Vintage clothing fans spent Saturday shopping from vintage vendors, local shops, food and various booths at the Kentucky Vintage Festival at Greyline Station.

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 23, visitors could shop the booths with a $5 admission fee to attend, this is the second year of the festival and the fifth show overall with the event being hosted by Greyline Station.

“We try to blend in with what’s already here and just make everybody happy because we are here,” Nadiello said. 

The event organizers Nick Nardiello and Jared Wise with over 15 years of combined experience in the vintage industry, said they wanted to fill a gap they found in the market. 

“We did a lot of markets together and both realized that Lexington didn’t have much of a market,” Nardiello said. 

Vendors come from all over Kentucky, as well as surrounding areas with over 70% to 80% of vendors from previous years returning, according to Nadiello. 

“All around, it’s the people that make the market so good, the shoppers, the vendors, the people who put it on,” Vintage Blues owner and vendor Cole Wilson said.  

This is the third Kentucky Vintage Festival Wilson has put on since moving from Southern California to Kentucky a year and a half ago and the second festival at Greyline Station after the festival moved from Rupp Arena.

“I like Greyline because it has other businesses that benefit from us having a show here,” Nick Nardiello, event coordinator and organizer, said.  

Greyline Station was built in 1928 as a home for transit companies according to its website and in 2018 the building began to start its renovation into the the business marketplace it is today. 

A Lexington resident, Hannah Hall, said this is the second year in a row she has gone to the Kentucky Vintage Festival. 

“There’s just a bunch of stuff and everything has something different, it’s just good to find things,” Hall said. 

University of Kentucky merchandising, apparel and textiles sophomore Ava Hartley visited the Kentucky Vintage Festival for the first time.

“I don’t hate thrift shopping, but I hate having to go to multiple places and it’s so much easier to have it all in one place,” Hartley said. 

For Hartley, she said curated selections and convenient accessibility make shopping less stressful.

Kentucky Vintage Festival allowed community members who enjoy fashion, sustainability or who are just trying to find an outfit to support businesses through the festival. 

“Everybody’s their own stylist when they come to shows like this, and it really shows,” Nardiello said. “You never know what you’re going to find here.”