The co-founder leaves the resale platform she helped shape into a global force, as Vestiaire Collective enters a new era of scale, responsibility, and heightened competition
After 16 years guiding Vestiaire Collective from a pioneering Parisian start-up to a global resale powerhouse, Fanny Moizant has announced her departure from the company. Co-founding the platform in 2009 with Sophie Hersan, Moizant positioned Vestiaire as a purpose-driven business built on circularity and community — an ethos she underscored in her farewell message: “This was not a decision I made, nor one I expected, but I accept that it marks the end of an extraordinary chapter.” She described her tenure as “an immense privilege” and reflected on the project’s mission “to change the fashion industry from within — one second-hand item at a time.” What began as a curated exchange between friends evolved into one of the most influential marketplaces for pre-loved luxury, now active in more than 70 countries with millions of members and a catalogue approaching five million items.
Moizant has long framed Vestiaire as a vocation rather than a venture — “a calling, a cause, a fierce belief that circularity matters — for the planet, for future generations, for the industry itself.” Under her leadership, the company scaled internationally, opening hubs across London, Berlin, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore, while building rigorous curation and authentication capabilities. Recent growth milestones — including continued expansion in Gross Merchandise Volume and successful funding initiatives supported by a mix of institutional and community investors — positioned the platform as both a cultural and economic reference point within the luxury recommerce landscape. Its B Corp certification in 2021 further cemented its alignment with sustainability-driven standards at a moment when the resale sector is becoming increasingly competitive and structurally complex.
Moizant’s departure arrives at an inflection point for second-hand fashion, as consumer expectations, regulation and market behavior accelerate the sector’s transformation. In her message, she expressed gratitude to “the many people I’ve met along the way — teammates, partners, creators and activists,” and to the customers she called “the soul of this movement from the very beginning,” while acknowledging the leadership of co-founder Sophie Hersan and current CEO Maximilian Bittner. “Something bigger remains to be built. More impact to be made,” she wrote, closing with the Camus line, “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” Though she has yet to reveal her next move, Moizant signals that “the next story begins soon” — a fitting prelude for one of circular fashion’s most influential architects.
