Tell us about The Playlist.<\/strong><\/p>\nWe approached quite a few record stores in different places around the world, often in places where we\u2019ve already got boutiques, and asked if they\u2019d want to be part of this one off project where we allow them to sell through farfetch.com. We now have six stores who have each created a little edit of their favourite, rare and exclusive pieces, which we\u2019re selling through the site for the next three months. <\/p>\n
You\u2019ve chosen record stores from all over the world – are you hoping for a something of a cultural exchange?<\/strong><\/p>\nYeah, I think that\u2019s part of it really. Obviously these record stores, it\u2019s the same as the fashion boutiques that we work with, are used to dealing with local customers and day-to-day local people that have always come to their shop. So now we\u2019re offering them a much more international audience. We sell fashion to around 105 countries – we have customers in all those places. So this offers them that international exposure that they probably don\u2019t get in their locality. <\/p>\n
Can you tell us about some of the exclusive products that will be offered?<\/strong><\/p>\nAdmittedly it\u2019s quite an old one, but there\u2019s an 18-track vinyl sampler that Bruce Springsteen recorded back in the 80s. It\u2019s used, but Amoeba were able to get their hands on it. There\u2019s a real variety, some real up and coming stuff. Some have been recorded in store – Ellie Goulding recorded something in Amoeba, and they\u2019ve created a record from that. So there\u2019s really exclusive stuff. There\u2019s a lot of vinyl on offer too. For example, there\u2019s a record by John Swing, who\u2019s a house DJ from the 80s – it\u2019s a white label and Black Market have only just been able to get their hands on it again. A lot of the record stores that we spoke to are saying that vinyl\u2019s suddenly becoming really popular again. Which I guess is similar to the way that people buy vintage fashion. <\/p>\n
Why did you want to get involved with Record Store Day?<\/strong><\/p>\nWe decided to approach independent record stores as they have that same kind of spirit of entrepreneurship and independence that you find in fashion. They\u2019re also struggling a bit these days in the way that independent fashion boutiques are. So it\u2019s us showing our support for the little guys.<\/p>\n
What can you tell us about the video that\u2019s launching alongside The Playlist?<\/strong><\/p>\nWe wanted to bring the whole thing to life really. So we thought it might be nice to make some films and work with up and coming artists. We really hit it off with a band called S.C.U.M. They loved this place where they had recorded their first album – a recording studio out in an old farm and mill in Hampshire, called Earth Terminal studios. So we took them out there. They hand picked items of clothing from our site for the video and chose some really interesting things – some from up and coming designers who you wouldn\u2019t instantly think of. It all felt really natural.<\/p>\n
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