Manhattan Vintage will be hosting its bi-annual show this month, on October 20th from 2-6 pm, and October 21st & 22nd from 11 am-6 pm.
Manhattan Vintage is every second hand-loving Manhattanite’s dream. The show hosts hundreds of vendors selling second-hand fashion and accessories, that are usually vintage, and almost entirely consisting of luxury brands. The vintage aspect of the show means that the prices are more moderate than their retail counterparts.
Tickets are being sold, ranging from $18 for students for one-day admission, and $42 for regular admission, which gives the full 3-day access, to $53.50 for the “Early Access” ticket on Friday, which lets the attendee enter the show 2 hours before everyone else on the first day, Friday October 20th, at 12 pm.
The show will have a DJ, a bar, and food available, as well as a coat check, private and group fitting rooms, and a tailor, to make sure that your purchases fit in their most flattering way around your visage. A fun Photo Booth will be available as well. The tailoring will be provided by Alternew, a popular NYC-based company, that is known for its more accessible tailoring prices, including a package deal with 10 fittings for the discounted, and highly competitive, price of $632.
Buying retail items second-hand is not only fun, because of the sheer variety of the options available, it is also a great way to effortlessly contribute to making the world a more eco-friendly and ethical place. Like with slow fashion, second-hand fashion ensures that “fast fashion” – a process by which large stores like Wal-Mart and Target sell mass-produced clothing at low prices, by using cheap, unethical labor in 3rd world countries – is no longer supported by consumers, which then encourages more apparel companies to lean toward ethical, slow fashion products. This creates a positive upward cycle, as both second-hand fashion and slow fashion are eco-friendly forms of fashion, that cut down on the amount of fabric and toxic dyes that ends up in landfills and people’s (and animals’) drinking water, and the amount of water required to create clothing. In fact, to create one pair of jeans, companies must use thousands of gallons of water – yes, even for a $20 pair of jeans!
Shocking statistics like these make it extremely clear why conserving the amount of new clothing produced in our economy is critical, and, furthermore, why buying even one item of apparel can make a significant positive impact on the environment. So often, consumers feel that their individual impact on the environment is diminutive, and that it is not worth the cost and effort to buy sustainably – but this is far from the reality. As can be seen by the data above, every single sustainable fashion choice that every person makes, has a great, important impact on making the world a more eco-friendly place.
And also, let’s be honest: Snagging a quirky, unusual, one-of-a-kind vintage item has never NOT been fun. And don’t forget: Halloween is coming up, and a velvet corset or a felt indigo blazer will be the ultimate statement piece at a party – and you know that a vintage show is going to have some.
The show will be hosted at Metropolitan Pavilion, which is at 125 W 18th St., NYC.
Reserve your tickets stat, before they’re gone, and Happy Shopping!
