Clothing
Vintage & handmade
One-of-a-kind pieces from every decade.
Karyn
Owner · Fort Collins
the owner
"fort collins deserved a shop as warm and weird and wonderful as the people who live here."
store manager
RuPaul.
Runs the floor like a runway. Knows every maker by first name, every regular by their usual, and exactly which rack the perfect jacket is hiding on.
Has opinions about your outfit (kindly). Keeps the green velvet couch warm for anyone who needs a minute. The shop runs on her energy and the playlist she won't let anyone else touch.
RuPaul
Manager · Keeper of the Vibe
Wayward
Est. 2024 · 256 Linden St
the shop
the shop, herself.
muted gold trim. a dusty blue buffet hauled in from a beloved customer's garage. pride flags strung overhead.
around 4pm the afternoon light pours through the big windows and the whole shop goes warm. like a hug from your Aunt Petunia. your favorite song is playing. come in. stay awhile.
chapter onethe beginning
Wayward didn't start with a business plan. It started as a teenage dream. Really. Sitting on my bedroom floor at fourteen, stringing beads and playing with paper, thinking: it would be so cool to have a shop filled with the artwork of all my friends. (Thanks, Mom. For the craft fairs. You know what you started.)
Making was always at the top of my to-do list. The best part of any school day. The best part of a ten-year, four-school, three-state college career that took me from the beaches of Florida to the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina — and finally to the Wild Wild West of Fort Collins, Colorado, where I finished a BFA in metals at CSU.
I just really like to make stuff. My hands have never been idle.
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unique items
in the shop
what you'll find
Curated by Karyn and 35+ local makers.
Flip through to see what's waiting on the racks, the shelves, and the maker wall.
the road here
ten years in the making.
chapter 01
2014–18
Walnut Creek — first tables, first sales, first taste of it.
chapter 02
2018
Fox & Clover. the shop-floor feeling clicks.
chapter 03
2018–19
Vintage Marketplace. almost, almost.
chapter 04
2019
first shop of our own — 1220 S. College Ave.
chapter 05
2021
Old Town, 119 W. Oak — the Dandelion & Rust era.
chapter 06
2024
Wayward opens at 256 Linden. this is the one.
inside the shop
corners, racks, and the bits of wayward you'll only see if you stop by.
the floor
a corner
the detailswhat we stand for
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Celebrating the past
Curated vintage with a story behind every piece — from 70s denim to grandma's pyrex.
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Supporting makers
35+ local artists. Every one of them a neighbor, paid fairly, named on the tag.
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Building community
First Fridays, Pride, Fall Fest — and a couch in the back to sit on while you decide.
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Shopping with intention
Slow over fast. Reused over new. Made-by-hand over made-by-algorithm.
the makers
35+ local artists. every piece has a neighbor behind it.
Ceramicists, printmakers, jewelers, dyers, candle-pourers, weavers. Most live within ten miles of the shop. All of them get paid first.
woman & queer owned35+ local makersfirst fridays · pride · fall fest
come say hello.
where
256 Linden Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
when
Everyday 10–6
phone
970-222-9100