{"id":182035,"date":"2021-10-11T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=182035"},"modified":"2021-10-11T21:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T20:36:52","slug":"mytheresa-expands-resale-service-into-ready-to-wear-and-footwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/mytheresa-expands-resale-service-into-ready-to-wear-and-footwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Mytheresa expands resale service into ready-to-wear and footwear"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mytheresa, the online luxury fashion platform, has expanded its resale service into ready-to-wear and footwear,<\/strong> having first ventured into the market with accessories, in partnership with Vestiaire Collective.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top clients of Mytheresa are invited to take part in the programme via a dedicated digital interface.\u00a0After uploading the required information, customers are given a price quote for their pre-loved item, which is then sent to Vestiaire Collective for resale<\/strong> on its global pre-loved luxury platform.<\/p>\n Once the item has been checked and\u00a0authenticated, customers receive immediate\u00a0payment in the form of Mytheresa store credit.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n The programme was\u00a0initially\u00a0launched in June of this year for handbags from a list of 20 designers and was initially open to top clients. As well as\u00a0broadening into the categories of ready-to-wear and footwear,\u00a0Mytheresa said it\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0offering\u00a0the service to even more customers in the coming months.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \"<\/span>This initiative marks the first time that a multi-brand luxury platform embraces designer resale in a comprehensive way to reinforce the shift to circularity as part of the fashion ecosystem,\" Mytheresa said in a statement.<\/p>\n Vestiaire Collective began life as a peer to peer resale platform for luxury fashion but has begun branching out to work directly with luxury brands to encourage consumers to sell their pre-loved items and use the credit to purchase more with the brand.<\/p>\n Earlier this year it announced a partnership with Kering-owned Alexander McQueen and Kering, which also owns Gucci and Saint Laurent among others, subsequently took\u00a0a circa 5% stake in Vestiaire Collective as part of a\u00a0\u00a3153m financing round. <\/strong>Last\u00a0month Vestiaire Collective raise a further \u00a3153m<\/a> in a\u00a0funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, leading to the platform being valued at $1.7bn.<\/p>\n