Saturday, June 25, 2016

wanderlust: used clothing stores in harajuku, tokyo


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Ragtag is a secondhand designer clothing chain store. The store carries famous designer brands such as Alexander Mcqueen,Chloe, Christian Louboutin, Christian Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, Marc by Marc Jacobs to name a few catering for women, men and kids as well. According to its website, there are seven Ragtag stores around Tokyo and one rt in Ginza. During my trip, I visited the store in Harajuku. Whilst I did not notice anything vintage but on the website it stated there is a vintage section. My guess is perhaps vintage can be found in other stores?

Ragtag Harajuku
Address: 6-14-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 03-6419 3770
Opening hours: 11 am to 8 pm


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Jumble Store another secondhand chain stores with several stores around Tokyo. The stores carry past season's clothes from international designers and also unique items from smaller Japanese brands. The prices are reasonable.

Jumble Store
Address: 4-26-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 03-5772-3427
Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 11 am to 9 pm

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I am saving the best (in my humble opinion) for the last - Kinji Used Clothing store. Firstly the store itself is huge. The third photo shows the first half of the store. I felt I was in the heaven of secondhand clothing. And secondly you can find vintage here, yay! Lastly, the price is very reasonable. There is a section selling used designer items; clothes, bags and shoes. I had fun rummaging each rack trying to look for 'treasures' to bring back home. I found couple of treasures for the price of JPY3024 (approximately US$27).

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I think this striped vintage dress is circa 1970/80s.

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Scored this lovely French Connection pleated skirt

Kinji Used Clothing
Address: YM Square Building B1, 4-31-10, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 03-6406-0505
Opening hours: 11 am to 8 pm
Website (in Japanese): http://www.kinji.jp/

This post concludes wanderlust posts on Tokyo. Although this is not complete listing or coverage on used clothing/secondhand or vintage stores, I hope you find these posts useful for your travel planning. I can't wait to visit Tokyo or Japan again. 

Have a wonderful weekend and stay chic!

2 comments:

  1. Duuuuude Kinji is my jam!

    I did a little thrifting (and drooling at architecture) around Harajuku recently but I didn't visit the first two stores you mentioned. I'm itching to go back and further explore Japan's secondhand shops!!

    Thanks for sharing!

    / okaythanksmaria

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    1. Hi Maria,

      Thanks for your comment and checking out my post. Like yourself, I am hoping to visit Japan again especially hitting as many thrift stores that I can! :)

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