The Small Businesses We Fell in Love With This Year
One of the first things I do when planning my travels is scope out the best vintage markets and design fairs. Needless to say, it’s something I’ve missed tremendously in the last couple of years as things turned inward: that sense of not knowing what you’re going to find; conversations with sellers (and depending on the market, the haggling); coming home with a haul of new treasure—and yes, even brushing up against hundreds of other treasure hunters.
Online shopping never really plugged that hole for me. So, imagine my thrill when my inbox threw up an invitation late this summer to celebrate—in person—the return of Field + Supply, a large independent makers fair in New York’s Hudson Valley.