S10 Ep12 BROOKE NAULT: Daisy and Stella Vintage and Twin Cities True Vintage Show – on finding her niche in Victorian and Edwardian through 1930s fashion, and building a destination vintage show.

About this episode

Brooke Nault discusses her journey in vintage fashion and the creation of the Twin Cities True Vintage Show.

Today we're chatting with Brooke of Daisy and Stella Vintage — a collector, seller, and curator who has been living and breathing vintage since 1999, and more recently, became the founder of the Twin Cities True Vintage Show. Brooke grew up in Wisconsin, where her mom sold antique dolls, and she spent a lot of time in auction houses and antique malls and the vintage shops on State Street in Madison. By college, she had a name for her future vintage shop picked out — Daisy and Stella, but it would be some time before she dove fully into her lifelong dream. Today, Daisy and Stella is a deeply specialized shop focused on Victorian fashion through the 1930s — the era of leg-of-mutton sleeves, hand-beaded gowns, corset covers, and construction so intricate it would cost thousands to replicate today. Brooke has built a reputation as one of the go-to experts in this niche, sourcing pieces through estate sales, online auctions, and a growing network of collectors and friends who know exactly what she's looking for. In 2023, she took that expertise and turned it into something bigger: the Twin Cities True Vintage Show, a curated, experience-driven vintage event where everything sold on…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Stochl

Guest: Brooke Nault

Topics covered

• vintage fashion
• collecting
• curation
• business development
• event planning

Keywords

• vintage
• Victorian fashion
• Edwardian fashion
• 1930s fashion
• Daisy and Stella
• Twin Cities True Vintage Show
• collecting vintage
• curation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daisy and Stella Vintage, Twin Cities True Vintage Show

Places: Wisconsin, State Street in Madison

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