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S9 Ep26 VESTIAIRE COLLECTIVE: Belinda Van Santen, Vintage Category Manager - on 5x growth in searches for vintage on the platform, and 'Vintage Pieces at Vintage Prices.'

Sep 1, 2025 · 41 min · Season 9 · Episode 26 · 35.6 MB
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On today's show, we're chatting with Belinda Van Santen, Vintage Category Manager at Vestiaire Collective. Vestiaire Collective is a global platform for pre-loved luxury and designer fashion, started in Paris in 2009, where Belinda is also based.

Belinda has been with Vestiaire Collective for over a decade, one of the company's longest employees, who has great perspective on how the platforms' expertise in vintage has evolved and intensified over the years. Most recently, Vestiaire Collective has seen a 220% increase in vintage supply and 5x growth in searches over the past five years.

Vintage-lovers, this one's for you – let's dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

  • [2:05] Belinda always loved flipping through fashion magazines for the photography, but she really fell in love with style when she moved to London in her 20s.
  • [4:45] Once, Yoko Ono shopped at the vintage store where Belinda worked in Paris.
  • [8:04] What it was like joining Vestiaire Collective in the early days with only 40 employees
  • [10:18] How attitudes toward resale have dramatically changed in the last decade
  • [18:11] How the fashion industry's relationship with its archives has changed
  • [21:46] The shift from Y2K trends to more 90s minimalism emerging
  • [25:46] Underrated accessories to watch
  • [27:42] Tips for searching vintage on Vestiaire
  • [33:25] Belinda's personal style obsessions
  • [35:20] The importance of patience in vintage shopping.

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