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S6 Ep6 MARVIN RUBY: founder, Arlena, on her reworked vintage fashion brand using vintage quilts - on her path to founding a slow fashion brand, the debate about reusing quilts in clothing, and more!

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Pre-Loved Podcast: Marvin Ruby

Today's show is with Arlena, founder of Marvin Ruby, a reworked vintage brand which creates one-of-a-kind pieces from vintage quilts. Arlena grew up in the Rust Belt and was raised with a hatred for throwing things away. At age 19, she picked up and moved to New York City. Her journey to working in the fashion industry took her for quite a ride, she worked at an upcycled fashion brand in Iceland and for large commercial brands in New York. Ultimately, she decided to move to Upstate New York, and start her own line of reworked designs.

In this episode, we discuss Arlena's path to founding her own brand, her thoughts on the debate about reusing quilts in clothing, slow fashion, and so much more.

I'm so excited for you to hear this one, so let's dive right into the show!

All the Episode Links:

• Marvin Ruby
• @shopmarvinruby
• The "Quilt Clothes Must Die" controversial video
• We talk more about the "quilt clothes must die" discourse on Patreon this week
• Atacama Desert in Chile
• Pre-Loved Podcast with The OR Foundation
• Pre-Loved Podcast on secondhand in Accra, Ghana
• Phoenicia Flea Market
• Upstate Vintage Antique Show
• Lovefield Vintage
• Walk the West Vintage
• Proprietors