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S9 Ep22: 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.

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Release Date: 06/23/2025

S10 Ep8 DEPOP: Cathy Moscardini, Depop’s Head of Sustainability - on measuring whether secondhand displaces new production, and the power of clothing with “emotional durability.”

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Today, we’re chatting with Cathy Moscardini, Depop’s Head of Sustainability. Listeners of this show, you of course know Depope – it’s one of the most culturally influential resale platforms in the world. Founded in 2011 with a mission to make fashion circular, the community-powered marketplace has grown to 56 million registered users, with over 136 million items given a second life through its platform. Part vintage marketplace, part social community, as well as being a launchpad for many young entrepreneurs, Depop has helped reshape what it means to shop, sell, and style...

S10 Ep7 HOUSING WORKS: Daniel Rodriguez and Emily McKay - on curating collections at one of NYC's most beloved thrift institutions, and what to shop at Best of Spring right now.

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Today, we're sitting down with two of the many people behind one of New York City's most beloved thrift institutions — Housing Works. Housing Works is a mission-based organization born from the AIDS crisis, fighting for inclusive care, social justice, and an end to homelessness and the AIDS epidemic. Their thrift shops — nine locations across New York City, plus a bookstore café and online ecommerce shop — aren't just places to find incredible secondhand treasures. They're also the engine that funds life-saving services for New Yorkers, rooted in the belief that housing is healthcare....

S10 Ep6 SUNWORN VINTAGE: Dana Andrews, upcycling creator - on making one-of-a-kind pieces like the Tie Bag, and designing digital sewing patterns so others can sew their own.

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Today, we’re chatting with Dana Andrews — the creator and maker behind Sunworn Vintage, an upcycled clothing and accessory brand, built on the art of reuse and reimagination. Dana grew up on the Central Coast of California in Santa Maria where she fell in love with fashion early, raiding her older sisters' closets and getting voted best dressed in high school. She learned to sew in a clothing and fashion elective she took all four years of high school, and she loved it so much she'd stay in the classroom through lunch just to keep working. Always creative with a couple of side hustles,...

S10 Ep5 ELITE REPEAT: Margy McCarthy is carrying on her grandmother Betty's 57-year-old consignment business - on resale in 1969, vintage furs, and the relationships that built it all.

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Today, we’re chatting with Margy McCarthy, a 29-year-old who did something most of us only dream about — she walked away from a corporate career to take over her grandmother's 57-year-old resale business, Elite Repeat. Grandma, Betty started Elite Repeat in 1969 in the Chicago suburbs as a consignment business. For over 50 years, she ran her shop with no website, no social media – just word of mouth, a gift for connection, and an eye for craftsmanship and quality in vintage pieces. All these years later, the regulars who came in with their moms are now coming in with their daughters. Our...

S10 Ep4 CS80 VINTAGE: mother-daughter team Monica and Scotti - on recirculating the largest known collection of true 1980s deadstock sportswear including 10,000 pairs of sneakers.

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Today, we’re chatting with Monica and Scotti, a mother-daughter team behind CS80 Vintage who are rediscovering the 80s in a way neither of them expected. Monica, who once worked in sporting goods and later built a career in photography and organizing – helping people deal with large-scale hoards and inventories, stumbled into a massive vintage collection during the pandemic. When the original owner, Franz, passed after years of illness, the inventory — tucked into basements, an attic, gazebos, and storage pods — just sat. Nobody knew what to do with it. Her daughter, Scotti, now...

S10 Ep3 SUE POOLE: secondhand fashion advocate and founder of At Source Vintage - on the Oxfam style challenge that sparked 6 years of secondhand-only, and her vintage collection.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Sue Poole, the founder of At Source Vintage. Sue's love for fashion started young – she remembers many bold fashion moments from her teens – wearing a turquoise pencil skirt with rainbow leggings, buying her first designer piece, shopping the charity shops in London. In 2020, Sue made a decision that changed everything: she stopped buying new clothes completely. What started as participating in Oxfam's Secondhand September challenge – where she committed to only wearing the secondhand pieces already in her wardrobe – turned into a permanent...

S10 Ep2 LOBSTERGARDEN VINTAGE: Hannah Englehart, vintage dealer, stylist and designer of Soft Jaws - on collaboration and community in the Minneapolis vintage community.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Hannah Englehart, a vintage dealer in Minneapolis at Olio Vintage, and the creator and designer of a new upcycled clothing line, Soft Jaws, which she just launched. Hannah's journey into vintage started with thrifting with her grandma in Ohio, and hunting for treasures in Amish country antique stores. After working at Plato's Closet as a teen, and selling vintage on Depop part-time for three years while grinding through corporate jobs, Hannah took a leap– she saved up six months of living expenses and moved to Minneapolis to sell vintage full-time. Within...

S10 Ep1 RED LIGHT: Tacee Webb, original founder of grunge era’s Red Light in Seattle started in 1996 - on buying back her iconic store 30 years later, a piece of vintage fashion history.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Tacee Webb, the original founder of Red Light Vintage in Seattle – a store she first opened in her early 20s in 1996 and is now buying back from its current owners 30 years later! Full circle story! Red Light has been a Seattle institution since the grunge era, known for its eclectic mix of vintage finds from the 1930s through the 1990s, its vibrant community spirit, and oh yes – its legendary naked shopping sprees. In this episode, Tacee takes us on a journey that starts on a tiny island near the Canadian border, where she grew up surrounded by her...

S9 Ep40 DETHROSE VINTAGE: Karyn Dethrow - on rescuing vintage furs, why the 1930s became her fashion specialty, and serendipitous buys with strangers.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Karyn Dethrow, owner of Dethrose Vintage in Chicago. Dethrose Vintage specializes in ultra-rare pieces, and Karyn takes pride in restoring every find – from the 1910s through the 1990s – to as close to its original state as possible, so it's ready to be worn and loved again as soon as it arrives at your door. In this episode, Karyn shares her journey into vintage, which started with her vintage dealer sister introducing her to the Bins in Southern Illinois, where she found some of her first 1940s pieces. She shares why vintage from the 1930s became her...

S9 Ep38 EBAY: Renée Morin, Chief Sustainability Officer - on eBay's fifth annual Recommerce Report, where recommerce has been and where it's headed next.

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On today's show, we're chatting with Renée Morin, Chief Sustainability Officer at eBay. eBay has been in the resale game since 1995 – long before 'recommerce' was even a term. Today, as Chief Sustainability Officer, Renée leads eBay's environmental programs and sustainability strategy. In this episode, Renée shares her journey from being the kid who petitioned her school to stop using styrofoam plates to leading sustainability efforts at one of the world's largest recommerce platforms. She shares how her time in the Peace Corps brought environmental concerns into sharp focus, and how she...

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 over 12 million in Series A funding. In Manhattan alone, 1 in 4 females aged 18-35 have used Pickle.

But Pickle had scrappy beginnings, Julia literally ran around NYC doing photoshoots with micro-influencers to get the first closets uploaded.

And, in this episode, you'll hear about the entrepreneurial hustle of this fashion tech founder to watch, and the cultural impact Pickle is having on how young women think about clothing consumption. I think you're gonna love it, so – let's dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

[3:24] The idea for Pickle started out as a completely different app – a social polling app.
[10:39] When Julia knew it was the right time for her career to go the entrepreneurial route.
[12:47] The insight that led to Pickle’s biggest pivot, in spring 2022.
[14:42] Pickle’s big differentiator is that it’s a peer-to-peer rental marketplace, similar to Uber and AirBnb within the sharing economy.
[17:44] When you’re building this kind of marketplace, you have to figure out how to attract both lenders and renters.
[25:24] How Pickle works as a side hustle for your closet.
[35:11] Insights from Pickle’s Series A fundraising round, where they raised $12 million and were called the AirBnb of fashion.
[41:11] Opening a brick-and-mortar store for closet rental in NYC.
[47:33] Future innovations in the circular fashion space, and what’s next for Pickle.

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