69 Vintage

69 Vintage –  
A Place for High End Vintage Fashion

This week I visited a place called 69 Vintage. The store is located at 921 Queen Street West and is across from Trinity Bellwoods Park. 69 Vintage is yet another vintage store which I stumbled upon that focuses on women’s retro clothing. Whereas, Penny Arcade Vintage had both men’s and women’s clothing, 69 Vintage only carries vintage clothing for women. Some of their selection includes women’s designer clothes, shoes and accessories such as hats and jewellery. I thought the clothes in the store unique as expected. 69 Vintage has their selection of different themed clothing ranging from the 1950’s to the late 90’s. 

The store has a wide variety of fur and cheetah print coats, along with having many coloured shades of jeans from different decades. When I actually went into the store I was really impressed with the layout of the store. It had bright lighting which brought out the look of the store better in my opinion and the furniture went well with how the overall store looked. 

The merchandise of the store is kept organized and clean which helps customers find what they are looking for when shopping. Moreover, 69 Vintage is a good urban retro place where women can shop and find what they are looking for, but the price range for their clothes at this particular vintage store is pretty high. I would definitely recommend 69 Vintage as a place to shop for those women who are interested in high quality designer vintage clothes. You should come by and visit 69 Vintage because you will not be disappointed.  

Penny Arcade Vintage

Penny Arcade Vintage –   
Where Can You Be a Vintage Fashionista?  

This week I visited a shop called the Penny Arcade Vintage. The shop is located at 1177 Dundas Street West. The store is on the north side of Queen Street West. The inside of the store is cleanly kept and organized of the vintage clothes they sell. The store has nice shiny floors with well-designed small carpets. In comparison to the last three vintage shops I visited, the other stores had a variety of selection of both men’s and women’s clothing.

 This store’s demographics mainly targets women’s clothing and they have a portion for men’s clothing. The shop’s clothing has an urban retro feel to it with a variety of clothes ranging from the 80’s to 90’s. It was pretty interesting to see some of the retro fads and looks from back in the day. The shop also has handmade and painted pottery cups and bowls for customers to purchase. Penny Arcade also sells women’s handmade lingerie that is branded Bully Boy, and of course they have a wide selection of unique shoes as well.

 After checking the entire shop out I asked for their business card. The Penny Arcade Vintage business card has the owner’s old family pictures on the front and HANDWRITTEN information on the back, which is pretty different for a business card. The owner of Penny Arcade definitely shows their dedication towards the shop, as it definitely gives off a very personalized and custom feel. Finally, for those ladies who want some personalized and unique vintage clothing for their closet, or any other vintage fashionista, check this place out.