Maegan Hayward has always been both a thrift store and a fashion junkie. She says her sense of style gives her the unique ability to throw together trendy looks using what is already available.
Growing up in Tampa, her passion for vintage thrift store finds started when her father, also an entrepreneur, took her to her first thrift store. As an adult, she started selling vintage finds on eBay and has now turned her hobby into an entrepreneurial venture with a website called
Red’s Vintage Threads.
Affectionately named after Hayward’s red hair, the site features items she finds at thrift stores across the country, ranging from styles popular in the 1940s through the 1990s. There are close to 300 pieces of clothing for sale, in addition to shoes and accessories. You’ll find everything from a leopard coat to a Metallica T-shirt to a New Kids on the Block hat.
"It’s fashion forward, which really doesn’t make sense because it’s really fashion backward," says Hayward while laughing.
The site can be searched by size, price, color and era.
Hayward also runs a recording studio in New York, doing film and TV work while spending her free time thrifting for the store. She enjoys scouting a vareity of thrift stores to put together unique looks for the site. "It’s kind of neat to see the stuff that people have discarded," says Hayward.
Another motivator for her is the sustainability and environmental factor of reusing things.
Future plans include expanding online sales and eventually opening a store front.
Writer:
Megan Hendricks
Source: Maegan Hayward, Red's Vintage Threads
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