RétroVie: DIY Festival Vintage Vendor

Held at the Utah State Fairpark every August, the 17th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons is Utah’s largest local-centric arts, music, science and technology festival. Over the three-day weekend, experience the best of our state’s creative culture with over 500 local artists and makers, three stages for music and dance performances, a youth entrepreneur area, a STEM building with hands-on exhibitions, dozens of food vendors and more. Kids of all ages and dogs are welcome — find more info and get tickets at craftlakecity.com!

Breathing new life into vintage goods, Holly Erickson, owner of RétroVie, takes goods from the past to honor and make them relevant once again. As a “purveyor of past-inspired living,” Erickson believes that there is a history to these items that can live on. She describes the need to re-invent items as a “burden” or almost like an “intrinsic social responsibility.” Her work is a duty to the people to share, create and connect.

Erickson was always creative kid, as well as a firm believer in the “use your imagination” mentality. From making living spaces for her dolls to refurbishing furniture and vintage goods, fixing up old items is in her DNA. “The beautification of broken things fueled my initial desire to create; however, honoring the past by creating for the present has become the perpetuation connecting me to this world,” Erickson shares.

In early 2021, Erickson started a project that threw her into the world of refurbishing at full force. After purchasing a dilapidated 1940s waterfall dresser, she completely transformed the piece through cleaning, stripping, painting and installing new hardware. She notes that creative liberties aren’t due to vanity, but because of existing damages that create opportunity. Erickson loves the process of refurbishing vintage goods from start to finish.

At the DIY Fest, Erickson will showcase a new collection called “RétroVie ReVixons.” Find her on Instagram at @retrovie_slc_!

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