Four Days Until Our Biggest Adventure Yet…
My Store AdminIn just four days, the packing begins.
Not just boxes and rails full of clothes, but months of dreaming, planning and believing that one day we'd have a place where people could experience our world of vintage.
This is our very first event as exhibitors, and if we're honest… we're excited, nervous and probably a little bit terrified too.
Gavin is the visionary behind so much of what you see. He designs in his head first, then somehow brings those ideas to life almost overnight. I've watched him build furniture from what most people would walk past. This time, he designed our entire stand from scratch, and seeing it come together has been incredible.
I'm the one with both feet firmly on the ground. I keep an eye on the budget, organise the logistics and occasionally remind him that dreams still need invoices paid. It's not always the glamorous role, but together we somehow find the balance between imagination and reality.
Our biggest dream has always been to open our own vintage shop.
For one weekend, this event feels like a little glimpse of what that dream could become.
So... what are we bringing?
Around 300 vintage garments.
Countless accessories.
And that's still less than half of our collection.
Almost everything we sell is genuine vintage, carefully sourced from around the world. Sometimes I wonder whether a market is the right place for pieces that have survived decades and carry so much history. I truly hope they find people who will appreciate them as much as we do.
Thursday will be organised chaos.
Friday is stand-building day.
Then comes Saturday and Sunday...
...and hopefully two days without rain, surrounded by people who love vintage just as much as we do.
I rarely ask for support, but if you're coming to V4Vintage Cardiff,
please come and say hello.
Even if you don't buy a thing, we'd love to meet you, hear your vintage stories,
and see what you're wearing.
See you this weekend.
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