Best of Boston
Best Vintage Clothing
Great Eastern Trading Co.
Make sure you clear your schedule before stepping inside this time warp of a store, which stocks clothing and accessories dating to the 1920s. You’ll [...] read more»
2019 Best Vintage Clothing
Vivant Vintage
Allston
Stroll into Vivant Vintage, and you’ll immediately understand why this Allston shop gets its name from the French word for living: Each and every one [...] read more»
2018 Best Vintage Clothing
Recollective
Boston
Kate Straley Marx and Hthaiwon Layne know that two hands are better than one—and in the case of their vintage collective, many hands: Vendors from [...] read more»
2017 Best Vintage Clothing
Bobby from Boston
Boston
Proprietor Bobby Garnett is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on at his eponymous South End shop. Looking for a vintage hatbox? Aviator [...] read more»
2016 Best Vintage Clothing
Covet
Boston
Even the pets are well dressed: On our last trip to this Southie consignment boutique, we spotted the Chihuahua mascot, Olive, rocking a fierce faux-fur [...] read more»
2015 Best Vintage Clothing
SoWa Vintage Market
Boston
If the thrill is in the hunt, then giddiness springs eternal at SoWa's weekly conglomerate of throwback merchants. Clothing hawkers come and go throughout the [...] read more»
2014 Best Vintage Clothing
Oona’s
Cambridge
If you lack the patience to sift through piles and paw through racks to find vintage gems, head to this Harvard Square institution, where staffers [...] read more»
2013 Best Vintage Clothing
Artifaktori
Boston
The success of a vintage look is generally determined by whether or not it screams "time machine." That's why we love Artifaktori, in Beacon Hill. [...] read more»
2012 Best Vintage Clothing
Artifaktori
Somerville
Not everyone who shops at vintage spots wants to resemble a '50s pinup gal—including us. We'd rather comb through the brilliantly stocked, sensibly priced racks [...] read more»
2011 Best Vintage Clothing
Poor Little Rich Girl
Cambridge
Score iconic pieces from every era—Edwardian velvet gowns, 1950s sock-hop skirts, and last season's Marc Jacobs babydoll dresses, for starters—at well-below-typical vintage prices at these [...] read more»
2010 Best Vintage Clothing, Men's
Bobby from Boston
Boston
If you like vintage-inspired menswear from Ben Sherman and Rogues Gallery, you'll love Bobby from Boston, a time capsule of a boutique owned by world [...] read more»