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S8 Ep16 ODE VINTAGE: owner, Olivia DeIyamu - on co-owning a Cleveland based brick and mortar vintage collective, called Slow Union, curating high quality vintage, and Westernwear!
Season 8 · Episode 16

S8 Ep16 ODE VINTAGE: owner, Olivia DeIyamu - on co-owning a Cleveland based brick and mortar vintage collective, called Slow Union, curating high quality vintage, and Westernwear!

Pre-Loved Podcast with Emily Stochl

May 13, 202452m 38s

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you'll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon!

On today's show, we're chatting with Olivia DeIyamu, the owner of the online vintage store Ode Vintage, and co-owner of a Cleveland, OH based brick and mortar vintage collective, called Slow Union.

Olivia has selling vintage since 2013, getting her start on Etsy and at area flea markets. On today's show, she shares the story of how she got where she is today, and how she hand selects quality and aesthetic vintage for her shop. We even chat about our shared love for vintage Westernwear! This is a fun one, and I think you're going to really enjoy it, so let's dive right into it!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

  • [1:50] How discovering a love for thrifting and secondhand influenced Olivia's sense of style and self growing up.
  • [5:42] Olivia's background in vintage interior design and architecture.
  • [12:57] How the creative and artistic small business side-hustle community of Cleveland inspired her to do it herself, starting in 2013.
  • [20:31] Developing her vintage specialties, including vintage Westernwear
  • [29:32] How Olivia and her co-owners knew it was the right time to open a vintage collective space.
  • [33:32] The stories behind some of the special pieces in Olivia's vintage collection.

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