Mojave Flea founder James Morelos is rejuvenating retail one trading post at a time.
What began as the Phoenicia Flea pop-up makers market in upstate New York in 2014 has evolved into three permanent brick-and-mortar marketplaces in California selling Artisan-Collage’s upcycled table cloth lace shorts ($300), hand-crocheted plush cacti ($78), All Roads’ woven jacquard “Desert Floor” blankets ($198), Lust and Fond’s vintage…