Could Mindy from ‘Emily in Paris’ Really Pay for Eurovision By Selling a Dress?

At the Open, however, Mindy quickly finds out that the gift was simply a ploy to “make me more palatable to your dad,” as she tells Nico. Mindy doesn’t take this lightly (thankfully) and instead turns it into a business opportunity.

To pay for her trip to Eurovision, she brings the dress to Vestiaire Collective (a fictional in-store version of a very real luxury resale app), and almost as soon as she drops it off, over 3,000€ (around 3,300 USD) are dropped in her account.

It seems like a great ploy if you have a rich boyfriend in fashion, but we wondered how realistic this storyline is. Well, Vestiaire Collective North American CEO Samina Virk tells Teen Vogue that it’s spot on except for one little detail. “We are a digital-first platform, we do have moments in time where we have popups, we have brand activations, we have brand events, and then we do have a VIP consignment service where while most of the platform people are buying and selling, we can reach out to people and coordinate with them on in-home or virtual appointments.”

So no, you can’t walk into a shop in Paris, however, she emphasized that the actual quick sale straight into her account was pretty realistic because of how the app is set up. “While somebody isn’t going in and dropping off their items, the way we work is when you sell an item, it gets sent to us here, and we authenticate our luxury items. So, it was also a way to sort of convey the fact that we have expert authentication. People can list quickly. It does get assessed and curated digitally.” So when people have saved searches for an item, and yours comes up, you could realistically sell it and pocket all of that money quickly. “It could be very likely that you get an alert right away. Somebody liked your item, somebody is asking about the price, and somebody’s potentially bought your item right away.”