Buds & Pups

Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by our arctic wind tunnel of a booth at The Vintage Bazaar at the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend! It made the 10-12 hour days go by faster and it was nice to catch up and see some friends that we don't get to see often enough and some we see pretty often but never get sick of. Here are some pictures from the weekend with a few things that went home with people and a few dogs we wish we could have taken home:

 This is probably the first time we've ever been ready for a sale on time, thanks to Miss Betty on the right and also the extra staff The Vintage Bazaar provided to help. So this is what it feels like to not be late for everything..

First item out the door: 60's Diamond sunglasses. Also, this girl made that wood bracelet she's wearing!

Woven leather (!) vest

 

A great pick from our extensive collection of cat purses

One of my favorite necklaces

BT friend Adriana and our mascot for the weekend, Bunny Bear Jones!

The sweetest and least hairy lapdogs you will ever meet

The highlight of the weekend was on Sunday when I set a french fry lure near our booth for one lucky dog. So many dogs tried to get that enticing curled morsel of potato but were thwarted by their owners. This one, however...

-M

Ermahgerd*! We're part of this crazy cuckoo bananas 10th anniversary Renegade Craft fair!

This year the Renegade Craft Fair asked The Vintage Bazaar to host a special mini pop up within a pop up for their 10th annual fair and we were lucky enough to have been selected to participate! There's so much going on at the fair that I can't even get into it here but check out the Renegade Craft site for more details. Please come dressed in your best ren faire garb or you'll feel so left out.

Here's a teeny tiny sneak peek of some stuff we'll have but trust me, this is but an amuse bouche and there are some real gems in the stock we'll have on hand. 

Look for The Vintage Bazaar this Saturday 9/8 and Sunday 9/9 on Wolcott off of Division and in the LaSalle Elementary School's parking lot. We're not yet sure where our booth will be but we'll be in there somewhere. Come and hang out!

-M

*for Betty

Smitten with Švankmajer

Prior to this weekend, I had only seen his short films and some clips from movies but thanks to a suggestion from my brother, I got to catch Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer's Lunacy in full at the Siskel Film Center. Švankmajer creates weird and wonderful dark films that drift toward the horror genre using a mix of live action and stop animation, often using clay or food as his medium and sometimes stop animating live actors, creating unnatural, nightmarish movement. If you haven't had a chance to see one of his films in a theater and you live in Chicago, you can still catch the tail end of the retrospective at the Siskel!

This is the first Švankmajer short I remember seeing:

Short notice as usual: Bummer Town will be at the Vintage Bazaar at The Aragon Ballroom this Sunday, August 12th! Look for us outside in the lot.

Here's a quick sneak peek of some things we'll have for you:

Lil' baby succulent plant arrangements!

I call this one "The Farmer's Daughter"

The farmer's more conservative daughter (^with less wrinkles, promise)

Kyoto Kasuals Khaki

Livin' Single 

 German Flecktarn camo jackets for the gents

Swan Magic crop

Vroom vrooooom

!!! Tempted to keep this !!!

Marbled grape swirl

Sea pink

More flecktarn

Loose cut mesh back Nike tank for sweatin'

Please stop by! 

Vintage Bazaar

1106 W Lawrence

Chicago, IL 

Just east of the Lawrence stop on the CTA red line

11a.m.-5p.m.

Oh, and we'll be taking credit cards this time around because we're:

Another Vintage Bazaar - Special extra soggy edition

Well I blew it again and forgot to post about it here before it happened but Bummer Town participated in yet another Vintage Bazaar here in Chicago. The organizers Libby and Katherine brought it back to The Congress again, this time expanding it outside to the adjacent street and empty lot so there was more room for everyone to move around.

Unfortunately, it was drizzling or straight up raining most of the day, from when Liz and I set up at 9 a.m. until we left around 6:30. But this is why we love people in Chicago who love vintage - it didn't stop them. People still came and had a good time, brought their umbrellas and boots and were still as excited about our stuff as they would have been if it were perfectly sunny out. This is what kept us going despite being damp and freezing, dressed in as many layers as possible and giving off a "hobo with nice accessories" vibe.

So for those of you that were there, thanks for stopping by! Here's a few pictures of some of my favorite items that we sold yesterday. There were more plenty more that I didn't have the time to take a picture of so if you bought something from us that you love, please feel free to email us a photo and maybe we'll put it up here, if that's okay with you!

This all leather fringe cape was easily one of my favorites! I hope she wears this everywhere, like to school, to the grocery store, to sleep, to her wedding, etc.

Sam debated on getting this monochromatic muppet sweater for a little while but I'm glad he finally decided to go for it It's pretty perfect on him and not a lot of people could pull it off.

This girl was really cheery and cute and picked up this classy ivory wool ribbed cape. It has a hood! And pockets! I didn't capture the details. Whoops!

Sasha's one of our favorites because of her wild styles.   Sasha "gets" us. You know? Look how perfectly this "Theo Huxtable at a party" leather and wooly sweater/jacket works on her.

This lovely girl got this densely sequined black blazer with structured shoulders. I think it looked pretty good with what she already had on.

Look at the textured venetian blind effect on this crazy sweatshirt! I never could figure out what it said, if it said anything.

So thanks again to everyone who braved the gross weather and checked out The Vintage Bazaar and especially to those who stopped into our booth. We'll be working hard at finding new old things for you for the next time! Also, keep an eye here or on our Facebook page for updates because we'd like to restock the Etsy shop eventually and I'll post about it here first.

:)/:(,
Mia

Spring sale!

It's been a while since we've done a sale but we're beyond excited to participate in another fine Vintage Bazaar event. This time the pop-up vintage market is in Pilsen, the home of some of our favorite places to eat & meet.

Find us at Booth #5 this Saturday at 2229 S. Halsted from 12pm - 6pm to check out our new clothes finds as well as shoes, accessories and a good amount of housewares. Sneak peaks can be seen on our Facebook page. We'll even have the ever-popular $5 (and $10) bin in tow! Hope to see you there!

It's a BONANZA!

Err.. it WAS a bonanza. We forgot to give the heads up on this blog but we were a part of the Vintage Bonanza sale yesterday at the Berlin club on Belmont. It was exciting to meet people, including other vintage sellers, and we'll definitely be doing more live sales around Chicago in the future.

There were a few hiccups, including our clothes racks crumbling like a Jenga stack when people were browsing, making the Bummer Town name a reality but even that provided a good laugh. We will not forget to post about future sales, we promise!

-M

Windchilly Willy

2°F with a -12°F windchill - that's how cold it is in Chicago today. Ah, Chicago weather! It really keeps you on your toes. This spiked hot chocolate via Poppytalk will help you get back off of your toes.

☃
Stay cozy, pals,
-M