When I think of vintage clothing stores I automatically think of overcrowded racks and mouldy…read morestores. Faulkner and Co has broken the mould. Sitting atop a coffee shop in East Hastings Faulkner and Co is a clean, spacious store which I was surprised to find had quality pieces. The store has pieces from the 1950's London to modern day Vancouver including a 1960's Canadian airforce trench coat, sheep skin leather jackets, colourful Hawaiian shirts and designer pieces from up and coming Vancouver based produces. If you are wanting to find a quality piece or hidden gem without having to sieve through mountains of smelly old garments, then Faulkner and Co is the place to go.

Allright everybody, listen up. If you want to get the full vintage shopping experience, go to…read moreFaulkner and Co. I met the owner of the shop (James) at my work and he told me to stop by his shop and I'm so glad I did! The store has a really cool vibe, excellent layout, $10 sift-through bins (holla!) and James is the friendliest dude and will actually shop WITH you (and if you like British accents as much as I do, you'll just never leave) and as another plus, it doesn't smell like mouldy armpit like most other second-hand stores. Do yourself a favour and go visit James, I promise you're in for a lovely time! :)

If you're in the hood, check it out. Lots of inventory so you have to hunt but they do a great job…read moresorting and presenting. Don't be afraid to haggle.

used to be great to visit when nearby but some insane and unfair prices last year or more, its not…read morea consignment store, they get stuff for free as far as I know

I purchased a leather jacket at Encore for $195, the saleslady reduced it for me from $250…read more Encore's price tag stated an original price of $650. It is made in India, so I doubted it was worth that much. After I purchased it, I went home and searched online, where I found the same jacket for $65 - $90. Of course, there is no law against making a profit, but this store is a rip-off. Encore fooled me once, but I will never shop at Encore Fashion Boutique again. Beware!

Encore Fashion has some awesome used clothing and accessories. Downstairs you'll find great shoes,…read morepurses, and clothing items for sale. Everything is in really good condition and practically new. No funky stretch out shoes here. Prices decrease the longer items stay in the store. When I was there some items were 40% off the ticketed price. I heard a customer asking for a lower price on a pair of boots and she was offered $20 off. Hey, it's worth asking. Head upstairs for men's and children's clothing. If I had kids I'd do my shopping for them at Encore. There's lots of really cute stuff available. They've also got some toys and books.

This is a fun vintage and second-hand store that looks deceptively small from the street! The store…read moreis actually fairly large. The main floor has a huge selection of jewellery from various eras, bags, shoes, accessories, and vintage clothing, along with some knick knacks. Upstairs, there's more clothes, including a small children's section, some more contemporary pieces, jeans, housewares and records. The standouts are the shoes and jewellery. There were some amazing shoes including doc martens with flowers and artichocke moschino heels -- if only they were my size! The jewellery selection includes a large selection of screw back and clip on earrings, regular earrings and brooches among necklaces, bracelets, etc. Some very cool and unique pieces. The prices are super fair and the owner curates the whole store and is fun to chat with. Very knowledgeable about styles from different periods! The staff here is really friendly and will help you with suggestions if you are looking for something specific. I was shopping for earrings for my sister and everyone here helped me find the perfect gift. Everything on the ground level has tags that indicated the decade the item dated to. The second floor did not always have this, just because a lot of the items were obviously contemporary so it was not so necessary e.g. a sweater from Zara. This store is a hidden gem!

Jaime is a saint! Even if I'm not on the lookout for anything I'll stop in just to talk with them…read moreas they're so kind and charismatic. Though I'll almost always leave with something since they do such an amazing job curating their clothing and jewelry. Though don't be confused, they are a vintage and consignment store so don't expect thrift prices, but know that you're supporting a great local business and everything they carry is of amazing quality. But regardless if I'm just there to chat, to buy, or to sell, I've always had a great experience with them!

Even though HOB doesn't sell men's clothing, we had a good time digging up treasures from the…read moreracks. Everything is very clean and professionally presented. They also have lots of accessories from shoes to jewelry. The staff is very courteous and friendly.

I think this is my favourite thrift store in Vancouver. Great prices, fantastic service (so…read morefriendly and helpful! - which you typically don't find in thrift stores), and high quality items in great condition. The store smells nice and is clean and organized. I loved shopping with my mom here. There are selections that all ages can enjoy. There are maybe less options for youth/younger adults but I'm a young adult and love finding things here! The great thing is that "younger/trendy" pieces are available here for good prices unlike other thrift stores like Front & Company (which have younger crowd) mark these pieces waaaay up. Highly highly recommend! I've had great experiences shopping here -- I find what I need for a great price while getting to chat and laugh with the ladies working here.

Big shop with a wide selection of items from clothes to jewellery to books. I'm very surprised this…read morewasn't previously on Yelp. The clothes are a bit more expensive than what you would expect at a thrift but everything else seems on par. The person at the counter was very nice and welcoming.

Hadn't heard about this place before but will be back, good selection from clothes to household to…read morecraft supplies and a selection of non thrift items as well (stickers, hair clips, crocs jibbets, jewelry, sunglasses, etc). I got a decent set of pastels for $10. Thrift wise prices are on the higher side but in the rummage side of the store not egregiously so overall. Not sure what the deal with the sister store the Experiment is but for me Rummage would be like a 4.5-5 where the experiment is closer to a three star for me because the prices made me think it was consignment, $28 for an old forever 21 dress that certainly did not cost that much originally was disheartening. They both do have changing rooms but please note they would NOT be very/ at all accessible (especially the one in The Experiment) for larger or non able bodied folks. Store pup was very cute :)

I absolutely love this store! Anytime I need clothes, accessories, furniture, etc. I always come to…read morethis trift store. Not only are they friendly and helpful but the staff here are caring humans who don't judge people but truly do everything to make customers happy. I live in the DTES and I am on a very low budget but I have a decent SRO and I'm trying to decorate my space. So I came to UGM thrift store and totally found what I dreamed of making, large white floating shelves! 2 of them and they were marked for only $20! Which is already an amazing price. Plus I had a few other items that I wanted but some stuff didn't have prices so I was a little worried that I wouldn't have enough money for everything but the cashier guy gave me 50-80% off on everything! Even the shelves were now only $10! I almost started to tear up cause that was so nice of him!! This totally made my day and helped me out so much. I wish every store cared about their customers like this one does, the world would be a happier place!! Thanks again, You guys are making a difference for the people who need it the most!

I used to love coming here. I would recommend all my friends here. The last time I went in I…read morenoticed there was somebody shopping who was getting harassed by a Filipino woman with glasses who must have been a new worker. I wanted to defend this poor shopping customer but I minded my own business, I went in today and was mistreated by the same woman. I asked to speak to someone else because she was treating me awful and she still was like nope I'm the only one and I did mention the way that she had treated other people in the past and she wouldn't let me buy my clothes. I'll never be returning and will be trying to find someone to speak to as this person is taking away the ability to shop at a decent price safely.

One of the best well curated Thrift stores! We found so many amazing deals and even the regular…read moreprices on most stuff was better prices that VV! They have a section of vintage stuff that was excellent. Can't wait to go back.

We love thrifting and this is one of our fave spots in the city for so many reasons - there's so…read moremuch to look through but it's organized well, there's a mini designer section if you want to spend a tad more but all fairly reasonable, the prices are so right, and the turnover on new items is amazing! We always know we're gonna walk away with at least one item each when we go here! They have tons of awesome books for $2 each. I found three incredible books that total would have cost me over $50 retail and I spent $6 total. Sometimes they even do a $1 book deal! Lots of great murder mystery books. They also have some nifty furniture too! Definitely different styles of old and new that could look really great in the right place. I've found lots of amazing pieces clothing wise here too. I just love digging around here and finding gems! The people are always super nice too who work here and the cats are always roaming so I love that aspect too!