Vintage market brings nostalgia to Logan
Twice a year, Cache Valley residents have an opportunity to find unique items from around the country right in their own backyard. At Vintage Market Days, antique collectors and sellers come together to buy and trade with those interested in owning something thrifted, old fashioned or vintage.
According to co-owner Jenny Hatfield, over 173 vendors fill over 300 booth spaces. This provides a vast assortment of items.
Hatfield said many people enjoy her event and vintage and thrifted items.
“You’re buying stuff that lasts,” Hatfield said. “And it’s one of a kind.”
Hatfield said that many of the items from these vendors are handmade, and the sellers come from all walks of life.
“We have vendors coming from California, Oklahoma and Arizona,” Hatfield said.
Hadfield said the appeal of buying vintage comes from the sellers.
According to Hatfield, the stand owners have been “digging for months to bring it all to one place. They know the history behind their items. So it’s not like you’re just buying something off the shelf. You’re buying a piece that has history behind it.”
Caroline King has been about all things vintage since she wore 1950s style to her prom in 1992. King owns King’s Finest Vintage, a booth featured at Vintage Market Days that has been decades in the making.
King has been collecting from estate sales, resellers and her own personal collection to become “up to my neck in clothes and living the dream.”
King said that she has always had a passion for fashion and clothing restoration.
“When I was a kid, I used to always make drawings of ladies just like wearing clothes and hats and earrings,” King said. “And I’ve been obsessed with fashion my whole life.”
Since doing a fashion design program in community college, King knew she wanted a career in fashion.
King said she believes in the sustainability factor behind secondhand apparel.
“I think it’s just something that, first of all, is the sustainability message,” King said. “There is enough clothing on the planet to clothe everyone ten times over, so I always feel strongly about buying secondhand in terms of the impact you’re making on the environment.”
King said that some of the clothes were made decades ago.
“Why don’t we save them and give them a better life?” King said.
According to King, people appreciate the style of old clothes, and they’re a really cool way to express yourself. King is in the process of furthering her dreams with her own store here in Logan in the near future.
“People just like the nostalgia of the old stuff,” said Conrade Triple, a seller from Riverside California.
Hatfield said the “new generation” appreciates the vintage feel as much as anyone.
This spring and fall event is a place to find just that, and Hatfield and her sellers have brought their rare finds to Logan so that Cache residents can hope to have a positive and exciting shopping experience.