Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lindsey of Fat & Habitat. Fat & Habitat sells plus size vintage clothing in and around the Northeast. Run by Lindsey and her husband Alex, Fat & Habitat has a focus on sustainable materials and quality construction. Their mission is to provide underrepresented folks of the plus size community fashionable, timeless clothing.  Lindsey and I chat about her background in fashion, and love of quality clothing, which sparked the vision to bring inclusivity to the vintage community via Fat & Habitat, and what that means to her. I really loved getting to meet Lindsey and Alex at the Manhattan Vintage Show – they were incredibly kind! – and we talk about all this and more on today’s show, so let’s dive right into it!  DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:05] Lindsey has always been a fashion-lover, and started making clothes for her Barbie dolls when she was just five-years-old. [3:12] This translated into reworking clothes for her own closet. [6:55] She moved to LA for college, and to fulfill her dream of working in fashion. [15:03] The decision to officially open her vintage business, after selling casually on Poshmark for several years.  [17:57] What it means to them to be able to offer inclusivity at vintage fashion events via Fat & Habitat. [21:16] The vintage brands and styles that have become Fat & Habitat’s specialities.  [36:50] Debunking the “people were just smaller back then” myth. [41:14] Fat & Habitat’s first NYC show! [46:42] Lindsey’s most cherished pieces in her vintage collection. EPISODE MENTIONS:  Fat & Habitat Little City Thrift Manhattan Vintage Show Pre-Loved Podcast episode about vintage Coach Thova Vintage The Thicket Worcester Femme & Nest @indigostylevintage Sheryl from Indigo Style Vintage on Pre-Loved Podcast Top Shelf Vintage Divine Times Vintage LET’S CONNECT:  ?Instagram: @emilymstochl ?Twitter: @emilymstochl ?TikTok: @emilymstochl ? Substack: https://prelovedpod.substack.com/  ?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod SPECIAL THANKS:  A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders – your support makes Pre-Loved Podcast possible! Patty Weber Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. Lisa of Queenie & Pearl Lucille of Galipette Vintage KT  Lydia Welp Anastacia Banicke of Goods & Provisions Michael A. Megan Morris