Like several folks, Troy Bennett and Krista Hanny of Rochester invested the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic decluttering their property.
The couple started discarding some of their quite a few unneeded and unsustainable goods, which in the end led to opening a resale store that includes luxury accessories in Rochester’s South Wedge in August.
The 650-square-foot shop, FOMO at 650 South Ave., is crammed with pre-owned designer products such as purses, hats, scarves, wallets and sunglasses. The retailer is loaded with products and solutions from Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Burberry. Each individual item comes with a certificate of authenticity just after it is confirmed by a 3rd social gathering.
Prices are aggressive and range. For illustration, you are going to fine a $40 necktie along with a $1,400 purse. The retail outlet, like the pair’s North Winton Village dwelling, is furnished with vintage and upcycled merchandise.
Whilst purging so lots of unneeded products in the very last yr, Hanny reflected that “it was a gross and discouraging emotion.”
“So significantly time, money, and strength was squandered on throwaway items, not to point out the environmental influence,” she reported. “We reported by no means once more to fast fashion and we vowed to dwell by the outdated declaring ‘quality about quantity’ and due to the fact then daily life has by no means been greater. Now we only invest in higher quality products, so we possess much much less but we feel a great deal richer.”
The few, glassblowers by trade, had begun reselling top quality, vintage furniture just prior to the pandemic started off. For a long time, they sold their glass wares at art exhibits and festivals, which include the well-liked Park Avenue, Corn Hill and Clothesline festivals in Rochester.
The pair, at first from Jamestown, has acknowledged a single a different for decades. They moved to Rochester 14 years in the past right after falling in enjoy with the Flower Town while on the festival circuit.
Though on getaway previously this calendar year, the pair experienced what Bennett described as “an a-ha minute.” Together, they came across a store with a very similar concept and the plan to sell sustainable designer extras for cost-effective rates was born, Bennett explained.
Most of the things in FOMO come from the New York Town region, several of which are ordered through estate profits, Bennett claimed. Bennett and Hanny will purchase locally at situations, “but we’re picky and aggressive with rates,” he explained.
Each thirty day period, the duo donates 5% of retail outlet profits to a community charity.
The shop is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. You can also store privately, by appointment.
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