Lifestyle: Makes Like a Girl Market flaunts fall fashions - Worcester Mag

Lifestyle: Makes Like a Girl Market flaunts fall fashions - Worcester Mag

I will always remember 2019 as the summer of hard seltzer think pieces and bikeshort blazer combos. And, although it’s painful to bid adieu to the year’s most momentous months, now we have the pleasure of watching fall fashion trends emerge like seals in the surf. At once, we fawn over exotic elegance and shutter at our imminent danger. The shark that is winter draws near.

New York Fashion Week revealed a bonanza of street styles to take us through the season. We saw teensy micro-bags, big chunky chain straps, lavenders and scarlets, monochromatic ensembles with statement heels, athleisure and bright neon patterns, to name a few. While Tan France and Gigi Hadid coordinated their crewneck sweatshirts in the city that never sleeps, Worcester was preparing its own handmade haven: Makes Like a Girl Market.

Makes Like a Girl Market (@makeslikeagirl) was held Sept. 8 to celebrate Crompton Collective’s 7th Anniversary. Fifty featured female makers flooded the White Room and its adjoining courtyard with healing crystals, vintage denim coveralls, and glorious kaftans.

Crompton Collective owner Amy Lynn Chase could be found greeting guests on the patio where Beyoncé played loudly over the PA system. When I commented on the tremendous turnout, she said, “I didn’t sleep at all last night. I was worried about what would happen if people didn’t come.” Her worries had been for naught.

Inside, women waited to secure scrunchies from Goldenhour Goods (@goldenhour.goods) and hand knit scarves from Happy Hooks where a sign read, “So long hot girl summer. It’s time to bundle up babes.”

Naughty needle point proved very popular. Fiber artist Catrina Gardner’s handmade wall decor booth, Coulson and May (@coulsonandmay), featured clever quips such as: “Living my okayest life,” “Say yikes & move on” and “Let’s be weird together.” Outside, Stitch Witch Vic’s (@stitchwitchvic27) creations ranged from hip-hop lyrics to a complex lipstick design emblazoned with the moniker “war paint.” And, who could dream up a more amusing housewarming gift than Vic’s simple panel that reads: “We’ve had sex in this room”?

The 90+ Rosé Truck was also on site. Women lined up like kids at an ice cream truck, pausing to snap photos with a pink fixed gear bike propped up by a picnic table.

My best finds took place on the lawn. First, Kinsey Rosene of Crose Nest (@crosenestcollective) helped me mix up my own tea with a mortar and pestle. I picked out roses and lemongrass. She sold me on catnip and mugwort, both in the mint family.

“I don’t know if you’re into dreams,” she said, “but, mugwort can produce really vivid lucid dreaming experiences.” I added a scoop to the basin for good measure. When we were finished, she poured my tea into a neat little tin and tied it up in a cloth bag. The woman behind me began concocting an infusion to put in her gin and I wandered across the way.

My last stop of the day was to Dandelion District (@dandelion.district), a vintage and upcycled pop up shop. “No Scrubs” by TLC played over the airwaves and women everywhere began humming along. The song whisked me back nearly 20 years to a time when my fashion idol was Penny Lane from the film "Almost Famous."

I reached up to one of the racks, and there it was — a long shearling coat like the one Penny wears in the movie. I tried it on in front of a mirror propped up against the stone wall that lines Crompton’s courtyard. The heavy coat was hot in the late summer sun, but I knew it would make the cold easier to bear in the months to come. Burberry, Chloé and miu miu had debuted similar looks for autumn/winter 2019, but I could tell this coat held its own history.

Owner Bentley Grace folded it up neatly and said, “I’m so glad you found this.” I thanked her and laced my fingers through the handles of the bag. Maybe a change in the seasons wouldn’t be such a terrible thing after all.

2019-09-12 07:05:52Z
https://www.worcestermag.com/entertainmentlife/20190912/lifestyle-makes-like-girl-market-flaunts-fall-fashions

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