Everything comes back. And when we say everything, we mean EVERYTHING. We’re talking about platforms, shoulder pads, and, who knew, the skinny jeans we banished a year ago. That’s why second-hand clothing stores in Barcelona are an ally of timelessness, trends, and treasure hunters.
Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and international city, became years ago a benchmark for sustainable fashion, rework and second-hand clothing stores. Just look at the proliferation of markets such as Fleadonia in Raval, or Flea Market in Drassanes.
With all this, we recommend that you take pencil and paper (or save the addresses in your Google Maps) and organize a route this weekend in search of treasures of the 80s for these vintage stores.
L’Arca
The list starts off strong with this store with niche clothing, shall we say. L’Arca is a boutique of luxury vintage items, with recycled vintage pieces from the 1920s.
But the most special thing is not that, it’s that they sell ready-to-wear wedding dresses.
L’Arca has become a reference point for those who love the aesthetics of the 20s, 30s and 40s, either with originals or quality replicas.
📍 Carrer dels Banys Nous, 20
Holala! Plaça, from ibiza to barcelona
This store has perhaps the most professional appearance of any on this list. Everything well divided and distributed by chromatic ranges. The variety is more than interesting despite the fact that the conceptual leitmotif is that of surf and beachwear. It is not the cheapest.
📍 Carrer de Valldonzella, 2 (Metro Universitat).
Lullaby Vintage, the queen of vintage clothing stores
Almost buried among the dark streets of the Raval, Lullaby Vintage has, for starters, a good selection of music. And to continue, a peculiarity that makes the search process much easier: the clothes are cataloged by decades.
📍 Carrer de la Riera Baixa, 22
Fleadonia Market, the best flea market in Raval
You will never see better prices or a better product. True, it’s not a store as such, but the stalls are worthy of having one. Whether it’s tables to rummage through or transformed vintage product, you won’t leave without your 90’s Milan t-shirt or the occasional leather bag for two euros.
📍 Plaza de la Filmoteca de Catalunya
Mercat dels Encants, authentic jewels and treasures
It is probably one of the most beautiful and charming markets (as its name suggests) in Barcelona. Here you can find all kinds of jewelry, starting with collector’s items such as brand name shoes, to handbags and costumes from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
But not everything is clothing, any art director of the ESCAC would go crazy rummaging through lighters, bowls, antique clocks and frames of all ages looking for a piece that ambience their projects. In fact, rumor has it that many of the ESCAC art students are registered there, and that they spend more time in Encants than in Terrasa.
📍 C. de los Castillejos, 158
Turquesh, a selection of European clothing
It is vintage in the maximum extension and expression of the word. Here, the shelves are not a “tailor’s box”, but are personal choices of the owner (not bought by kg) in flea markets in other European cities. The best thing, in any case, is the price and the variety: Versace and Adidas almost for what you carry loose in your purse.
📍 Carrer de Sepúlveda, 100
Le Tresor, sale and purchase of unique items
There are not few reviews that to qualify the store refer to its title to use it as an adjective: this place is a treasure. By location and by product. It differs substantially from the rest and is more similar to Kewaaay. The concept that guides the store is that of “deposit-sale”: the interested party leaves the product in the stall and, once sold, takes the agreed percentage.
📍 Passatge de Marimon, 10
Kewaaaay, vintage and exclusive
Located on the left side of the Eixample, Kewaaay starts from a concept that is quite different from the rest of the stores on the list. Here you buy, yes, but you also sell.
We work, above all, with exclusive pieces: Tag Heuer, Rolex, Chanel or Cartier are some of the brands you can find in Kewaaay.
📍 Carrer de Mallorca, 168
Cotton Vintage, second-hand luxury
Although most of the stores we talk about here. are precisely affordable, by weight and used. Cotton Vintage is one of the exceptions, like L’Arca.
They specialize in luxury pieces and exclusive brands. Louis Vuitton, Versace, Chanel… Some pieces are cheaper, but others, being discontinued, are worth more than they would cost you first hand.
📍 Carrer Enric Granados, 26
Flamingo, vintage clothing by weight
The best thing about Flamingo Vintage is that the price of the clothes is determined by the weight of the garment, with a specific cost for each type of garment. What’s cool, in this case, is that it costs the same for a Polo shirt as it does for a Zara shirt.
They have done so well that they have opened another store (also in Tallers) where they offer both first hand clothes (very interesting brands) and second hand clothes.
The bulk of his clothing is classic American cut, a style appropriate for leaving the store in a cool jacket, hopping on a Harley’s and riding off as the coolest guy in the neighborhood.
📍 Carrer dels Tallers, 31 y 68
Kilostore, jackets by the kilo
Yes, another store on Riera Baixa. This street and Tallers are the ones that provide the most options to leave with full bags for less money. Here, as in Flamingo, the clothes are bought by weight and the price of the weight depends on the sticker that marks it: white, 20€ per kilo; black, 30€.
📍 Carrer de la Riera Baixa, 11
Humana, vintage and social clothing
Humana is to thrift stores what Re-Read is to used bookstores: good stuff and popular prices.
In addition, as a distinguishing feature, Humana has sales seasons with products at one, two or three euros. Barcelona is full of these Verde stores and the proceeds go to the Third World.
Now, they have opened another Humana concept, Humana Vintage, where you can find clothes from the 70’s and 80’s, with a more selected product, and therefore also more expensive.
📍 There are almost 20 in the province such as Astùries, 41; Roger de Llúria,9; or Viladomat, 51.