DiscoverPre-Loved Podcast with Emily StochlS9 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.'
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.'

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.'

Update: 2025-09-01
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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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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.'

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.'

Emily Stochl