S4 Ep31 ADARSH ALPHONS of WARDROBE: the largest peer rental marketplace for luxury and vintage fashion - on the sharing economy of clothing, and scaling this very new fashion start-up nine months in.
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Pre-Loved Podcast: Adarsh Alphons
Today I’m speaking Adarsh Alphons the founder of Wardrobe, the largest peer rental marketplace for luxury and vintage fashion. Prior to Wardrobe, Adarsh founded ProjectArt—currently the nation’s largest art school, without owning a single building. His background as a proven leader in the sharing economy space made ProjectArt a nationally-scaled enterprise, and now he’s turned that expertise to the fashion rental world.
We talk about why the sharing economy, and why fashion, what goes into scaling up a business like this, all kinds of inside behind-the-scenes bits about the business, what this wild year has been like for this (very new!) fashion start-up, the future of fashion, and more.
And! They’ve created a special discount code for listeners of the show -- PRELOVED for 25% off their first order. That code will be in the shownotes for you to find it.
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Use the code PRELOVED on Wardrobe for 25% off your first order. Wardrobe @wear.wardrobe When you keep your clothes longer, doubling their life from one to two years, you reduce their carbon emissions by 24% Suited for Success Wardrobe - We Stand With You statement Thanks for Sharing series Sweatpants Forever - NYTimes ‘Sweatpants Forever’ The Daily podcast Rent Miquela’s @lilmiqueala wardrobe* For more good stuff every week be sure you get our newsletter! It’s called The French Press and you can sign up here.
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