Hunters Hill Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair 23rd – 25 May 2025

Hunters Hill Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair is a market event for the community of Hunters Hill, surrounding suburbs and Sydney lovers of antiques, vintage, and homewares.

The Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair returns to The Hunters Hill Town Hall.

• Friday 23 May 2025 12 pm Midday – 4 pm
• Saturday 24 May 2025 10 am – 4 pm
• Sunday 25 May 2025 10 am – 4 pm

A new event is scheduled for this year

The fair was imagined by local Hunters Hill residents and vintage, bespoke and homeware enthusiasts, Bridget Hawthorne, Penny Doughty, Belinda Dowsett, and Heather Kitson.

Belinda, Bridget, Penny, and Heather were chatting over a cup of tea and thinking aloud about the many treasured pieces they had that needed to be rehomed because of moving, renovating, selling, downsizing or just because it was time!

This originated the first Hunters Hill Vintage, Bespoke & Homewares Fair in 2023!

Hunters Hill Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair continues to evolve as a bustling, creative space, booming with collectors, antiques, artists, vintage, curators, the bespoke, finds, an Australian textiles designer, lampshade maker, creatives, bespoke wrapping paper, a milliner, French linen homewares, all things beautiful… with a touch of bling!

Bridget was responsible for the award-winning restoration of the original Hunters Hill General Store, Alexandra House circa 1881 which was burnt to the ground in 2004. Everything that could be salvaged was recycled and restored, and with much love, determination, and immense talent, it was reincarnated into a beautiful family home. In 2014 Alexandra House, won the National Trust (NSW) Heritage Award.

Penny is a retail homewares stylist, collector within her own rights, and one of those talented people in all things home!

Belinda Dowsett and BM Interiors are responsible for creating many beautiful builds and redesigns throughout Hunters Hill and Sydney.

Heather’s background is in music and media as former editor of Sydney street press magazine, On the Street. Now Heather focuses on her ‘quirky and serendipity’ vintage shop INDIAN JANE TRADING in Bowral @indianjane.

There are many talented providores this year will all be at this year’s Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair at the Hunters Hill Town Hall May 23-25 including:

• Signaturhandknit designs the most wonderful quality Australian woollen jumpers
• Curtis Curious, with partner Caryle, have been a collector of vintage, antiques, and curiosities for more than three decades
• Vintage Décor1 of Mitchell Road Antiques & Dirty Jane Bowral will once again be at the fair.
• French Affair, the providore of French and Italian linen cloths and homewares
• Wrapsody the bespoke wrapping paper
• Kasmiri with their divine cashmere travel wraps are new to this year’s line-up!
• Eastbourneart Australian Homewares Designer are renowned for their designs and the exquisite fabrics they use in the homeware collection.
• Lynn Ross Lampshade Designer
• Mijaqisma Jewellery
• Lisa Rose
• Read & Bell

In addition to the above local milliner-extraordinaire, Catherine Kelly will be at the fair from Embellish Atelier. Catherine is an avid vintage collector but is best known for the beautiful French Beret-Pillbox Style Hat she designed and many other sensational race day, head turning, hats, fedoras, and fascinators.

This one-of-a-kind French Beret-Pillbox Style Hat was designed for financial services executive, Jodie Haydon. It travelled from Sydney to Westminster and witnessed the Coronation of King Charles III.

Join Embellish-Atelier at The Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair and see Cathy’s artistry first-hand!

Rosie Perl from artworkerprojects was in another life an industrial designer, during covid she turned her hand to jewellery design with resonating success. Rosie makes the most unique jewellery, using gold leaf and AAA freshwater pearls. Well worth a look, especially if you have special birthdays on the horizon, as they are quality, unique, and make perfect gifts.

For something interesting this year, they are incorporating Millbrook Estate Winery in case a deviation from all things vintage, bespoke and homewares, is needed! Boronia Park photographer, Noemie Vonthron, a professional photographer specialising in family portraiture will be covering the event.

Last year people attended from Old Bar, Erskineville, Annandale, Pymble, Chiswick, Drummoyne, Balmain, lots from LANE COVE, Northbridge, Cammeray, Chatswood, Ryde, Gladesville, Willoughby, Mosman, Seaforth, Balgowlah, Bowral, Burradoo, Mittagong, Essington Park, The Blue Mountains, Woolwich, and Hunters Hill.

The Fair always try and contribute to a local organisation and past recipients have been The Hunters Hill Historical Society and the Giant Steps Greenhouse Project.

This year The Hunters Hill Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair were the proud recipient of The Hunters Hill Council Community Grant.

Heather Kitson, event organiser contemplated, “The joy of this event is supporting talented creative micro-businesses, makers and promoting the circular economy and all within our lovely Northshore Hunters Hill community.”

Event Details

Hunters Hill Vintage Bespoke & Homewares Fair

Where: Hunters Hill Town Hal
When:

Friday 23rd MAY Midday 12 pm – 4 pm

Saturday 24th MAY 10 am – 4p m

Sunday 25th MAY 10 am- 4p m

Entry $6

Lucky Door Prizes:

Thank you to our providores and local businesses for your generous lucky door prizes.

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