1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,880 Hey, thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG In Bloom. 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:17,920 I am the host Tracy Martens and we are still here at Wolf and Rebel for the podcast pop-up. 3 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:23,840 This store is located on Seminole at the corner of Drouillard and they've been great at having 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:29,440 us basically take over the store all day today, but we've been doing non-stop podcasts and 5 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:30,440 it's been fabulous. 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:37,320 And one of my last ones, but not least is Rebecca Haddad and she is the owner of Spicy 7 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,200 Cat Vintage and More. 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,200 Yes I am. 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,200 Thank you so much for having me. 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,840 Oh, thank you for coming. 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,720 So tell me about your business. 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:45,720 Sure. 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,920 So I've been casually selling vintage online since probably the pandemic. 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,480 So probably like three or four years. 15 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:56,240 It was very casual, not serious at first. 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,440 Like I would kind of just like find something in my closet and be like, I don't wear this 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:01,440 enough. 18 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,800 I should probably put it online and sell it to someone or like I'd be thrifting. 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,120 I'd find something that like doesn't fit me, but I thought was cool. 20 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:13,680 So I would sell it online and it kind of just started out like that, like not very serious. 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,000 But very recently I decided I kind of want to make this like a serious business. 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,200 I want to like start branding it. 23 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,440 I want it to be a real shop. 24 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,200 I want to do like social media marketing. 25 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,100 So that's and like start getting involved with like local markets too. 26 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:33,280 So it's only like in the past few months that it's become like a real shop. 27 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,000 And that's a little bit about how it started. 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,320 I really like curating like really bright and funky pieces. 29 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:45,520 I have like a strong focus towards like the 70s, 80s and 90s. 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,960 But sometimes I also like to find and like curate like 50s and 60s pieces. 31 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,320 They're a lot rarer though, so harder to find. 32 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,320 And yeah, that's a little bit about the business. 33 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,980 It's just really about like bright and funky clothing, like sustainability, keeping clothes 34 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:02,980 out of landfills. 35 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:05,640 And it's just like a creative outlet for me, I guess. 36 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:11,600 I love vintage clothes and but I'm glad that there are people that are grabbing them. 37 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,520 It's a pain in the butt to go through one of our thrift stores and it's all jam packed 38 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,600 and nothing looks good. 39 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:25,460 I would rather buy something from you where you can actually see it and see how special 40 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:26,460 it is. 41 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:29,400 And the fact that you're curating outfits is even better. 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,160 Yeah, thank you for saying that because like a lot of people, there's kind of like an argument 43 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,620 of like people saying like, oh, like, these resellers, like they're like taking these 44 00:02:38,620 --> 00:02:42,420 clothes away from people who are less fortunate and like can't afford clothes. 45 00:02:42,420 --> 00:02:44,120 Like there's that like argument. 46 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,720 But like, I like to think, well, some people like don't necessarily have the time to like 47 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,080 go to the thrift store and like sift through like thousands of pieces and like find the 48 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,080 good stuff. 49 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,540 Like really like reselling and like vintage selling. 50 00:02:57,540 --> 00:03:01,240 It's kind of like more of a service based business if you think about it than like an 51 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,560 actual product business. 52 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Like I'm just doing the work of like finding the actual hidden gems there. 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,560 So like that's one way to think of it. 54 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,560 It's not just like a product based business. 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:12,560 No. 56 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:18,160 And I mean, we can play the devil's advocate and say if they wanted to sell, they should 57 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,480 hire somebody like you. 58 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,480 Yeah. 59 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,480 Yeah. 60 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,480 Anyone can do consignment. 61 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,480 They can reach out to stores. 62 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,480 Yeah. 63 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Exactly. 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:26,800 Because you brought a few pieces today. 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:27,800 Did you know that? 66 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,800 I did. 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,040 Would you like me to go through all of them? 68 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Sure. 69 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,000 Just so I guess we'll start with this one. 70 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Dan Ye piece. 71 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,200 So this is probably from the nineties. 72 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Yes. 73 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,480 And it's like this little cropped number. 74 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,480 It's very rare to find a cropped leather vest. 75 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,080 But this is one of them has really cute gold buttons. 76 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,280 Very cute fit fitted at the waist and it has some stretch in the back as well, which is 77 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,280 nice. 78 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,680 It's like in mint condition. 79 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,800 I know it's gorgeous. 80 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,480 I'm really happy about this find. 81 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:07,240 Another piece I have that's really great is this one varsity jacket that's made of corduroy. 82 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,240 Everyone. 83 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,840 I love bringing this piece to markets because everyone sees the pam embroidery on the side 84 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,840 and all they just yell out pam every time. 85 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,640 It's kind of like the best part about markets. 86 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,840 So it's like gorgeous fabric. 87 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:22,840 It's very sturdy. 88 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:23,840 It's really thick. 89 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:24,840 Yeah. 90 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:26,840 It'll definitely keep you warm. 91 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:28,640 It looks like it's like from a high school. 92 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,360 I did try looking it up on Google. 93 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,900 I think it's a high school, like the little patch on it. 94 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:36,040 So maybe a high schooler would have worn this. 95 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,040 I don't know. 96 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,160 But yeah, it's like a little piece of history. 97 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,160 Really cute. 98 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,640 But you know what? 99 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:48,040 In just those two pieces that you shown, quite honestly, people would have passed by them 100 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,880 in the stores because they don't really look good in Iraq. 101 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,880 But once you pull them out and you look at them, and that's the one thing I hate about 102 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:01,880 shopping is a lot of times you look over things until you try them on. 103 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,800 And once you try them on, it's like, oh, okay, that one's nice. 104 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,800 I like that. 105 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,800 Yeah. 106 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,880 There has to be someone there. 107 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,800 Maybe you don't see the beauty in the piece right away, but there's someone out there 108 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,200 that will see it and they'll style it and they'll show people the value in it. 109 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Yeah. 110 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,200 Oh, for sure. 111 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,280 And then I have one more piece if we have time. 112 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:20,280 Oh yeah, we do. 113 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,760 So this one is very special. 114 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,960 I know this is a 1950s piece. 115 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Oh my God. 116 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,160 So it's almost 70 years old. 117 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,920 And this is like a very common 1950s style. 118 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,720 It's called a fit and flare dress. 119 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,360 So it's fitted at the waist and then it flares everywhere else. 120 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,720 This one is really special to me because it's basically Halloween themed, like black and 121 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,720 brown stripes, orange accents. 122 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:45,720 Like it's awesome. 123 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:46,720 Oh yeah. 124 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:47,800 It is very small. 125 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,840 It's like about like a 25 inch waist. 126 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:54,960 So very tiny, but a very special piece nonetheless. 127 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,160 And yeah, like where else are you going to find like a 1950s Halloween dress? 128 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,160 Like that's awesome. 129 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,480 Why couldn't I have found this about eight years ago when I had a 25 inch waist? 130 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,480 This is beautiful. 131 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,480 I know. 132 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,960 I love it. 133 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:09,960 It's gorgeous. 134 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,120 And you know what? 135 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,440 There's a lot of love in this. 136 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:19,040 Like you take the time to find the wonder in each piece, which makes it really special. 137 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,080 Yeah, thank you. 138 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,120 And yeah, it does take like a lot of time like to like measure everything, like put 139 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:30,120 like all those measurements in like online description listings, like describe everything. 140 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,520 Like it's a, it's a love. 141 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,040 It's a, sorry, I was going to say love of labor, but I meant labor of love. 142 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,000 It's just like all of that whole process takes so much time. 143 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,320 And like, that's why the pieces might seem expensive to people. 144 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,080 It's not like I just grabbed it off the rack and like listed it. 145 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,680 Like it took hours of work. 146 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,240 So like, yeah, but that's where the price comes in, I guess. 147 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,440 Do you do pop up markets? 148 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,080 Yeah, I do lots of pop ups. 149 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,320 I was actually just yesterday at the downtown Windsor farmers market. 150 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,720 Yeah, it was my first time there. 151 00:06:58,720 --> 00:06:59,720 It was great. 152 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:00,720 Yeah. 153 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,720 I missed it yesterday. 154 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,600 I was going to go, but I was like, I knew today was going to be a good day. 155 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,360 And you said you had an online store. 156 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,600 How can people find you? 157 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,600 Yeah. 158 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:15,080 So, um, my main social platform is Instagram, uh, at spicy cat vintage. 159 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:20,040 Um, so I usually advertise there and like just post like memes, like behind the scenes 160 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,680 content, that kind of thing to buy. 161 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,800 People can go to Etsy where I'm also spicy cat vintage or deep pop against spicy cat 162 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:28,800 vintage. 163 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,000 So those are my two selling platforms. 164 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:36,560 So yeah, and they can like always, um, I always post like, um, uh, drop announcements in advance 165 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,120 so people can know when I'm about to like list a new collection and they can just turn 166 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,320 on like their notifications for my page. 167 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,320 Um, so they, they never miss like a advanced notice of a collection. 168 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:52,080 I really appreciate you bringing these in and popping in and I'm sorry I made you wait. 169 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,800 No, no, don't worry about it. 170 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,800 I'm sorry. 171 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:55,800 I didn't say I was here. 172 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:56,800 I should have like checked in. 173 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:57,800 No, you're good. 174 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,640 But I really do appreciate all of this and spicy cat vintage and more. 175 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,600 Make sure you follow them on Instagram. 176 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Yeah. 177 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,640 My name is Tracy Martens and I want to thank you again for joining me for YQG In Bloom. 178 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:28,440 You guys have a good day.