Support Small Businesses: Starmoire Stores Clothes, Provides Profit Via ‘Digital Closet’

New York City residents with closets at capacity (and that’s most of us) have another option in our quest to contain the overflow—and no, it’s not located underneath the bed or in a corner piled from floor to ceiling with poorly labeled cardboard boxes. Making its debut in the NYC market just in time to help you de-clutter for the holidays, Starmoire offers residents of the five boroughs off-site, on-demand wardrobe storage, a “digital closet” that catalogs every item, and the chance to turn a profit, via “full-service resale.” Chelsea Community News recently exchanged emails with Starmoire co-founder and CEO Katie Palencsar, yielding the below Q&A. Scott Stiffler, for Chelsea Community News (CCNews): What is the origin story of Starmoire? How, why, who? Katie Palencsar, Starmoire Co-Founder & CEO (Katie): My co-founder Ruth and I were at a banking conference in Chicago, about to speak on a panel. We got to talking about having a full closet and nothing to wear.

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