Total Pleasure, a new secondhand e-commerce destination that went live last month, caters to a very niche market with vintage finds like velvet bustiers and pants covered in flames or Mountain Dew logos.
Site to Be Seen | A New Vintage Online Boutique Caters to the Downtown Set - NYTimes.com: The e-shop could be seen as a response to the craftiness of
Etsy or the fast-fashion aesthetic of
Nasty Gal. Erickson, who works for the artists
Urs Fischer and
Spencer Sweeney, and Kim, a producer at
Vice, curate their inventory based on what they would wear in Williamsburg or downtown Manhattan. After years of thrift shopping together, the duo started taking buying trips around Long Island and the Northeast, and eventually to Florida and California. They see Total Pleasure less like a shop than an opportunity to build a community around a store, not unlike
Opening Ceremony...
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