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Across the East River, vintage heaven awaits in Brooklyn. In recent years, it feels like vintage, thrift, and consignment shops have popped up on every block—intimidating when you’re either short on time or in need of something more focused. So we did the hard work (a.k.a. the shopping) for you. Behold, our best vintage stores in Brooklyn. There are shops frequented by the stars, bridal boutiques, and flea-market-style emporiums where you can reinvent your entire wardrobe.
Awoke Vintage
Address: 132 North 5th Street, Brooklyn
Started by friends Liz Power and Rachel Despeaux in Perth, Australia, Awoke Vintage came stateside in 2012. Each of the three Brooklyn shops are filled with midrange vintage pieces, though the shop is known for its selection of vintage denim, which goes up to a 46" waist and features a variety of fits to tickle all fancies. Olivia Rodrigo, Emily Ratajkowski, Malia Obama, and Lana Del Rey have all been spotted shopping here. And if you can’t make it IRL, there are daily live-feed posts on Instagram.
Cha Cha Linda
Address: 67 West Street, Brooklyn
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When the pandemic brought Eva Lopez’s day job as a costumer for period film and TV projects to a standstill, she took a long, hard look at her storage unit and realized she had vintage gold inside. The spoils are now at Cha Cha Linda, an appointment-only salon in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. While she didn’t start out planning to focus on bridal trousseaux, their customers has evolved into almost completely brides-to-be.
Le Grand Strip
Address: 197 Grand Street, Brooklyn
CC McGurr opened Le Grand Strip (formerly known as Fille De Joie) on Halloween 2006. The shop was there before Brooklyn’s Grand turned into a bit of a vintage tour, but it’s still one of the scene’s crown jewels. The colorful shop is organized by shade—the likes of crisp white Versace dresses at the front of the shop, red to purple solids and prints (Escada, unlabeled, and more) in the middle, and a large section of black everything in the back corner. You’ll also find trays upon trays of sparkling costume jewelry.
Seven Wonders Collective
Address: 203 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Seven Wonders has three locations throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, but the flagship—opened by Founder Melissa Blumberg in 2022—is our favorite for finding vintage clothing and home gems. Prim and proper frocks and ’90s cutout leather pants are all created (and loved) equally at this shop, where they will commingle with sets of vintage glassware. And who knows, perhaps while you’re scouring the racks you might even find something paying tribute to the actual wonders of the world.
Stella Dallas
Address: 281 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
Think of this pair of side-by-side stores named Stella Dallas Living and 10ft Single by Stella Dallas (named after the 1923 Olive Higgins Prouty film of the same name) as sisters, not twins. Inside Stella Dallas Living, there are reams of deadstock fabric, rolled antique rugs, and velvet hangers with delicate dresses from the 1930s to the ’80s. 10ft Single, on the other hand, is a thrifter’s paradise. The larger of the two, it’s packed to the gills with collections of Converse sneakers in every color, chunky cable knit sweaters, old letterman jackets, and T-shirts from every era.
