In 2013, Andres Branco launched a Facebook group for friends to sell vintage designer streetwear. More curated and personal than eBay or Depop, he named the group Wavey Garms, and sellers were soon meeting up to exchange the items in their local areas, while avoiding fees and the hassle of using a third party auction site.
Three months after the launch, things began to take off. “Thousands of people began joining the group every week,” Branco explains, “and I thought ‘Fuck this, this might be a proper job rather than me just flogging my old Stone Island jackets’. I have quite a strong opinion on fashion, even though I’m not from a fashion background, and I think that really shaped Wavey Garms.”