Gerardo Medrano

The story of Bank and Vogue is one about following your passion and beliefs, creating opportunities for our suppliers and customers, and building a great family-based business. Most importantly however, the purpose of our business is to develop Innovative and Relevant Solutions for the Crisis of Stuff. Started in the early 90’s by Steven Bethell (Instagram: beyondbethell and Twitter: @StevenBethell and Helene Carter-Bethell in the basement of their home to help provide a service to the Salvation Army, Bank and Vogue has grown to become a unique player in the second hand goods market globally combining incredible knowledge and experience in wholesale, retail, design and manufacturing and providing creative ideas and solutions to help deal with the overwhelming amount of “stuff” that we all consume. We want to play a meaningful role in defining, contributing to and building a closed loop economy. On the wholesale side, we look to find new and innovative ways for charities to raise revenue so they can fund important community programs. We work with our customers to find great quality used product and store returns for domestic and international markets. We partner with private collectors to help minimize the impact of used clothing on the environment. Bank Vogue_Our Story Last year, we moved over 90 million pounds of used goods around the world, saving them from the landfill and finding new homes for these products. On the retail side, we hand-pick used items from around the world for our retail stores in Europe and online. Founded in 2002, Beyond Retro stands as a vintage and retro clothing paradise for lovers of unique and special pieces. Along with our global e-commerce site, our retail network recycles and resells approximately of 500,000 items each year.