On Saturday afternoon at 195 District Park, over 40 vendors filled their booths with colorful arrays of clothing, jewelry and art. Providence community members walked around the park, browsing through vintage selections while taking in DJ music at Select Markets’s first vintage clothing market pop-up in Providence.
Select Markets — which has been operating in Boston since 2023 — aims to build a “safe, inclusive, sustainable, diverse space to support local brands and support sustainable fashion,” according to Joaquin Crosby-Lizarde, co-founder of Select Markets.
In his junior year at Northeastern, Crosby-Lizarde co-founded the organization with fellow student Josh Maizes. During their time as undergraduates, the two “realized there was a very noticeable gap in the market for these free, easily accessible and fashion-forward events.”…