Vintage & Streetwear Goat of Mineapolis @camerondundas @chromatic_mn | Vintage n' Stuff Podcast 144

Yeah.

You know, I guess a little bit about myself.

I've been doing this for 10 years now.

I moved out to the Midwest about a decade ago, and, you know, for schooling and kind of just, you know, I'd sold some clothes before that and just kind of kept going headfirst into, you know, we'll g- I'm sure we'll get into it, Urban Jungle.

Yeah.

And then post-Urban Jungle and COVID and all that fun stuff.

Sweet.

So maybe the first question I wanna ask is, I, I went out to Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is a, I think, a special place in the vintage world.

So what do you think differentiates Minneapolis and the Twin Cities as far as vintage from other places?

So, uh, you know, I always thought about it.

You know, what-- W- when I first started really doing vintage here, y- you know, you have a very high base, I feel like, in terms of, like, supply.

Like, anyone can pretty much go out to a local Goodwill, Savers, bins, whatever.

And, you know, if you're an eBay reseller or you're a Depop demon or whatever, you can go find something and pretty much sell it.

Like, you know, I've been around the country, and you go places, and it's just, there's just not much donations.

Like, I think the Midwest mentality of, like, you know, giving it a second home and that, like, drives a high, like, donation amount, and there's a lot of people, like, who've lived there for a long time in the Midwest in general.

So this whole kind of like, there's a good basis of supply, which then allows all these, like, independent resellers and small businesses to kind of flourish.

I, I think the groundwork was laid, like, you know, before me with people like, uh, Bearded Mermaid, Nick.

He's been around.

You know, I remember when I first got into vintage here, people were like, "Oh, he's the legend of the bins." And, you know, there's all these people who, uh, have been around forever, and the true vintage scene is really strong because of that.

You know, these people were out picking, you know, knocking on doors 15 years ago to now you have all these thrift stores that continually still supply.

You know, as prices go up, there still is places like-- I went into a thrift store the other day, just yesterday, just to grab some, like, T-shirts, and y- you find two, like-90s like band tees, you know, band tee and a Taz tee is like five bucks a piece.

Like, you know, you don't have that ability as easily everywhere, I feel, and as a result, a lot of stores have popped up.

Like, I think there's over 20 stores in Minneapolis.

You know, the metro's about two and a half million.