'70s selvedge trucker jacket
Sold in one hour — 1972One owner, forty years of honest wear, original buttons. Cleaned, one cuff repair, gone within the hour of the drop.
Open Thu–Sun · noon–7pm
Vintage, slowly sourced.
Womenswear, menswear, accessories, the occasional housewares piece. Sourced, repaired, photographed, and dropped every Friday.
One of one
When it's gone it is genuinely gone
Measured + photographed
Flaws shown, never hidden
14-day returns
Even on vintage — fit is hard at a distance
Repairs before it hits the rail
Cleaned, mended, re-buttoned
01Notable findsProvenance on every tag
Pieces we still talk about.
Sold pieces stay on the record — provenance is the whole point of the shop.
'80s silk blouse, hand-finished
Trusted dealer, Marseille1984'60s wool overcoat
Estate we were trusted with1963'90s cashmere, heavy gauge
A regular's mother's closet1994
The shop
8
Years in the same 200 sq ft
~40
Pieces dropped weekly
2
People who touch every piece
Small on purpose.
No estate-auction pallets, no reseller-to-reseller churn. Everything comes from people we know or estates we're trusted with — and every piece is cleaned, repaired, and measured by the two of us before it earns a hanger.
1950s–1990sRepaired in-houseMeasured honestly
“They talked me out of a jacket that didn't fit and into one I've worn two hundred times. That's the shop.”
Wren — regular since 2019
02Beyond the railAsk at the counter
What else we do.
01
Personal sourcing
Hunting a specific era, cut, or size? We keep a wants-list and call you before it ever hits the rail.
02
Repairs + care
Small repairs and honest care advice for pieces you bought here — or didn't. Cedar blocks sold at cost.
03
Selling to us
We buy from closets, not auctions. Email photos first; we'll be straight about what we can take and what it's worth.
03How it worksEvery piece, no shortcuts
From estate to rail.
Sourced
Estates, trusted dealers, and closets we're invited into. Never reseller-to-reseller.
Cleaned + repaired
Every piece cleaned; repairs done in-house before listing, and disclosed on the tag when they matter.
Measured + photographed
Flat measurements on every listing — vintage sizing lies, tape measures don't.
The Friday drop
New pieces at noon every Friday, online and on the rail at the same minute. Subscribers get the link a day early.
Sizing
What a 1960s 12 actually is
Vintage sizing has drifted by three to four sizes since the fifties, and the label is the least reliable thing on the garment. Every listing carries flat measurements — this table tells you what to compare them against.
| Modern US | Modern UK | Bust | Waist | Hip | Likely 1950s–60s label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–2 | 4–6 | 32 | 24 | 34 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 36 | 12 |
| 6 | 10 | 35 | 27 | 37 | 14 |
| 8 | 12 | 36 | 28 | 38 | 16 |
| 10 | 14 | 38 | 30 | 40 | 18 |
| 12 | 16 | 40 | 32 | 42 | 20 |
| 14 | 18 | 42 | 34 | 44 | 22 |
| 16 | 20 | 44 | 36 | 46 | 24 |
Body measurements in inches. Listings quote the garment flat — double those figures to compare.
How to measure
Ignore the label
It was printed for a body standard that no longer exists, and half of it has been altered anyway. Two garments from the same year and the same maker routinely differ by an inch.
Measure a favourite
Lay something you love flat, measure the chest armhole to armhole and the waist at its narrowest, and compare to the listing. It beats every size chart ever printed.
Seam allowance
Pre-1970 garments were made with two to three inches of seam allowance, so a piece that is close can usually be let out. We will tell you how much a piece has before you buy it.
Menswear
Jackets are listed by chest and sleeve, trousers by waist and inseam, both taken flat. Vintage menswear runs short in the sleeve and generous through the body.
This week
On the rail right now
Dropped Friday at noon. Flat measurements on every listing.
04The honest fine print
Good to know
- How does sizing work?
- Ignore the era's label — trust our flat measurements, listed on every piece. Unsure? Email your own measurements and we'll tell you straight.
- Do you ship?
- Worldwide, tracked. Fourteen-day returns on shipped orders; in-store purchases are final after a fitting-room yes.
- Can you hold a piece?
- In-store, 24 hours with a smile. Drop pieces can't be held — the first checkout wins, which is the fairest thing we've found.
- Do you buy clothes?
- From closets and estates, yes. Photos by email first; we pay in cash or 30% more in store credit.
The good stuff goes Friday.
Forty pieces at noon. The early-access list sees them Thursday.
New pieces every Friday, noon sharp
The door
When the shop is open
The Friday drop goes on the rail at 11 sharp and online at 7pm the same evening. Saturdays are the busiest hour of the week.
HoursChecking
- Wednesday – Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00Quietest days to try things on
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00The drop hits the rail at 11:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00Busy from noon — come early
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 17:00Sunday sale rail, everything 30% off
- Monday – Tuesday
- ClosedSourcing days — we are at the estates
Closed the last two weeks of August while we buy in Europe, and that is always the best drop of the year when we get back. The newsletter carries the date.
Visit, write, sell
Come by Thursday to Sunday, or email about pieces, sourcing, and selling.
- 88 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
- Thu–Sun 12pm–7pm · closed Mon–Wed
- shop@example.com
Friday drop, Thursday for you
Subscribers get the drop link 24 hours early. Most pieces sell inside the first hour — this is the whole advantage.