Vintage clothing stores make me feel a little melancholy, in a Toy Story 3 sort of way. They’re stocked with objects that were once madly loved by someone but then got cast aside. Also like Toy Story 3, Westville’s Lower Forms gives them a chance to be loved again (more…)
Tag Archives: vintage
Home Economics
Aiming to “reimagine, reuse and repurpose” things instead of consigning them to a landfill, Branford’s Tags on Main is like a communal attic—one that’s unusually well-dusted. (more…)
Home Addition
Vintanthro Modern & Vintage has been a Westville staple since 2018, selling well-preserved dresses, belts, suits, boots. But there wasn’t a lot of room to carry the things that dress up homes: tables, chairs, lamps, kitchenware and more, with the character and charm of days gone by. Now there’s another room. If you can leave […]
Test of Time
Vintanthro Modern & Vintage would be like a time capsule—if a time capsule could be continually refreshed and updated. (more…)
Friends and Family
The word “thrift” gets a bad rap, according to sisters-in-law Sue Kuselias and Jodee Webb. (more…)
Presents from the Past
It might as well be through the looking glass: an intriguing space stacked with strange, beautiful creations from another world. Or rather, another time. This is the English Building Markets, a most unlikely vintage and antiques shop on Chapel Street between Church and Orange. If you’ve noticed it before, it was likely the expansive street-front […]
Frocks, from Funky to Fela!
Todd Lyon and Nancy Shea, the retro-trendsetting founders of Fashionista Vintage and Variety, want their customers to understand the difference between “used clothing” and “vintage.” Fashionista doesn’t carry clothes which you can easily find (more…)
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