# S9 Ep36 COSTURA: Stef Garcia, Y2K vintage dealer - on Whatnot livestreams, building community connections, and wholesale buyouts of Y2K deadstock designer vintage.

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Published: 2025-11-17T10:00:00+00:00
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On today's show, we're chatting with Stef, the founder of Costura, a Y2K vintage fashion business that does serious volume on Whatnot. Stef started reselling full-time after losing her job during the pandemic, and for the last three and a half years, she's been hosting live auctions on the livestream platform, Whatnot – sometimes she even goes live daily. In this episode, she shares how she's built a loyal community of cool people who love early 2000s fashion, plus her best tips for livestream sales. Earlier this year, Stef teamed up with a few business partners to make her biggest buyout yet, and then spent three and half months in Los Angeles, continuously going live until she sold the lots – it's a wild story and she's always on the move between Miami and LA hunting down one-of-a-kind Y2K treasures. I'll let her share the scoop on how she does it. This is a really fun one – let's dive right in! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [4:57] How Stef started selling vintage after getting laid off from her job in television production. [6:27] Her first time visiting a rag house. [11:32] Things really clicked when Stef got on Whatnot [15:09] Building an audience of Whatnot regulars: resellers, collectors, and everyday shoppers [17:15] Stef's biggest buyout yet: 1,000 pieces of Y2K deadstock [21:41] How to have a successful vintage live show [33:34] Living and selling vintage between Miami and Los Angeles [37:13] How Stef approaches social media, showing up on TikTok and Instagram [41:19] The vintage in her personal collection that she will never sell [46:05] Her holy grail find is a Jean Paul Gaultier piece from the bins EPISODE MENTIONS: @houseofcostura Stef on TikTok Shop Costura on Whatnot Stef's upcoming Mandalay show @bleumi.bleumi @busyladybaca Whatnot LET'S CONNECT: 📸Instagra…

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