Vintage Accessories Stores
A list of the coolest vintage accessories shops around.
Abodeon
Porter Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesEmphasizing the marvelous in the mundane, Abodeon presents a collection of well-designed home furniture and accessories spanning continents and decades. Most items come with a short description stating what you're looking at and why...
About Glamour
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesIt's safe to say About Glamour is about a lot more than glamour. The sprawling shop puts a Japanese bend to shopping for (mostly) vintage and (sometimes) new clothing, accessories and housewares. Browsing through the racks will find vintage pieces from Issey Miyake and Comme des Garcons....
Antiques at Pike Place
Pike Place Market - Seattle, WA United StatesFor the untrained, shopping for antiques can be a stressful experience, from digging through piles and squeezing through aisles to recognizing real from reproduction and getting the right price. Antiques at Pike Place makes shopping for antiques...
Assembly
Lower East Side - New York, NY United StatesWhile still having an eye for up and coming fashion talents, Assembly honors the past as much as the future. This is reflected in the ambiance, in the prominently display selection of vintage clothing, accessories and objects, but also in the...
Atomic Passion
East Village - New York, NY United StatesThe storefront of Atomic Passion kind of looks a super funky post nuclear winter garden. So if you expect to find some funky vintage clothing inside than you won't be disappointed. The place is packed tight with vintage dresses, pants,...
Beacon's Closet
Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY United StatesWe're not sure who this Beacon character is, so perhaps Beacon's Closet should be renamed Every-Hipster-In-Brooklyn's Closet. The large, oft crowded, dependably lively store is a used and vintage clothing shopping free-for-all....
Beacon's Closet
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesWe're not sure who this Beacon character is, so perhaps Beacon's Closet should be renamed Every-Hipster-In-Brooklyn's Closet. The large, oft crowded, dependably lively store is a used and vintage clothing shopping free-for-all....
Boommodern
Cleveland Heights - Cleveland Heights, OH United StatesReader Suggested: Boommodern was created in 1997 as a permanent retail space to feature and sell a diverse collection of 2Oth Century Modern furniture. They sell decorative arts, along with inspired industrial, primitive and architectural objects. These objects are personally selected by the partners, with an...
Cabaret
West Queen West - Toronto, ON CanadaFor all those who think vintage clothing means polyester button-downs and bell-bottoms. For all those that think of John Travolta leisure suits as the typical vintage suit. Meet Cabaret. The sophisticated vintage shop is more Marlena Deitrich...
Candystore
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesThere are definitely some candies, mostly of the classic variety, at CandyStore. But most of the candy comes in the form of eye candy. The cheery space fill racks and shelves with fun, colorful T-shirts, dresses, jackets and the like, often from...
Carla
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIn an area bursting with glitzy vintage furniture stores where pieces are priced in the compact car price bracket, Carla offers vintage furniture and accessories with zero pretense and less astronomical prices. The '40s-'70s are the eras...
Cherry
West Village - New York, NY United StatesIt's easy to see where all the cool T-shirts and jeans, funky dresses and jackets go when their original owners are done with them. But where do the designer suits and heels go? A good portion of the exclusive designer items of yore go to...
Deluxe Junk
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesPeeking inside Deluxe Junk, the displays and shelves and nooks and corners will appear to be filled with junk, garage sale fodder. Only upon closer inspection will you notice that the junk is in fact deluxe. From fifties era appliances, to svelt...
Eclectisaurus
Cabbagetown - Toronto, ON CanadaReader Suggested: Eclectisaurus sells great Brocante (French for vintage goods). An unusually wide selection of really cool things, from Furnishings to Lighting, Kitchen stuff, Art, even Clothing & Jewelry. Very friendly staff and fair prices make Eclectisaurus one of the best stores in Toronto.
Eye Candy
NoHo - New York, NY United StatesEven if you're not comfortable wearing a vintage dress or a vintage suit, don't ignore the wealth of vintage accessories out there. Eye Candy knows vintage accessories like none other. Vintage hats, jewelry, purses and shoes are...
Fabulous Fanny's
East Village - New York, NY United StatesWith sunglass and eyeglass frame prices reaching new heights every year, Fabulous Fanny's is an invaluable resource of unique, hip glasses at reasonable prices. Packed in endless drawers, cases and displays are thousands upon thousands of...
Fawn Boutique
West Queen West - Toronto, Ontario CanadaReader Suggested: A stylish trove of fashionista finds, this boutique carries an eclectic mix of current independent designer fashion with well-edited vintage pieces. The owner, a Queen West denizen, loves to discuss all things fashion. Definitely worth a visit!
Fille De Joie
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesAffordable yes, unique definitely, but more than anything vintage clothing and accessories are supposed to be fun and few vintage shops can be as fun for a girl to shop in as Fille de Joie (translated: girl of joy). Founded by a French owner who seems to have turned a compulsion to stockpile...
Garden Street Bazaar
North Narabeen - North Narrabeen, NSW AustraliaReader Suggested: Huge fuschia pink building in the North Narrabeen industrial area in the northern beaches area of Sydney. Great eclectic range of antique, mid-century and second hand furniture and collectables. Always refreshing to check out new stock and spend some time wandering through the many rooms....
Girls Love Shoes
Lower East Side - New York, NY United StatesGirls Love Shoes. What else needs to be said? Maybe that girls have loved shoes ever since they realized walking barefoot through the jungle gave them blisters. Girls Love Shoes is a like a history lesson in women's love of shoes. The shop...