Hello! 👋🏻
Many of you already know me, some of you are new and some of you, despite knowing me, don't know what the story is behind Ghetto Gato. I don't see a better way to start this blog than by talking about this small business, telling its story, which is my story. 🖋
I'm Ana, from Alicante and I've been truly passionate about vintage for years. So much so that I started buying clothes that weren't my size just because I considered them beautiful and I wanted to give them the value they deserved. The situation began to get out of hand, I couldn't fit a single item of clothing in my closet and I had to start storing boxes under the bed. The first rack of clothes arrived and filled quickly. I had to change it for a two-story one that also took a little time to fill.
In 2014 I had already had my first contact with the world of vintage stores at Revolver Vintage Shop ( 🙋🏻♀️ hello to Ángela, Manu and Javi, my partners and above all friends! 💖). But I didn't want everything to stop there, I wanted to continue in the world of vintage and at the end of 2015 I decided to start selling everything I had accumulated.
The first thing was to name the project: Ghetto Gato. The name comes from my cats, who came out of the window to walk on the neighbors' roofs and I always said that they had created their own ghetto. The cats of the ghetto. Furthermore, the name suited me because I wanted to focus the style of the store on something more casual, more urban and casual.
At that time I lived in a shared apartment and had to live in a tent. Occasionally I received visitors at home to look at the clothes but due to other obligations I did not dedicate the time I should/wanted to them. Ghetto Gato was a project in the background for several years.
In 2016 I moved and reserved a room for the Ghetto Gato showroom, I had always had in mind to have a showroom at home. It wasn't until 2017 that I decided to launch myself fully into the project. I used the excuse that I was out of work and I wished I had made the decision sooner. I moved, opened the website, gave the brand a lot of effort on social media and set up the showroom! And... until today!
Although I started this project alone, I really didn't do it alone since I had the support of all my friends and family who contributed with likes, follows, word of mouth and supporting me in everything, that was what made Ghetto Gato take off👫👭👬
I can without a doubt say that I LOVE my job, it makes me very happy and I have also made great new friends thanks to Ghetto Gato!