“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, to all bravely await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.”
― William Henry Channing
Having a lot of fun making jewellery and I thought I’d set up a little store so that you can enjoy it too. My vintage inspired Jewellery line 1801Vintage now available at
https://www.etsy.com/shop/1801vintage.
💝 Swing by for a little treat or maybe a gift 💝.
Seeking out vintage stores in New York can be a daunting prospect. I think it’s really a matter of time and budget as well as personal shopping style. There are, for example, the carefully curated stores that present the garments of yesteryear as precious objects. These stores are airy and spacious and you can pop in and grab something with relative ease, although your bill will reflect the decadence of this particular type of thrift shopping. For me it’s almost ruins that thrill of treasure hunting that is the drive behind most of my thrift shopping excursions. Over burdened rails and baskets of tangled scarves are always a good sign that there is something truly unique and amazing in there, you just have to seek it out.
As usual I was on a mission to find just such a store and this time I got more than I bargained for. ‘No Relation‘ in East Village is a store that I’ve been visiting over the past few years. It’s great. There are hats, dresses, jackets, shoes, mens clothing and more all tightly packed and tempting. ‘No Relation‘ is a vintage store with thrift store prices. Here you will find retro gold from the carefully selected stock that reflects styles from the last few decades. The ground floor is totally packed and contains most of the stock, there is a basement that contains some overflow, flannel shirts, wooly jumpers, and a few more dresses.
The great news is that ‘No Relation’ has expanded to become ‘L Train Vintage’.
A little chain of six great vintage stores around New York city that are definitely worth a visit. The other stores are Village Style, Vice Versa Vintage, Vice Versa Parkslope, Atlantis Attic Thrift Warehouse & Urban Jungle Vintage. I did of course check them all out. They are all similar in terms of their stock, the main difference is the size. My favourite has to be Atlantis Attic Thrift Warehouse. It is so huge that it’s almost spacious. The high ceiling is adorned with suspended action figures and odd garments hanging from the rafters. The overflowing rails and baskets are surrounded by a bit more space for you to manouever. This store has everything in vast amounts, men and women’s clothing and an accessory section the size of some of the other L train stores. Everything is laid out pretty well according to its type, dresses here, jackets there etc. As I say there is so much stuff here that you need a little time. The best thing is that it‘s almost a challenge to find anything that costs over $10. The exceptions would be the leather jackets and boots and a few other items dispersed among the other sections, but really not that much.
Addresses . . .
No Relation
204 First Ave, between East 12 & 13 Streets
L Train to First Ave.
Village Style
111 E 7th St (between 1st Ave & Avenue A)
L Train to First Ave.
Atlantis Attic Warehouse
771 Metropolitan Ave. Between Humboldt St & Graham Ave.
L Train to Graham Ave
Urban Jungle
118 Knickerbocker Ave. between Flushing Ave & Thames Street
L Train to Morgan Ave
Vice Versa Vintage
241 Bedford Ave (between North 3 & 4 Streets) Brooklyn, NY 11211
L Train to Bedford Ave
Vice Versa Parkslope
550 5th Ave Brooklyn NY 11215
L train to Lorimer, transfer to the G train, G train to 4 Ave.
Vintage Shopping on my recent trip to Paris was a real treat. The stores are concentrated in the Marais district which has actually been dubbed the “haut-lieu du vintage,” or the high place of vintage in Paris.
Two noteworthy vintage stores are Coiffeur and the two Free ‘P’ Star stores. Located in the Marais and in close proximity to each other the stores are like caves filled with hidden treasure. For me the nature of vintage shopping is the pursuit of that rare diamond, that one piece that is so extraordinary in a jumble of gems. That sort of treasure hunt is exactly what you get in these tightly packed stores. I was leaning over rails to let people by and in the process unearthing all kinds of temptation.
32 Rue de Rosiers,
75004 Paris.
A petite store in a chilled out pedestrian area of Paris, stocking garments mostly for women but a respectable offering for men. There are also volumes of handbags, shoes, a few hats and other accessories. An amazing range of dresses and jackets and the great thing about it being a little store is you can actually get through the rails, in single file, but none the less it is possible to see all the stock within a reasonably short period of time. The items in store were of great quality and really inexpensive plus the range was very impressive considering the limited space.
There are two Free’P’Stars with locations not far from each other.
The first one I encountered was at the very understated 8, rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie 75004 Paris. The exterior is very unassuming with the store name not over the door but applied to the window. Entering is a little bit like being swallowed up by some kind of vintage creature, the place was absolutely pulsating with avid vintage hunters.
The ground floor is a hub of activity with rails of dresses, knitwear, jackets and blouses with overflowing shelves of leather bags and shoes. The prices are incredibly low with dresses starting at €10. The store’s two main levels are connected by an little unmarked spiral staircase. The basement was less congested in terms of foragers but the rails were tightly packed. An amazing assortment scanning decades of fashion with a large representation from the 1980s in particular, hours of browsing is a distinct possibility.
61 Rue de la Verrerie
Paris 75004
Initially I was carried by a wave of frenzied shoppers into the depths of the store. The pace was contagious with room for only one person in the aisles people were slumped over rails as I navigated my way through. The absolutely vast amount of stock is a little overwhelming but the montage of bags behind the till, the wall of hats, or the homage to Hermes scarves in the windows provides a little order to the jungle of swinging garments. The main floor is a combination of clothing mostly for women but a sizable section for menswear, there are also shoes, bags, hats and belts as well as a collection of fur collars. There’s a narrow stairs leading up to a mezze which is a place of many baskets, all containing items for just €1.
2 rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
Metro Hôtel de Ville
Frip’irium
Frip Sap
Frip Sap
The Purchase
Doll in a Box
Amazing Vintage Market full of strange and sometimes creepy relics of the past
A maze of markets make up the Marches Aux Puces. This market MARCHÉ DAUPHINE is one of my favorites
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