Last weekend we brought the Haberdash Bus out for the grand opening party of Crompton Collective. This weekend we ventured out to Worcester’s Start on the Street’s 10th anniversary. If you missed us, you can catch the new bus at SoWa October 14th and October 28th!
Haberdash was also featured in The Improper Bostonian and The Boston Globe last week!
The Haberdash family is growing! I’ve been working on our second mobile shop and it’s about 95% complete, so I thought I’d share!
When I found out our retail shop, Crompton Collective, wouldn’t be ready to open until September, I knew I needed a summer project! On a whim and a 9 hour drive later I picked up this adorable bus and added her to the Haberdash Family (with a lot of help from Mr. Towner and his firemen buddies)! Her nickname is B.B. because she is the little bohemian sister of The Haberdash. I curated this shop to be a little bit hippie and a little bit rock and roll, inspired by my mom and late stepdad.
You can find us at SoWa Open Market soon! If you would like us to roll up to your event, shoot me an email!
Join us for the spring opening of Haberdash Mobile Vintage Shop, with a gift card scavenger hunt with Restore, Food Trucks, Kona Ice Truck and Face Painting for the little ones, all to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
May 5th (Rain Date May 12th)
10am-5pm
11 Distributor Rd
Worcester MA
About Restore:
ReStore is a retail outlet that sells quality, gently-used and surplus construction, home improvement materials, and home furnishings for a fraction of regular retail prices. Proceeds from these sales support Habitat’s home build projects!
About Haberdash Mobile Shop:
Haberdash is America’s first mobile vintage shop. Selling handmade and vintage items on the go from a 1950’s classic caravan.
About Kona Ice:
Kona Ice of Worcester, Is a mobile delight that serves up delicious tropical shaved ice throughout Worcester and surrounding communities.
Goulds Hot Dog Truck:
A food truck serving delicious gourmet hot dogs in the Worcester area.
RSVP on Facebook and please share with your Worcester friends!
I will be at Worcester’s Start at the Station this Sunday! I even made some special business cards just for this event! I hope you will stop by to what all the talented Worcesterite’s have to offer!
Event Details:
stART on the Street brings its 6th annual gifting-themed arts and crafts festival to Worcester’s Union Station at 2 Washington Square on Sunday, December 4, from 11 – 5pm.
A special preview hour at 10am is available for a $5 donation, which comes with coffee, baked treats and a stART on the Street shopping bag, as well as shopping without the crowds.
Admission at 11am is free, though donations to help stART remain a free event are welcome.
The Haberdash will be at StArt on the Street this Sunday!
Don’t miss the festival that was voted “Best of Worcester Annual Festival” by Worcester Magazine readers and “Best of Festivals & Special Events” by Worcester Living readers in 2011.
“Join us from 11a-5p on Sunday, September 18th when we once again shut down Worcester’s Park Ave to cars and open it to arts, performances, food, friends, and a few competitive folks on roller skates.”
This year’s festival will include, but is certainly not limited to:
- 200+ artists and crafters selling their handmade wares
- Kids fun area
- 4 stages with a variety of performances through the day, including music, spoken word and children’s acts
- Food court complete with vegan options (vegan ice cream too? You bet!)
- Central Mass Roller Derby
- Street Performance
- Artist Demonstrations
The Worcester Magazine issue about shopping thrifty in Worcester that Linnea (our online shop guru) and I styled came out this week. You can also read it online here.
I was reminiscing about my first market I ever did with my vintage collection the other day. It was in Boston at the Sowa Open Market event called Baked Fresh. I was so nervous and I stressed over the event for months. Now we are on our 4th year of selling at Sowa, planning events and vending markets is like walking and talking for me, I don’t even think about it. What a difference four years makes (wink wink).
I cant believe I havent posted this yet, but the Haberdash was mentioned in Bust Magazine last month. It was in a story about the “Mobile Boutique Trend”. Which is a little silly to me because when I was building Haberdash 3 years ago, I had to create the term mobile boutique because there was no such term.
This weekend was the season opener for the mobile shop. We spent the day with what seemed like all of Worcester, hanging out at StArt on the Street. We danced in the street and ate from every food truck that was there. If you live in central Mass and missed this event, there is another one in September. Hope to see your there!
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I was worried with all the Swap traveling I have going on this summer, I would be neglecting The Haberdash. I’ve decided to enlist the help of another pack rat, vintage lover, and old stuff expert to run the online shop. Welcome Linnea to the Haberdash Team! You can count on her to bring affordable, on trend vintage straight to your desktops!
