End of the line for Vestiaire Collective co-founder
One of the founders of Vestiaire Collective, Fanny Moizant, has left the company.
Ms Moizant founded the Paris-based luxury resale platform in 2009 with Sophie Hersan. Vestiaire Collective quickly won a strong following among high-end consumers who wanted to preserve the useful lives of bags, clothes, shoes and accessories.
Its model was to invite private sellers to offer pre-owned handbags and other items for sale to online shoppers. But it hired leather experts and other craftspeople to carry out a physical check of every item before shipping to buyers.
In October, chief finance officer, Bernard Orta, a former Goldman Sachs executive director, took over as chief executive of Vestiaire Collective, in place of Maximilian Bittner. Fanny Moizant and Sophie Hersan remained on board as, respectively, company president and fashion director.
However, at the start of 2026, Ms Moizant said her time at Vestiaire Collective was over and that she was leaving. She said she had not initiated or expected this development.
She encouraged customers to continue to support the company, saying: “Vestiaire still needs you: every treasure you give new life to is a quiet rebellion for a better fashion future.”
