WCAGA : History

What Comes Around Goes Around (WCAGA) founded in 1993 by college friends Gerard Maione and Seth Weisser, is one of the nation's premier vintage destinations for the public and fashion industry alike. First established as a Soho Boutique, the company has since expanded to include a second retail store, a 7,000 square foot Archive, an antique Textile Library and most recently, a garment center Sowroom for their new, highly anticipated self-titled clothing collection for men and women.

The What Comes Around Goes Around

Boutique, situated in the heart of Soho, offers a wide range of vintage garments and accessories, dating back to the Victorian era. The shop is best known for it's extensive collection of concert t-shirts, leather pieces, western wear, boots and the largest collection of denim apparel on the East Coast.

The Women's Salon, which opened in the fall of 2003, is stocked with an eclectic, high-end collection of hard-to-find pieces from numerous celebrated designers such as Alaia, Courreges, Hermes, Ossie Clark and Pucci. An educated team of salespeople is on hand in order to make the WCAGA shopping a style-clad trek through time.

The 7,000 sqaure-foot Archive is an appointment only showroom that holds one of the country's largest collections of vintage clothing. Celebrities, designers, and stylists use the more than 100,000-piece inventory of vintage clothing, accessories, fashion collectibles and museum quality children's wear for design inspiration, editorials and costuming. In addition, the Archive includes the WCAGA Antique Textile and Swatch Library, which was launched in the spring of 2005 to offer designers another form of vintage inspiration, as well as the Wholesale business that supplies vintage clothing and accessories to upscale retailers including Jeffreys, Polo Ralph Lauren and a host of overseas clients.

In the spring of 2006, What Comes Around Goes Around launched the What Comes Around Goes Around Collection, a vintage-inspired contemporary line for men and women. Spearheaded by co-owners Gerard Maione and Seth Weisser, the collection is inspired by the pair's 14 years of hand selecting and merchandising the most coveted vintage pieces from around the world. Designed with a vintage aesthetic and lifestyle in mind, the collection is distinctly modern but with a vintage edge. The What Comes Around Goes Around Collection is available in upscale stores worldwide including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Scoop, Bloomingdales, Ships Ltd. and ShopBop.com. Plans for a full lifestyle brand and additional boutiques are in the works.