and vintage fashion content creator who works at the beloved Rumors Vintage (an Amsterdam fave!) for the last eight years.  She’s a big collector of 1960s and 70s clothing, so this episode is a little fashion history, a little collecting — and if you’re ready for some vintage suede this fall, we’ve got tips for you! All this and more on today’s show – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:04] The emo kid to vintage collector pipeline [5:43] On the vintage scene in Amsterdam. [8:03] Sanne got into 1960s-70s as a teenager. [10:08] She works at Rumors, which is a beloved Amsterdam vintage store. [24:54] The item on Sanne’s vintage wishlist that she’s always hunting for.  [31:50] Caring for vintage suede. EPISODE MENTIONS:  @sannesunset Sanne’s TikTok I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres Rumors Vintage in Amsterdam Sendra cowboy boots Patti Boyd Caroline Tucker Fiona Tronson Gianna Skye LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lexy Silverstein, a sustainable fashion creator and advocate. Once a frequent shopper of fast fashion, Lexy's personal quitting fast fashion journey towards adds authenticity to her sustainability advocacy. She says she aims to inspire significant, impactful changes in the industry by educating and engaging people in the process. Lexy recently got her degree  fashion merchandising and marketing  at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles, and while she was there, she led a student protest and petition, calling on FIDM to drop it’s partnership with the ultra fast fashion brand, SHEIN. We chat about all this and more on today’s show – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [4:07] As a lifelong fashion-lover, Lexy found herself obsessed with fast fashion as a teen. [14:20] On her journey to quit fast fashion, Lexy discovered a love of thrifting. [17:30] At first, it was a slippery slope because she didn’t know how to stop overconsuming, even at the thrift store. [24:08] Lexy led a student protest and petition, calling on FIDM to drop its partnership with the ultra fast fashion brand, SHEIN. [37:30] How to win people over with positivity and humor. [43:38] Lexy’s personal style and favorite thrift stories EPISODE MENTIONS:  @lexysilverstein Lexy’s blog eLEXYfy Lexy’ podcast The Place for Fashion Wolf & Badger FIDM and SHEIN Change.org petition Vogue Business story on the protest BJonesStyle Pickwick Vintage @madisonxwild NATALIA TREVINO AMARO The Devil Wears Vintage ebook LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lauren Lepire, the founder of Timeless Vixen, a high-end vintage clothing boutique located in Beverly Hills with a focus on iconic, rare, and important pieces of fashion. We’re talking museum quality antiques, rare designer dresses, true haute couture spanning from the Victorian era to modern day. Lauren’s vintage gems have appeared on fashion icons from Kate Moss, to Dita Von Teese, they’ve been in big Hollywood movie productions and they’ve even been acquired by museum archives around the globe.  We chat about fashion houses such as Chanel, Christian Dior, and Valentino who work regularly with her to purchase their original designs to further complete their archives, her first pinch me moment celebrity placements, and what it’s like to see her vintage on the big screen. All this and more on today’s show – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [3:45] Lauren’s love of true vintage started when she was a teenager in an all-girls ska band. [8:49] Lauren started selling vintage on eBay over 20 years ago, recirculating incredible finds from thrift stores and the Rose Bowl flea market. [10:16] One of Lauren’s earliest big clients was Courtney Love, and during this era she started to learn a lot about Edwardian fashion. [15:09] The fun of being a vintage fashion detective and learning a piece’s backstory. [18:47] Working with designers to build back their archives. [23:54] The vintage Michael Kors dress that Sabrina Carpenter wore, previously worn by Madonna on Glamour magazine! [31:38] Kylie Jenner wearing vintage Hanae Mori to the Golden Globes  [34:51] Lauren’s own personal favorite pieces.  [38:11] Selling her first piece to a museum when she was twenty-five years old. EPISODE MENTIONS:  @timelessvixen Timeless Vixen Vera Ellen in White Christmas  Fashion archives buying back their own pieces The vintage dress Sabrina Carpenter wore to Vogue World Jared Ellner Margot Robbie wearing an Ossie Clark vintage piece in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Arianne Phillips Kylie Jenner in vintage Hanae Mori The exhibition featuring Lauren’s vintage dress The Bob Mackie Sonny & Cher duo set A a 1958 Christian Dior gown designed by a young Yves Saint Laurent Jasmina & David @JasminaTV LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Maggie Lanham, a Louisville-based vintage seller, stylist, and writer and the owner of the shop Really Good Vintage. Maggie loves 90s fashion – she loves Armani, the carefree world of 90s J. Crew, and she loves pulling together her favorite chic and curated vintage finds into her newsletter – Really Good Vintage. Now, after spending  the last five years in New York, Maggie’s settled back in her home state of Kentucky to put her vintage experience to use as she opens the Really Good Vintage brick and mortar store this summer!  This is a really fun one – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [4:42] Maggie loved to go antique mall with her grandma growing up. [6:10] She got her first vintage shop job in college, and that kicked it all off! [14:23] The journey from selling casually on Etsy, to Really Good Vintage. [21:25] Starting Really Good Vintage, the newsletter [26:48] Opening her first brick-and-mortar! [30:42] Maggie’s specialty is 90s minimalism [37:30] Where to find style inspiration, and how to apply it EPISODE MENTIONS:  @reallygoodvintage Really Good Vintage Maggie’s Substack newsletter Street Scene in Lexington, KY @annazgray Anna Gray on Pre-Loved Podcast Seven Wonders Collective Seven Wonders on Pre-Loved Podcast @simplicitycity @watchingnewyork The Gem app @holaaida AIDA Studio LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer  

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Heather Hurst, aka Pigmami, a Brooklyn-based personal stylist and content creator who loves to curate and chat all about great style. Heather also started a vintage shop – vintage HQ – with her friend and roommate, Lauren – it’s a really wild story actually. So – let’s dive right into it! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [3:21] Growing up shopping secondhand in the DC-area.  [6:33] Heather’s very best estate sale find, and how she started to amass quite a collection of amazing finds during COVID. [8:58] How Heather met her roommate, Lauren, and they started a vintage business together. [14:03] Doing vintage pop-ups in DC. [17:36] How Heather started sharing styling advice online. [20:20] Her work as a personal stylist. [25:53] How her own personal style journey has clicked into place. [33:48] Some of the most special pieces in Heather’s vintage collection. EPISODE MENTIONS:  @pigmami (TikTok) Heather Hurst @pigmamiii on Instagram Pigpen (Heather’s Substack) Get styled by Heather on Indyx @limitedtoo Allison Bornstein Tavi Gevinson The RealReal Tina Leser designer Elodie Studios Wild Aster Vintage Libby & My Jungli Vintage Ida Giancola Elliot Duprey LET’S CONNECT:  📸Instagram: @emilymstochl 🐦Twitter: @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 Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris Jennifer