Lucinda Pikkat

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.

I think for various reasons.

I even think looking, referencing Australian Fashion Week, like don't you think it gave you that flex saying something was vintage?

Yeah, there is something, like you said, about that hunt and the friction that makes something cool about wearing vintage, right?

Yeah.

Like, that's where you get that.

You've got fashion literacy.

You've got that fashion intel and knowledge that, yeah, this is actually a 90s Chanel jacket, not just buying new.

Because everyone's got the capability to buy new arrivals, buy a whole styled look online.