With an abundance of choice online it can be hard to differentiate between trusted resellers of vintage and those who just want to make a quick buck.
Here are Simply You’s favourite second-hand e-boutiques, owned by passionate traders who source top-quality finds.
One woman’s last season cast-off is another woman’s treasure, after all:
1stdibs
Along with fine art and furniture, 1stdibs is the premiere destination for unique vintage pieces of the highest possible quality.
Run as an online marketplace, where buyers and sellers meet, you are free to make an offer on the exquisite pieces featured. We suggest reading up on the site’s negotiating tips to ensure you find the right price.
The Way We Wore
From haute couture to esoteric finds, The Way We Wore is a Los Angeles boutique expanding its eclectic reach through online shopping.
It’s a site where a silk Galliano evening gown sits comfortably between a velvet Versace cat suit and a piece of unsigned costume jewellery.
House of Liza, @houseofliza.
House of Liza, Farfetch
The House of Liza is one of many high-end vintage stores choosing to sell through leading online luxury fashion platform Farfetch.
This one gets our tick of approval for its mature but quirky and bold yet chic collection that offers something for everyone.
The Mercantile Store
New Zealand designer, and fashion stylist for Simply You, Paris Mitchell curates nostalgic pieces for her online destination The Mercantile, alongside her own brand Paris Georgia Basics.
With chic imagery and contemporary styling, this store is both inspirational and highly-shoppable.
What Goes Around Comes Around
New York-based What Goes Around Comes Around provides such a luxury online shopping experience, you’d be forgiven for thinking the stock is current season rather than vintage.
It also makes the world seem a lot smaller. Just select ‘New Zealand’ from the country selection tab to shop in local currency and see all tax and duties calculated at the check-out, so there are no nasty surprises when your package comes through customs at the airport.
Luxury Resale Network, @luxuryresalenet.
Luxury Resale Network
Run by a brother and sister team, Luxury Resale Network sells vintage on consignment through authenticated sellers only, to ensure top-quality traders.
Chanel is one of their main categories besides general fashion.
Spanish Moss
Ranging from Victorian to grunge eras, Spanish Moss unashamedly calls itself a store for artists and the free-spirited. Having featured in various Vogue magazines and Harper’s Bazaar we would have to agree.
The online store is a lesson in how to wear vintage with more relevance than some on-trend brands.
Love and Object
If you follow Love and Object’s Instagram, and we recommend you do, it seems New Zealand founder Constance Cummings might have the best job in the world.
Travelling in search of charming jewels to bring back home, this well-connected individual’s one-off vintage finds are highly sought after online.
Peekaboo Vintage, @peekaboovintage.
Peekaboo Vintage, Asos
Asos may be known for its fast online fashion but its vintage marketplace, stocking well-considered, personality-packed vintage brands, should not be overlooked.
Peekaboo Vintage sells affordable yet eye-catching garments that could be mistaken for this season’s Gucci, or a family heirloom.
Jetsetbohemian
To complement its physical store in Grey Lynn, Auckland, Jetsetbohemian’s online store is a beautiful display of it’s whimsical clothing that has a signature cool-edge.
Expect to find highly-coveted coats and lashings of sequins on their vintage page.
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