How women have helped preserve history through the art of decorating and collecting

A host of items displayed on glass countertops, desks, racks and in storefront windows fill Bond’s Vintage Vault in Micanopy.

A lacy, slightly yellowed wedding dress. A glass case of vintage brooches, dulled with age and studded with red, blue, and green gemstones. A small, rusted vanity holds Avon perfume bottles tucked in its drawers, likely preserved since the 1980s.

The common thread connecting them all: the women who wore, designed, and shopped for them…

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