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 being a regular vintage dealer at Pickwick Vintage, or from her super fun personality online – she even does Instagram live shows with vintage pieces!

She's been selling vintage for many years – she started off selling vintage on eBay right after high school, and now she's a busy mom of four! On today's episode, she shares her perspective on how divine timing and mindset contributes to the success of her business, and how LA Retro Girl has changed and grown over the course of her vintage selling journey.

All this, and so much more on this week's show. It's a really fun conversation, so – let's dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [4:29] Why it's important to seize opportunities – like when she took a leap of faith selling at her first Manhattan Vintage Show.
• [5:23] How Monique's dad – a Peruvian restaurant owner – inspired her love of thrifting and business from a young age.
• [7:33] How she fell into vintage after friends kept wanting to buy her 1960s mod club outfits.
• [11:00] How perseverance, divine timing and positive mindset contributes to the success of her business.
• [12:36] Her daily practice of checking in with her energy and intuition to guide business decisions.
• [16:24] How she balanced building her business while being a busy mom of four and caring for her father.
• [19:34] The game-changing business addition of partnering with a seamstress to offer custom alterations.
• [21:04] Essential advice for vintage market and pop-up season.
• [29:15] Amazing thrift finds in unexpected places – including Chanel pieces at Goodwill.
• [30:39] The latest reworked collection LA Retro Girl is bringing to their pop-ups.

EPISODE MENTIONS:

• LA Retro Girl
• @laretrogirl
• Manhattan Vintage Show
• Pickwick Vintage
• BAG Crap on Pre-Loved Podcast
• Trust Fund 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
• KT
• Lydia Welp
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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 – which, if you’re listening to this episode live, is coming right up June 6-8 & June 13-15!

Not-A-Normal Show is a large-scale, immersive marketplace show, featuring vintage dealers, artists, and indie designers. It’s hosted quarterly in New York and seasonally in Los Angeles—with more cities coming soon! And these June shows are both the 1-year anniversary AND the Season Finale of Not-A-Normal Market at the former Barney’s New York flagship department store in Chelsea – where over 10,000 attendees walk through the door each event.

Rewinding it all back, you’ll hear how this epic event all came to be! Born in Istanbul, Lale is now a bi-coastal creative designer between New York and LA, prioritizing design, sustainability, and community in all she does.

She’s first and foremost known for sharing the interior design work, including the design of her first Brooklyn apartment on social media, which kicked off the whole Normal journey in 2020.

All this, and so much more on this week’s show, but I’ll let her tell it! – let’s dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [3:34] Growing up in Istanbul in a family of sustainable fashion manufacturers and how that shaped her entrepreneurial spirit
• [8:04] The apartment that started it all: Normal became a place to share her interior design journey.
• [11:06] How she applies sustainability into her work and life.
• [12:57] The viral estate sale that brought 2,400 people to her Brooklyn apartment and taught her about community power, kicking off her event production work.
• [24:57] How Not-a-Normal Market landed at the iconic Barney’s flagship department store in NYC.
• [28:47] What she learned in her first year at Barney's: crisis management, leadership, and building stakeholder relationships
• [34:01] How consistency and transparency with vendors built unshakeable loyalty.
• [38:19] Why she sees endings as beginnings, and the grand finale of the Barney’s location!
• [44:38] A “blueprint for the future of retail” – connecting emerging designers and creatives with diverse communities
• [48:38] Her advice for new vendors doing their first markets this summer.
• [50:54] The outfits Lale plans to wear to the upcoming markets (including a 2002 Gianni Versace dress!).

Don't miss the upcoming announcement for their biggest takeover yet!

EPISODE MENTIONS:

• Normal New York
• @normal.nyc
• Lale Boz
• June Market tickets!
• Domino Mag story
• Kallmeyer

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
• KT
• Lydia Welp
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero

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 the world’s largest consignment company, The RealReal, where she specialized in authentication and valuation and had a 0% authenticity error rate.

What happens when a Dior newspaper dress (yes, THAT Sex and the City dress) goes from an $800 estimate to selling for $23,000? Or when a 90-year-old yacht mechanic decides it's time to auction Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress he's kept wrapped in tissue paper since the 1960s?

On this episode we talk about all this & more – the absolute treasures that fall under Marissa’s specialty for auctions at Bonhams – let’s dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [2:39] A child of the 90s, Marissa grew up loving a Delia’s catalog.
• [10:20] How she was recruited to start the Fashion & Handbags department at Bonham’s U.S. division.
• [14:16] Why building relationships is so important in a client-driven business like vintage dealing or auctions.
• [14:46] Selling Jackie Kennedy’s 1968 Valentino wedding dress, which had been stored on a yacht.
• [20:59] Inside the most impressive collection of never-worn Margiela Marissa has ever seen.
• [23:53] The heritage brands and couture designs Marissa works on at Bonhams, and how to value them.
• [27:02] - How a Sex and the City reference turned an $800 Dior dress into a $23,000 auction moment.
• [28:50] Working on the first-ever Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy fashion auction.
• [30:28] How an auction house assesses trends and demand to best time the market value.
• [31:25] Why it’s time to pull out your Y2K Louis Vuitton and your Dior saddlebags, plus other trending items.

EPISODE MENTIONS:

• Bonhams
• @bonhams1793
• @bonhamsbags
• Pre-Loved Podcast with Meg Randell at Bonhams
• Resurrection Vintage
• The RealReal
• Jacqueline Kennedy's Wedding Dress
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy auction
• Vintage-lovers on LV x Murakami
• Tom Ford Gucci beaded python print dress
• Gwynth Paltrow and Kate Moss wearing this Tom Ford dress

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
• KT
• Lydia Welp
• Michael A.
• Megan Morris
• Jennifer
• Alana Rivero