For Bangor resident Logan Hanson, thrift and vintage shopping and accumulating is about much more than just acquiring interesting old stuff. It is about taking items that could possibly if not be thrown away and giving them new daily life in the palms of anyone else.
People are the dual aims guiding the Maine Vintage Collective Sector that Hanson founded and organizes. It is a new, every month pop-up market place in the Bangor location that options a curated selection of sellers promoting employed, vintage and upcycled clothes, footwear, add-ons, information and dwelling decor.
“We all form of have the similar attitude, that there is so significantly stuff out there that with just a very little awareness can have a new lifestyle,” Hanson said. “And yeah, I consider we all really like amazing previous things.”
The subsequent Maine Vintage Collective Market place is established for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 at the Bangor Arts Exchange, on Exchange Avenue in downtown Bangor. In addition to 14 vendors from all in excess of Maine and New England, the occasion will feature a DJ, a bar and enough option to peruse and cling out.
“You will see a whole lot of various styles of points, from really aged, common stuff, to much more modern day items,” she reported. “We’re genuinely striving to up the total of house decor readily available. I consider considering that the pandemic, and folks paying out a lot more time at residence, they want matters in their homes that are unique, and that not absolutely everyone else has. If which is the sort of matter you want, that is what we check out to offer you.”
Credit score: Samuel Melanson / Maine Vintage Collective Marketplace
Hanson, 33, moved to Bangor from her property state of North Dakota with her boyfriend in Oct 2020, just after the pair made a decision they wanted to transfer someplace with loads of hiking alternatives. They made their go in the midst of the pandemic, however, and Hanson began to experience isolated.
She started the Maine Vintage Collective the adhering to tumble, not just to give a position for people to shop sustainably, but also to fulfill like-minded folks. The initial marketplace was held in September.
“It’s challenging to meet individuals when you are not a student or in a position exactly where you interact with a lot of people, so this was unquestionably a way to link and experience a perception of normalcy,” she said.
Hanson grew up going to garage product sales and thrift suppliers with her mom, not just for enjoyment but also out of requirement.
“It normally felt like treasure searching, and also, if we did not get matters from thrift retailers, we weren’t finding something at all,” she mentioned.
At some point, Hanson began offering vintage products online, and continue to sells through Instagram and Depop. Shopping for, offering and trading employed garments is about much more than commerce for her, nevertheless — it is about sustainability. She also goes by way of estates for those people hoping to settle up the affairs of loved ones who have just lately died, figuring out outfits and add-ons that can be reused.
Later this yr, Hanson hopes to supply garments swap functions, where individuals can deliver their carefully made use of clothes in superior affliction and swap them with others, or merely donate them to people who struggle with financial instability.
“Our planet is suffocating in textiles, so if I can provide some compact treatment by mending, laundering and advertising a single product at a time, then I am really happy,” she explained.
For more information on the Maine Classic Collective Sector, visit its Facebook web page.
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