The birth of Theresa Nast’s fourth child in 2018 led to the birth of a new direction in life. After several years as a bridal designer, she’d finally had enough of wedding-prep pressures. “I was (more…)
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Formal Visit
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…)
Items of Import
According to The Japan Times, “zakka” emerged in postwar Japan as a catch-all term for “everyday tools and objects such as kettles, brooms and buckets.” In 2001, the International Herald Tribune noted that latter-day Japan had elevated it to something else (more…)
Broom Mates
To the question, “Why witches?,” Virginia Semeghini answers, “Why not?” Witch Bitch Thrift, a secondhand apparel and “witchy” supply shop downtown, was the brainchild of Semeghini, who says the name, reflective of her spiritual practices, came to her right along with the business idea. First conceived as an Instagram project during the fall of 2020, […]
Shoes to Fill
Squeezed into the heel of Branford’s main drag, a narrow, old-timey storefront has quietly become a landmark. Branford Shoe Repair, the words painted by hand across the front window, has operated here for 48 years. After all that time, proprietor Anthony Consiglio says, “I still look forward to coming to work every day. It keeps […]
Coify Klatch
Mark “Ferni” Fernicola, the house barber at Lucky Soul Tattoo in Woodbridge, is part of a small diaspora of Fernicola barbers in Greater New Haven. His cousins cut hair in Wallingford and North Haven. All three learned the trade from (more…)
Good As New
For years, Jamie Dawn had thought about opening a consignment shop—something to do after retiring from her career as a real estate agent. But data showing a surge in secondhand shopping convinced her to take the plunge sooner than later. The result is One Good For Another, perched since April 1 above Campus Customs on […]
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 […]
Shopping List
Feeling the pressure to pull a great Halloween costume together? We scouted some local shops to help lighten the load. * * * At Fashionista Vintage and Variety, “It’s always been our biggest time of year—our Christmas,” co-owner Todd Lyon says. She’s referring to Halloweentime, when people are drawn like vampires […]
Test of Time
Vintanthro Modern & Vintage would be like a time capsule—if a time capsule could be continually refreshed and updated. (more…)
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