Retro Runway Fashion

Julie Page opened Retro Runway Fashion as a used clothing store in 1997, and its been going strong ever since. According to Julie, the store started out as a business plan for a project during an entrepreneurship course she took at Acadia’s centre for small business. Her inspiration came from a few things; a love of clothing and a wish to own and operate her own business, all tied together with a background of growing up going to used clothing stores with her mother. Overtime Julie incorporated alterations into her business model as well.

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Though Julie doesn’t have any additional sustainability initiatives through her business, the argument can be made that in addition to a small business, her entire store is a sustainability initiative. To start, the clothing Julie sources is all clothing which would otherwise end up in a landfill, which she finds either locally, or through a large-scale supplier she uses. Even the clothes which don’t sell end up being reused in her sewing projects or donated to charity.

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To learn more about Retro Runway Fashion you can visit the website at: https://www.retrorunway.com/