![]() ![]() She named her eBay store Nasty Gal Vintage. “I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free,” she says.Īfter the shoplifting incident in 2003, Sophia moved to San Francisco, California.Ī community college drop-out, she developed a hernia and so started work as a security guard checking IDs at an art school – a job she took for the health insurance it provided.īored, she decided to open an eBay store re-selling vintage clothing after reading a book called Starting an eBay Business for Dummies. She says she received a rude wake-up call one day when she was caught shoplifting (but let off), which she had been doing in order to support her lifestyle. A misfit who grew up hating school, Sophia Amoruso left home at 17, intent on a life of anarchy and getting by for free. ![]()
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