Lucinda Pikkat

And I think about how that has changed and evolved for us over the past sort of two decades.

Like I remember vintage shops, they were sort of mothy, a bit sort of grubby.

It was only a certain type of girl who would go vintage shopping.

It was an aesthetic.

A bit of both, but I'm still thinking of the vintage shops in, I'm actually picturing Portobello Road in London, those really quirky, eclectic vintage stores or even the markets, right?

It was always around finding what is it?

Someone else's trash is someone else's treasure.

Don't get me wrong.

There's always going to be those amazing pieces that people would find and wear and talk about.

And it was incredible.

But it took that sourcing and took a while.

Whereas I find now these shops are really well curated.

Even like the turnaround with fashion, what we're seeing in Vinnies, you're seeing a lot of like new season stuff.

So even in Vinnies, you're seeing so much fast fashion.

I'm not saying this is a good thing, but just with such a fast turnaround in fashion, we're seeing lots of new pieces and new arrivals within Vinnies and stuff.

So I feel like the narrative's flipped where almost secondhand vintage is someone's first option rather than a last resort.

And it was really interesting, the brand and creative director at Depop,

said the appetite for vintage and secondhand fashion has moved from an alternative to the mainstream, increasingly becoming a first choice, not a fallback.

So they almost agree with that sort of idea of shopping for vintage is almost a new social currency and a bit of a fashion symbol.

I think as well.