Hello everyone, happy Monday!
I'd like you all to meet my friend Chris Hernandez. I had the pleasure of working together with this smart enthusiastic entrepreneur at one of my brewery jobs last year at Modern Times when the company opened up in Portland last January 2018. We become quick friends always talking about vintage scores and thrifting gems, I loved picking his brain on how to start my own resell vintage business which BIG surprise I'm hoping to launch it next year in 2020. I have be working on this side project of mine for you guys so stay tunned when I finally get it all together I'll be posting all about, "Miss Honey Lavender Vintage" when the time comes. To give you all a bit of backstory, earlier this year (a few months ago) I had the pleasure of attending a unique vintage pop up in a borrowed gallery space off Burnside street here in south east Portland. There were some other cool vendors as well like @recycledrad and @redsauce who are obviously depicted above in these photos I took while shopping around. But the one person I wanted to learn more about how all this magic happens is Chris so without any further adieu let's get into this awesome and inspiring interview with Chris or otherwise known on the gram
1. What made you inspired to want to start
treasure hunting?
I started Treasure
Hunting originally as an outlet Instagram to sell old clothes I've had sitting
in my closet that I felt someone else would enjoy or love. I was familiar with
running a thrift account because I used to run an account called Less Fortunate
Club with one of my best friends Jaleel. And Treasure Hunting is a name that I’ve
had saved in my iPhone notes for years. Soon enough I found myself thrifting on
the daily and turned it into a daily post type of reselling page.
2. How did you become interested
specifically in Men's Vintage???
I've always
had a knack for dressing true to myself, meaning, if I like something I'm going
to wear it regardless of what anyone thinks or has to say. I also hate wearing
the same clothes as other people or feeling like i'm following trends. Vintage
clothing is so cool to me because the graphics and attention to detail in the
older shirts are just so much better. I feel like each piece I come across
takes you to a certain time in the world and has a story to tell. Also, the
shirts are so rare and hard to find that I know no one else is going to be
wearing a particular shirt I'm wearing that day.
3. Do you wear head to toe vintage often?
What are your staple items?
I mostly always am
wearing at least one or two vintage items on me at all times. Whether its a hat
and a shirt or some dope old shoes and jeans. But the beauty of it is, being
able to mix and match vintage with new age stuff and creating your own style
out of it. Vintage hats are my staple items because they fit my head so much
better. And I always get comments on my hat selection.
4. What's been one of your most exciting
finds to date?
oof. Honestly too
many to mention. You find some pretty amazing stuff when you go thrifting 3-5
times a week. One of my more crazy finds though was an SGT. Peppers Lonely
Hearts Club Band Beatles t-shirt completely unworn from the '80s/90's. Seen em
go for 250+ dollars.
5. How long have
you been invested in your hustle?
With Treasure
Hunting, about a year and a half now. Crazy now that I think about it, feels
like so much longer. I've been doing the reselling thing for like 4-5 years now
though.
6. Where do you hope to go with treasurehunting PDX???
I'm going with the
flow. I love what I do and it never feels like a hassle to do it. I would love
to have my own vintage resale store with some sort of skateboarding element to
it.
7. Do you shop/thrift alone or with a crew?
I prefer to
thrift alone, that way I don't get salty when the homie finds something that I
could have come across lol
8. Coffee or tea? Beer or Cocktails?
Coffee 100 %. And
I will order a beer before cocktails; however, I'm not opposed to a solid
cocktail.
9. How old are you?
I just turned 24
August 2nd
10. What are you most excited for in the
future?
All of life. I'm
always optimistic about life. THPDX is doing great and I want to venture into
new avenues of making clothes, meeting other like-minded people, and keep this
thing going.
11. Any advice to those looking to get into
vintage or thrifting???
Do it. You won't
regret it. But the biggest thing you gotta have is patience.
12. What does eco or slow fashion mean to you?
I honestly don't
know, that might be something you have to enlighten me on.
13. Do you consider your brand sustainable?
For sure. I would
much rather thrift and support thrift stores than go to the mall or new retail
stores for clothing. I feel like everyone should be shopping reused or
repurposed items if that's what you meant.
But sustainable in
a sense of it keeps me going and pays the bills, yeah that too. I often
consider what and where I could take this company if it was my only focus and
only job.
14. Words to live by?
Don't be an
asshole to people, wake up every day with motivation and ambition, and watch
life work itself out. Good things will happen.
Also, wear whatever the fuck you want to wear, screw
what everyone else thinks. (I love that)
Thank You for that Chris, you rock bud! I hope you guys also enjoyed reading about this wonderful human as much as I did.Be sure to check out his online Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treasurehuntingpdx/ to see what all this fuss is about. Have a great week!
Till next time loves!
XOXO
Jordan
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