What Goes Around Comes Around; the state of vintage retail

With retro looks all over the Gucci-led international runways; a 90s swiftly followed by 80s revival; anniversaries such as Escada’s 40th and deaths such as Kate Spade’s and Sonia Rykiel’s; together with the resurgence of vinyl; a changing world order, and movements around ethical consumerism, all things old are currently being viewed through rose-colored glasses. Vintage is having a moment. Between 2017 and 2022 retail apparel’s annual growth, as projected by Thredup, will be at 2 percent while resale apparel will grow by 15 percent. To understand more about the changing fortunes of vintage, FashionUnited reached out to founders of What Goes Around Comes Around, Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione, who responded to our questions via email amidst ongoing celebrations for their 25th anniversary.