Mildew: The Secondhand Fashion Magazine

Discover Issue #3 and an interview with its creator, who is based in Mexico City.

I'm a big fashion media girlie.

Which generally means I'm fascinated by fashion media—print, digital, all of it—and all the changes that have come along.

Today, I nearly flew off my seat when I saw the latest cover of Mildew Magazine on Instagram:

The issue caption reads: “In Mildew Issue 3, we pay a late-night visit to Tokyo's 24-hour unmanned secondhand shops, kick it with vintage soccer jerseys in Mexico City, pay homage to an anti-capitalist fashion magazine from East Germany, tour a Mumbai flea market, dig up decaying portraits in Côte d'Ivoire, find out what happens to all our lost luggage ... and much more.”

Mildew is a secondhand fashion magazine (and one of the first printed ones, to my knowledge).

Last year, I interviewed the editor and founder, Ellen Louise Freeman, who, to my surprise, is based in Mexico City.

Originally from Portland, Oregon, she's lived in Mexico for over five years. She’s currently also the associate editor at Broccoli Magazine, Mushroom People, Catnip Mag, a…