The icons come in multiple file formats, including EPS, AI, and SVG. There are more than 200 icons in this pack featuring everything from vintage bicycles, hats, bowties, hot air balloons, and more. It is a great place for a few simple additions but do not be deceived it also holds a few great pieces hidden just like in the other stores although generally the clothes don’t have that vintage aesthetic. This is a massive collection of vintage and hipster-themed icons. In part because I have found many an actual second hand Cotton-on item there but also because the clothes are far more mainstream than most of the other store with a surprisingly large amount of basics for a thrift store. Downstairs is what I like to term the ‘Cotton-on’ of thrift store Obz. The only major flaw is that it is expensive for a second hand store with items usually sitting around R400.
If you like this style you are pretty much set here and it is even possible to find small sizes (one of the usual drawbacks of thrift). All the clothes here are distinctly similar styles with frills and lots of skirts and flowers and the definite theme of baby pink. Upstairs is a small floor with very select items. This is more mainstream and fashion orientated than the other two and the atmosphere matches the quirky styled painting outside. This is also on lower main road and only slightly further down the street than the others. To be honest, it is the type of place you could imagine Macklemore rapping about. It’s particularly good for coats (although you have to like the oversized look…) it also caters a lot for men which tends to take a back seat in thrift stores just as it does in the fashion industry as a whole. However, their prices are probably the best on the street and because there is such a large variety you have the opportunity to find some really unique pieces. At the core of Londons shopping scene, Carnaby brings you over 100 international and British heritage labels, independent boutiques.
I myself don’t end up buying stuff there often. The negative side of this is that it can become quite laborious going through all the clothes and there is no certainty that you will find something good. The shop feels as if it’s bursting at its seams. In part this is due to the size of the store which aside from being physically bigger than most other vintage shops in Cape Town it is fill to overflow with clothes. This is something more similar to a traditional charity thrift shop with less selective styled items. Never new is a large vintage shop on lower main road just behind the MacDonald’s in Observatory.
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