Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Marie-Charlotte Vatelot of Palms

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Marie-Charlotte Vatelot. Check out our conversation below.

Good morning Marie-Charlotte , it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What is a normal day like for you right now?
First of all, it starts with tones of kisses and hugs from my two daughters Cleo (7yo) and Cassia (5yo) and our dog Mochi.

I always have coffee in bed before anything else. I pray in the morning as soon as I wake up, eyes closed. I’m not particularly religious but I’m spiritual and I have a strong faith.

Then I share breakfast with my girls and get them ready in their uniforms for school.

I get to work by 9am at the latest, go through emails and communication first. Then we set up our day with Elena who I have had the pleasure to work with for 2 years.

We have inventory to make daily for our new items coming in. We shoot and record videos and prepare our live shows.

I mostly always eat a big yummy salad for lunch that I prepare fresh and sometimes we will indulge in sharing a Goop pizza (the best in LA and gluten-free!).

After lunch, I try to take a short nap in a wonderful reclining chairs I recently got. A great way to refresh the brain to be more efficient at work and present in life.

If I have my daughters that day I will stop work completely once they get off from school and spend the afternoon with them. Homework with the eldest, park or games is on the table until we have dinner.

I try to get in bed by 9am as being a mom and owning a business requires a lot of energy!

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m a licensed luxury reseller for women. I started Detach With Love with the idea that luxury fashion can be passed on for years and still remain in great condition.

I believe that when we don’t experience joy with our clothes anymore it’s time to “detach with love” and pass it to another person. Buying second hand is a great way to be more sustainable and not create more waste.

I particularly love certain eras of fashion such as Tom Ford for Gucci (early 2000’s) and I always try to curate interesting selection for my customers.

I’m lucky to have amazing consignors who part with very special items through my care. I also buy a lot of what I would wear myself and resell them on our weekly live shows. It’s a mix of consignment and my own treasure hunt!

Our particularity is that we almost only sell through Live Shows. These consist of a live during which we present a set of items to be purchased on the spot by our viewer. We have a very consistent loyal client base. We only sell the best condition pieces either vintage or new with tags! It doesn’t matter how old the garment is, it needs to be spotless!

I try to always put myself in my customer shoes and create boxes that I would want to receive myself (well priced, quality, unique and well packaged).

Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
Being raised in Paris (France), I believed that I needed to have a high diploma to ever work and be hired! I was raised to believe that you need to be good in maths to achieve anything later.
At 18 years old in France you have to go through the “baccalaureate” exam to finish school and then go to higher education. However, back in my days and prior to this exam you have to chose if you want a “maths”, “economics” or “literature” lane. Maths being for the best students, economics for the majority and literature for the weakest.
I don’t know if this changed now but back then I wasn’t good in maths at all and it made me believe I would never achieve everything.
Funnily enough, I have never finished college after obtaining my economics bacchaleureat and now I own a business, use Xcel and maths everyday and I’m pretty great at it!

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
Well, I’m sober – which means there was a lot of healing right there.

I got sober from drugs and alcohol when I was 23 years old. Prior to that partying was my solution and my natural way to go through life as pain free as possible. I was clearly in pain and once I stopped drinking I had to do a lot of feeling the feelings and healing.

Getting sober was a defining moment in my life. It was life before and life after. Sobriety became a way of life. Being truly present and aware once you start working through it (there is a twelve step program for it) makes life so rich and interesting.

The adventure started when I got sober! Everything since then has felt like an extraordinary opportunity.

It’s a lot of work and it’s a blessing to be sober!

I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
I think people think of me as incredibly energetic and confident. People always refer to me as very out going and friendly.
It’s definitely the real me. However, what they probably don’t know is that I love being alone. As well as I do in public and out and about meeting new people, it drains me. I wouldn’t be able to do it every night like I was in my twenties.
Being in bed early is very important to me and taking time alone in silence or reading books is something I need to do often.

Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. If you knew you had 10 years left, what would you stop doing immediately?
I would stop sweating the small stuff and I would stop rushing.

Life in LA, as a mom and a business owner brings on a lot of rushing around and doubting yourself.

I would stop over packing my days and just try to be. My 2026 resolution was actually to be more of a human “being” than a human “doing” this year!

I would try to savor every minute even more and not be doubting things that do not matter (but I’m a bit of a perfectionist!)

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.detachwithlove.com
• Instagram: detachwlove

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