The Astoria Hotel is hosting a vintage summer market on July 9, again taking place in the Winter Garden and Ballroom. This year has become an anniversary – the event will be held for the fifth time.
At the Astoria Vintage & Home Market, in the historic halls of the Astoria Hotel, you can find collections of plates and glasses from European brands, home and street textiles, blankets and pillows, picnic sets, will be presented by Galerie46; From the LAVR project, which specializes in various types of hand and machine embroidery, there will be table textiles, toys, jewelry boxes and candles, and leather goods from the shoe brand Homies.
GraceVintage from Moscow will bring dishes from Soviet factories, such as ZiK, Korosten Porcelain Factory, Budyansk Faience Factory, Minsk Porcelain Factory. Designer Nadezhda Makarova, creator of the Nadinbant brand, will show a new collection of silver jewelry with Russian motifs.
Traditionally, the market will also house an educational program. For example, the lectures “Repin and Co. Country Paradise under the Finnish pines” by the guide and journalist Olga Nabokova and “Chanel and Myths” by the wardrobe historian and art critic Olga Khoroshilova. A specialist in the history and theory of costume and design, State Hermitage methodologist Ekaterina Rusakova-Bychkova will talk about cabinets of curiosities, their purpose and significance for culture, and how they inspire artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Previously, from June 15-18, the Briquette Market at Tsvetnoy Department Store hosted a 4-day pop-up Summer Vintage Marketplace. By tradition, the team selected the top 30 vintage projects for popups, each of which will bring a special selection.
