Vintage clothes in Dublin

imprezza

I was in my favourite shop, the Harlequin, at the weekend. It's got loads of great stuff for guys, retro stuff etc, and loads of womens stuff too. The great thing is you can make them an offer, their really cool and will hold things for you if you don't have enough money. Bono, Naomi Campbell,Tthe Gallagher brother from Oasis and loads of stars buy there gear there. Even Brad Pitt went in but one fof the girls working there screamed "Brad" and he legged it. Their selling off lots of stuff very cheap at the moment so I got loads of bargains.

fabcat

Wherabouts is it? Please say Dublin.

sparky360

its beside georges street arcade fabcat. A friend of mine used to get all his clothes there. Then he got married and changed.

pynchy

There are very very few shops that sell vintage in Dublin in comparison with other cities.

apart from Harlequin:
Wild Child
Epoch
(both of these are on crow street Temple bar, they stock the real finds.)
Urban outfitters have a small amount of vintage but not in the same class as the others.
Top shop also have some vintage and modified vintage, again though not the really unique finds that can be found at the smaller boutiques.

If anyone else knows other stockists please post here.

Phlann

I like the place but don't buy leather jackets in there.

With other materials you can wash out that second-hand musty smell, but with leather you're stuck with it. I even sent mine to a specialist leather cleaner and it didn't do the trick.

I don't enjoy smelling like a crusty.

chupi

I clearly shouldn't be saying this as there'll be more competition for her gorgeous stuff but Jean Cronin has the most amazing Vintage next to us in the Loft Market in Powerscourt Shopping Centre, her prices are excellent too -none of this 'well it's vintage so add another darling' carry on.

Enjoy!

phasers

Do these shops do many accessories? I'd love to get some vintage hats, sunglasses, bags or jewellery

pynchy

chupi wrote: »

I clearly shouldn't be saying this as there'll be more competition for her gorgeous stuff but Jean Cronin has the most amazing Vintage next to us in the Loft Market in Powerscourt Shopping Centre, her prices are excellent too -none of this 'well it's vintage so add another darling' carry on.

Enjoy!

yeah shes got some nice stuff but only on the weekends.

I've got some vintage hats, belts, sunglasses and some jewelery here in epoch, crow street.
What kind you looking for?

XxlauraxX

Georges Street arcade has a shop thats has loads of vintage clothes ... but i cant remember the name but i do know that the front of the shop is painted pink

hope this helps

Laura

pynchy

XxlauraxX wrote: »

Georges Street arcade has a shop thats has loads of vintage clothes ... but i cant remember the name but i do know that the front of the shop is painted pink

hope this helps

Laura

are you sure its actually vintage or is it clothes produced in vintage style?

MILF

Hi,

I just have a question. Do these vintage shops stock for slightly larger laydees? I'm a 16 and I love vintage clothes but I can never really find nice fitting ones.

Thanks!

pynchy

MILF wrote: »

Hi,

I just have a question. Do these vintage shops stock for slightly larger laydees? I'm a 16 and I love vintage clothes but I can never really find nice fitting ones.

Thanks!

Yes we certainly do, there is just as much for 16's as there is for 8's, in fact some of the best vintage is in slightly larger sizes and i find the cut of garments is better at these sizes.

JenCouture

Hi,

MY first post:) em, Try eBay for vintage.... I know there is a disadvantage because you cannot physically try on the clothes but you will be amazed at the gorgeous vintage jewellery and handbags you can pick up..... I'm almost an expert on finding the cheapest items on eBay at this stage....

Jen

Deenach

Yeh, ebay is great for vintage and you can get some last minute mega deals. The Vintage accessories are where it's at. I've got some fab one-off pieces, picked up a mega vintage belt for 99cents - Wowzer.

crazzzzy

pynchy wrote: »

There are very very few shops that sell vintage in Dublin in comparison with other cities.

apart from Harlequin:
Wild Child
Epoch
(both of these are on crow street Temple bar, they stock the real finds.)
Urban outfitters have a small amount of vintage but not in the same class as the others.
Top shop also have some vintage and modified vintage, again though not the really unique finds that can be found at the smaller boutiques.

If anyone else knows other stockists please post here.

do any of these have online shopping? r do u knw any gud online vintage stores (not ebay)

Orlee

@ pynchy

Wild Child on Georges Street is no more me thinks?!?

I used to buy all my stuff there when I was a little un (their vintage addidas was to die for) but I went up there recently and it is now a vintage furniture store - no clothes And I have a feeling that's closing down too soon ....

Twee.

WildChild is in Temple Bar now.

absorbentmind

Hey does the Loft Market do guys gear too?
Ye prob know this but if ye ever take a trip to London go up to Brick Lane, some fantastic vintage shops there with Beyond Retro being the Jewel, Ive been to some good ones in San Fran but this place is HUGE and it has every stlye from every deacade, I was in my element.

Also agree about urban outfitters, I got two cool silk carves for 15euro in Wild Child and there are poorer quaity ones in Urban Outfitters for 12 each. There stuff here is far behind what it is in like San Fran etc.

Twee.

absorbentmind wrote: »

Ye prob know this but if ye ever take a trip to London go up to Brick Lane, some fantastic vintage shops there with Beyond Retro being the Jewel

Took me forever to get there but oh my, was it worth it! I got a particularly excellent Elton John t-shirt.

Extraplus

absorbentmind wrote: »

There stuff here is far behind what it is in like San Fran etc.

Any recommendations of places to try in San Fran? I'm heading over in a couple of weeks and wouldn't mind doing some shopping.

pynchy

crazzzzy wrote: »

do any of these have online shopping? r do u knw any gud online vintage stores (not ebay)

yep
www.epochvintage.ie

site still under construction but can view some vintage and ring in if you want to buy.

www.perkuponline.com
is very nice indeed.

LaurenLK

I'm about to start college so I'm trying not to spend too much money on clothes but I'd love to get a few vintage pieces for going out, like tops, dresses, accessories etc. What kind of prices would I be looking at in places like Epoch, Wild Child or Harlequin??

Deenach

Hi,
Wild Child are having a crazy sale at the moment, soon to end. Most items are €5 or 3 items for €10. Some really nice vintage finds. Sreriously worth a good rummage. )

Deenach

Hi, forgot to say Wild Child are located at 24 Georges Street Arcade.

phasers

sounds good, thanks for the tip Deenach

vibrant

absorbentmind wrote: »

if ye ever take a trip to London go up to Brick Lane, some fantastic vintage shops there with Beyond Retro being the Jewel,
.

Hi, I'm planning on including a visit here on my next trip to London. Is it good value or do they do the "it's vintage so it costs an extra 50%" thing? I heard the place is huge, like a warehouse?

Sapsorrow

I've only been in Harlequin a few times but I found it to be very expensive along with the majority of other vintage shops in Ireland. The internet is by far the best place to find the really beautiful and reasonably priced stuff, ebay and etsy are fantastic. Generally I find the vintage shops to be a bit boring for women in Ireland, American shops in particular seem to have way way better stuff and usually in better condition. Never been to brick lane, planning a trip this summer but it sounds amazing, next time I'm in London I plan on finding this crowd: http://www.theeastendthriftstore.com/

I would love to go to beyond retro, they have a cool blog: http://www.beyondretro.com/

Found this, might help you on your expedition! http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/features/4475/London-s_top_20_thrift_stores.html

vibrant

Sapsorrow wrote: »

Never been to brick lane, planning a trip this summer but it sounds amazing, next time I'm in London I plan on finding this crowd: http://www.theeastendthriftstore.com/

THAT'S the place I was thinking of! Eleventy!! I saw their website before and thought it just looked like a great place to spend an hour or two. I generally don't care for Brick Lane (too many of the "look at meeeee's" for my liking) but I will make a special effort to find that shop

I thought I had that site bookmarked but didn't, but thanks to you, I do now

Sapsorrow

vibrant wrote: »

THAT'S the place I was thinking of! Eleventy!! I saw their website before and thought it just looked like a great place to spend an hour or two. I generally don't care for Brick Lane (too many of the "look at meeeee's" for my liking) but I will make a special effort to find that shop

I thought I had that site bookmarked but didn't, but thanks to you, I do now

Hehe cool!

geraldong

Hi, I was walking around yester, and there's a new vintage shop, facing RIP Eamon doran's on Crown Alley, found reasonnable prices, the place is called V for Vintage... they have vintage everything !

phasers

Thanks for signing up to tell us geraldong

Temple Bar needs more vintage shops, I'll have to pop in and have a look

vicecreamsundae

i'm always disappointed with the harlequin. i still go in when i get the chance because i love rooting through, but it's so rare that i find anything special AND affordable.
in saying that i got one amaaazing dress there about two years ago which is one of the coolest things i own. i guess i just blew all my harlequin-luck in one day!

OldGoat

Geraldong, spamming the forum is a bannable offence. Add to the discussion rather then just advertise.


Vice, thing about vintage/second hand/charity shops is that you have to visit on a regular basis. Good pieces rarely hang around, they get snapped up by people like me who'll buy anything nice and keep it to give to friends that it will suit.
We have a drawer full of stuff, clothes, hats, bags, jewlery, books, music - anything that we think someone else might get a kick out of. It's stuff we've picked up at various places that we use to keep 'gifts and presents' in for birthdays or whatever.

So you gotta go in on a regular basis. You'll learn the stock and quickly learn to spot anything new. Or, better yet, the staff will get to know you and put stuff aside for ya.

geraldong

Hi, I absolutely meant no harm, i came here because i was wondering if anyone had been there before... i'm a regular customer of Flip and from the shop under the café eerie as well, it's just nice to see new shops being open, I will sure pop in again and have a closer look, but I feel offended I have to say...

OldGoat

Offense was not the intention.
Spamming of the forum is a constant headache here and more often then not spamming is done by first time posters. As your post was a tad ambiguous I didn't handle it in the usual way, rather I issued an inline warning about spamming but I left your post in place. The usual method of handling spammers is to remove the posts and issue a perma-ban.
Hope this examination goes someway to assuage any hurt feelings.

Twee.

I was in V is for Vintage today, fantastic shop! The stuff is extremely well priced. The sales assistant even let me and my friend dig through a bag of stuff that hadn't been put out yet. Good quality stock, unlike some other shops that will sell any old tat and call it vintage.

Maigh Eo

Hey, I think its very hard to come across a good vintage shop in Ireland. I know that Oxfam in Dublin have a shop deciated to vintage. My true love for vintage lies with handbags. I love to buy them and mostly find them in charity shops. But does anyone have vintage handbags that they would like to sell at a reasonable rate.

Fajitas!

There's a market on this weekend in the Co-Op off Cork St, I can't go myself though. I know at least one seller there and there should be plenty of retro clothes up for grabs. Hopefully it's of use to someone here!

http://www.thejosiebaggleycompany.com/pages/FerociousMingleMarket-info.htm

fillefatale

Maigh Eo wrote: »

Hey, I think its very hard to come across a good vintage shop in Ireland. I know that Oxfam in Dublin have a shop deciated to vintage. My true love for vintage lies with handbags. I love to buy them and mostly find them in charity shops. But does anyone have vintage handbags that they would like to sell at a reasonable rate.

You're thinking of Oxfam on Georges St.? I wouldn't say its dedicated to vintage, it has a decent enough vintage section at the back, I've never bought anything there but its worth knowing about.

Maigh Eo

Hey Thanks for that, but I wont be able to make it to the market. As for the Oxfam shop off George's St in Dublin your correct, its been well over a year since I was in it. Its a small section at the back. I didnt buy anything either.
Does anyone think that their's a market for vintage clothes, shoes etc in Ireland. Sometimes I think that "we" are afraid to try something different when it comes to fashion and clothes and all. Id love to hear all suggestions as Ive recently been thinking about getting more serious about my love for vintage.

Sapsorrow

I love the idea of vintage clothes, that an item of clothing has a history and a story, the vast vast majority of what is sold in the Irish shops is just junk and absurdly expensive. I was in a vintage shop in Cork yesterday and it was so obvious they were selling off their own old clothes and trying to pass it off as vintage which p*ss's me off. Also just because something is old the people running most of the shops seem to think they can put any manky frumpy old christmas jumper or other half mouldy piece of crap up and slap a 4O euro price tag on it. I think is people weren't trying to rip us off and actually made an effort to hand select their items (most vintage shops buy in huge bulk from Europe and don't even know what they're getting till they get home) and kept the shops more boutique like then people would be more interested. I buy mine online because it's cheaper than buying new clothes and there is a much much better selection, I never spend a penny in Irish vintage shops barr one that hand selects their pieces from the States and is very reasonably priced.

Maigh Eo

Hey, you are so right. Could you please drop me the websites that you buy your clothes from. Id really appreciate that. Thanks a million:)

Sapsorrow

I mainly use etsy: http://www.etsy.com/ as that has hundreds/thousands of vintage sellers listing there and I also use ebay.com sometimes.

This crowd are good too: http://www.sydneysvintageclothing.com/
although their website is a disaster.

I'd say try opening an online shop or getting a market permit first and see how you get on, the rent is a nightmare for most vintage shops and that's why they have to charge such extortionate prices. There's a good reason why most of them close down within a few years of opening. I knew a girl running a lovely one in Cork a few years ago and her rent was phenomenal, can't remember off hand the figure but I remember not being able to figure out how they could possibly make it back off the clothes and her spot wasn't great either. They a few years or so before they went under.

If I were to get into dealing myself I would specialise in one area, I know a girl who only sells dresses (and a small few accessories), and she really knows her stuff. she knows the history behind different pieces/styles/designers etc and so can price each piece accordingly and she goes to great lengths to pick her pieces herself so her selection is always fabulous and in great nick, with prices ranging from 20euros up to hundreds for designer pieces. Other people online specialise in one designer, like there's a girl on etsy who's shop I visit that only sells Gunne Sax dresses. I would say the country has enough sub-standard vintage shops, so if I were to do it myself I'd be trying to think of how I could do something a bit different and a lot better to the others to attract the people who are really into it and to make a name for myself as having a very high standard of excellent quality/condition, stylish and affordable items.

Maigh Eo

If I am going to get more serious about vintage I would hope to deal with handbags, Im not sure if I would also included accesorize just yet. I have recently attended the vintage fairs that are run by vintage ireland and got more information into havig a stall at the vintage fair and fashion exbo in Galway in September. The vintage fair I attended was in Dublin, in Clontraf Castle there was a very small section of handbags by some stall holders and some weren't even vintage!:mad: It was very small.
But you defo make some great points. I really appreciate your opinion on the matter:)

Fajitas!

I know one girl that selects clothes herself, but she doesn't have a website yet. She's mentioned a few others, so there's definitely a few out there, but I think their problems are actually waiting for markets with stalls availible.

The last vintage fair I was at was the one in south Dublin a few months ago, it was quite good for womenswear, but tbh, it was damn pricey. If folks were interested in buying vintage, I really do think a weekend in London is the way to go. Fly over early on a Saturday morning, hit Portobello Rd, have a nice meal and a few drinks in town, hit up Brick Lane and Spitalfields on the Sunday morning, a quick tour around some of the newer retro shops in Soho and back home on the Sunday night. Chances are it'll still be cheaper than buying here in Ireland.

Anyways, I have my vintage Burberry trench, too many old satchels and more old cameras than I can shake a stick at, so I'm barring myself from markets until at least Christmas. Maybe Autumn...

Maigh Eo

Great, thanks for all the information, last March I had been in London and seen many of the place's you mentioned there. I think Il keep researching into it and then take it as it comes. Many thanks for all the information here, its much appreciated:)

Waterloo Sunset

Re Harlequin:

Was in there on the weekend and saw a top that looked oddly familiar to me. Had a closer look, and it was a penneys top (they'd cut the label off on the neck, but you could still see the atmosphere label on the inside near the base) that was originally priced at €13 maximum in penneys that they were selling as "was €39 now €29." Now I know that some penneys clothes can be sought after they sell out, but by cutting off the neck labels, this was deception plain and simple!

My friend wanted dungarees. They were charging €50 for a pair that were actually dirty! I don't think I'll go back there any time soon!

I saw a shop in George's St arcade that was good for a wander around though, I'd say you could come across something interesting in there if you searched.

Twee.

The one in the arcade is Wild Child. They can have some cool stuff, but again can be expensive.

For your mate, they have short dungarees in V For Vintage on Crown Alley, Temple Bar for €30, iirc.

llerena24

yeahhhhhhh!!

Sapsorrow

Ya I've seen pennies stuff for sale in vintage shops too some joke. A month or two ago I bought my first thing in one of the Cork shops, it was a wicker basket bag that I bought on a whim for 12euros, on the way home in the car had a look in the inside pockets to find a 2euro label for the bag from the Irish cancer society charity shop! :mad: I know some stuff isn't going to be good quality, particularly special or whatever but they could have a bit more integrity in their business.

Maigh Eo

How annoying was that. Yip Ive heard of more rural clothes shop's in Ireland shopping in the likes of Dunnes and Pennys and removing and or replaceing tags to suit there own shop and of course major price hikes!:mad: