Pre-Loved Podcast: Animal Vintage

S7 Ep1 ANIMAL VINTAGE: South Florida based vintage dealer, Maria Barraco – on thrifting the St. Vincent de Pauls growing up, working as a fashion stylist, and her story in vintage!

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Pre-Loved Podcast: Animal Vintage:

In this episode, I’m chatting with Maria, the owner of Animal Vintage in South Florida! We chat about how she first discovered the fantasy of vintage and secondhand clothing at a St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, her career in fashion, and lessons learned throughout many years of being a vintage dealer.

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [4:30] Maria’s first adventures at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores in South Florida in the mid 90s
• [10:13] Working under Danny Santiago, now the costume designer and stylist known for his work on ‘And Just Like That’
• [13:40] The rave scene in South Florida, and selling vintage to finance her trips to shows
• [21:40] Maria’s first time vending at the Brooklyn Flea
• [27:36] Maria’s first Manhattan Vintage show in the mid 2000s. 
• [35:46] Having a showroom for appointments vs. opening a store
• [38:28] Spending summers in Minneapolis (check out Pre-Loved Podcast episodes with Audrey Rose Vintage and the Minneapolis Vintage Market!)
• [42:18] Selling a Bob Mackie astrology cape – pictured here

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

• @animalvintage
• Animal Vintage Etsy shop
• @dannysantiago
• Foley + Corrina
• Resurrection Vintage
• Brooklyn Flea
• The Lucky Tiger 
• @decadealchemy
• Manhattan Vintage
• @glamdiggersvintage
• @audreyrosevintage
• Jessie of Audrey Rose on Pre-Loved Podcast
• Bob Mackie astrology cape
• Fong Leng
• Artists & Fleas
• Gypsy Nation Vintage
• Liz Baca
• @selfishmaids in London
• @scoutla

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SPECIAL THANKS: 

*This episode is sponsored by Dirty Labs

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• Patty Weber
• Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage
• Danny of Galaxy Live
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• Lisa of Queenie & Pearl
• Trudy