ANTIQUING HUNTSVILLE
Reviving the past Frippery Vintage returns to the downtown square
STORY & PHOTOS BY MICHELLE WULFSON
Like many during the pandemic , Jennifer Boyd was feeling restless .
“ I felt like I wanted to look at pretty things , be able to shop and go to Paris , and I couldn ’ t . I thought I couldn ’ t be the only one that wanted to at least have a moment where you could get out of the pandemic ,” Frippery owner Jennifer Boyd said . “ My idea is that you can come in here , relax , and just forget about everything else for a little bit and just look at pretty things .”
Boyd is no newcomer to the downtown square . Frippery originally opened in the same 11th Street location in 2014 , closing just four years later to give Boyd more time to spend with her mother who was ill .
Reopening in November , it ’ s been a new leaf for Boyd and Frippery , taking on a classic , clean and light aesthetic .
It ’ s a reflection of the heavy weight that ’ s been lifted off of her chest following the passing of her mother two years ago .
Boyd spent the early years of her childhood living in England in a 1500 ’ s cottage , where she returned every summer with her family . Her upbringing , full of worldly travels and weekend trips to the Philadelphia Art Museum after moving to the states , attributed to her interest in the arts from a young age .
“ I knew what I wanted to do since I was 15 … I saw myself in the commercial art world ,” Boyd said .
She earned a master ’ s degree from Sotheby ’ s Institute of
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