A new Bangor pop-up market offers a uniquely curated vintage shopping experience
For Bangor resident Logan Hanson, thrift and vintage searching and amassing is about far more than just discovering neat old things. It’s about using things that might or else be thrown away and supplying them new daily life in the hands of someone else.
Individuals are the dual aims powering the Maine Classic Collective Sector that Hanson founded and organizes. It’s a new, every month pop-up marketplace in the Bangor location that capabilities a curated collection of distributors providing employed, vintage and upcycled outfits, shoes, accessories, information and dwelling decor.
“We all variety of have the same attitude, that there’s so considerably stuff out there that with just a minor attention can have a new lifestyle,” Hanson explained. “And yeah, I feel we all enjoy neat old stuff.”
The following Maine Vintage Collective Sector is established for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 at the Bangor Arts Trade, on Exchange Street in downtown Bangor. In addition to 14 vendors from all more than Maine and New England, the celebration will function a DJ, a bar and enough option to peruse and hang out.
“You will see a whole lot of distinct types of points, from actually aged, basic stuff, to more contemporary goods,” she said. “We’re truly attempting to up the volume of dwelling decor offered. I feel considering the fact that the pandemic, and people shelling out a lot more time at household, they want things in their houses that are exceptional, and that not anyone else has. If that’s the type of issue you want, which is what we attempt to present.”
Credit score: Samuel Melanson / Maine Vintage Collective Market place
Hanson, 33, moved to Bangor from her household point out of North Dakota with her boyfriend in October 2020, immediately after the pair made a decision they desired to shift somewhere with a lot of mountaineering opportunities. They made their go in the midst of the pandemic, nevertheless, and Hanson started to feel isolated.
She started the Maine Classic Collective the next fall, not just to supply a put for individuals to store sustainably, but also to meet like-minded people. The very first market place was held in September.
“It’s tricky to satisfy people today when you’re not a university student or in a job wherever you interact with plenty of individuals, so this was definitely a way to hook up and truly feel a feeling of normalcy,” she said.
Hanson grew up likely to garage product sales and thrift retailers with her mother, not just for enjoyment but also out of requirement.
“It always felt like treasure hunting, and also, if we did not get things from thrift stores, we weren’t finding just about anything at all,” she explained.
Inevitably, Hanson began providing vintage merchandise on the web, and nevertheless sells by using Instagram and Depop. Shopping for, providing and trading made use of clothing is about extra than commerce for her, nonetheless — it is about sustainability. She also goes via estates for all those hoping to settle up the affairs of beloved ones who have not too long ago died, identifying garments and components that can be reused.
Later this 12 months, Hanson hopes to supply clothing swap gatherings, exactly where men and women can bring their gently utilised clothes in great issue and swap them with many others, or merely donate them to persons who battle with economic instability.
“Our planet is suffocating in textiles, so if I can offer you some compact cure by mending, laundering and selling 1 product at a time, then I am really happy,” she stated.
For more details on the Maine Vintage Collective Sector, visit its Fb webpage.