Danielle Vermeer

7 out of  a16z ’s latest Marketplace 100 are resale marketplaces.  2 of these 7 are in the top 10 (GOAT, StockX).  Since last year, 3 resale marketplaces “graduated” via IPO or acquisition (Depop, 1stDibs, Tradesy).

Research by environmental charity Wrap shows that extending the life of an item of clothing by just nine months could cut its environmental impact by up to 10 percent.

Until recently, there was very little understanding or acknowledgment of the physical and psychological effects of systemic racism, intergenerational trauma, and gender discrimination.

We’re especially bad at talking about it because of a collective tendency to treat ailments as personal. Sure, we can acknowledge that it takes a small village to support someone battling cancer. But what if the damn village caused the cancer? And not just one person’s cancer, or their immediate family’s, but everyone who looks like them, or lives... See more

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Per the Clean Clothes Campaign, only about 2 percent of the world’s 60 million garment workers earn a living wage.