15 Best Thrift Stores In LA For Star-Studded Secondhand & VIP Vintage
The City of Angels…more like the City of Amazing Thrift Stores.
The list is nearly as star-studded as Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and we sustainably criss-crossed the city’s legendary gridlock to suss out the 15 best thrift stores in LA.
The home of the Lakers can admittedly be pretty lax (and not just the airport) when it comes to style, but LA thrift shops are about as eclectic and eccentric as Tinseltown itself.
So whether you’re looking for Armani or athleisure, check out our thrift shopping tips (or watch our video below) to maximize your Melrose Avenue meandering—because for effortless and eco-friendly looks, this street offers some of the best thrifting in LA.
1. Trove
About Trove’s Los Angeles Second Hand Store
Price Range: $$–$$$$
From Zara to Prada, Trove is exactly what it claims to be with a collection of tasteful, trendy treasures, with options to shop and consign new and gently loved clothes, accessories, home goods, art and more.
A recent peruse of Trove’s treasures included items like a floor-length floral Reformation dress perfect for summer parties, an ‘00s J’adore Dior cap sleeved crop top, groovy Steve Madden tartan platform mary-janes, and a mint-condition floral embroidered original leather Gucci backpack—all for equally treasured and accessible prices.
Location: West Los Angeles
2. Beacon House Thrift
About Beacon House Thrift Store in LA
Price Range: $–$$$
Covering all the bedrooms, Beacon House Thrift is a really hodge-podge of just about everything you might need (or didn’t know you needed!): furniture, hardware, tools, sports equipment, electronics, household goods, books, and clothing.
We found an original Hammond organ from the 70s worthy of the Doors’ legendary LA-inspired “Light My Fire,” plus they often have epic sales, offering up secondhand furniture like perfect-condition antique wooden armoires for just $60!
All items are donated and all profits are used to fund a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. The thrift store gives them work experience and the proceeds support the recovery program, with donations from thrift-lovers saving more than 1,000 lives already.
Location: San Pedro | Long Beach
3. The Left Bank
About The Left Bank’s Thrift Store LA
Price Range: $–$$$
With quirky clothes and accessories that ooze LA style, The Left Bank is one of the best clothing thrift stores in LA. For the sunglasses addicts, they often carry amazing designer frames—think Celine or Saint Laurent—at a fraction of the price that you can either shop or trade for.
Then there’s their gorgeous collection of vintage and luxury silk scarves, both unlabelled or the likes of Hermes and Gucci, for that classic celebrity convertible moment down Sunset Blvd, only without the epic price tags (or paparazzi…).
With buy-sell-trade options and numerous racks containing women’s high-end designer pieces, gorgeous vintage clothes, recycled fast fashion clothes, and affordable items, this shop is ready to refresh a variety of wardrobes, star-studded or not.
You can also refresh your home with their smaller—but still stylish—selection of home goods.
Location: Silver Lake
4. Rose Bowl Flea Market
About Rose Bowl Flea Market Biggest Thrift Store in LA
Price Range: $–$$$
Make sure you mark your calendar because you only get one shot a month to visit the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
Held outdoors on the second Sunday of each month, this $13 ticketed event is the most well-attended and vendor profitable flea market in the US. More than 2,500 sellers and 20,000 buyers make their way into the world-famous Rose Bowl to sell vintage clothing, antiques, specialty products, local art, and other unique items.
Always wanted an 1800s gramophone or a matching set of 1920s antique stained glass lamps? How about vintage African indigo cloth table runners and Moroccan rugs, or other vintage decor accents like an aqua enameled pitcher and earthenware mugs?
With a little bit of everything, Rose Bowl is sure to have a slew of future heirlooms and even an awesome variety of food vendors to keep you nourished through a long hard day of thrifting.
Location: Pasadena
5. It’s A Wrap!
About It’s a Wrap’s Designer Thrift Store LA
Price Range: $$–$$$$
Nothing screams “LA thrift” like It’s a Wrap! Loaded with Hollywood history and film paraphernalia, they’re the top shop to sell second hand wardrobes and props from the sets of major motion picture studios and independent production companies.
Prices are 35–95% off retail and often come from designer brands like Giorgio Armani, Yves St Laurent, and Chanel. The showrooms change daily and new stock is a moving feast—which also means regular sales.
Each item is tagged with a production show code and title (i.e. PP = Paramount Pictures) so you get full bragging rights when you show your friends Emily Blunt’s killer outfits from The Devil Wears Prada. Many of the items are never used, with the price tag still attached. If the clothes were worn by an actor, they’re dry-cleaned before making it to the shop.
Regularly frequented by the stars themselves, you might spot Drew Barrymore, Mario Lopez, or the Olsen Twins while you’re digging through the lucky-dips.
Location: Burbank
6. Out Of The Closet
About Out of the Closet’s Los Angeles Thrift Stores
Price Range: $–$$
With multiple LA area locations, Out of the Closet likely has a location close to your closet.The finds here are affordable, plentiful, and eclectic, with everything from 90s sportswear to countless dapper men’s ties, pride-approved gold lamé onesies to vintage oversized mumus, fun-in-the-sun straw handbags and hats to like-new footwear in every size and color.
Not only is it a place to source on-trend modern clothing, shoes, accessories, furniture, and home goods, but 96¢ of every dollar goes to the HIV/AIDS care and services provided by AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Through this, they’re able to offer free HIV testing and other services like free pharmaceutical delivery for more than 1,673,000 patients.
They also make donating easy by offering pick-up services and issuing tax receipts for annual deductions.
Location: Multiple Locations
7. Grow Kid Grow
About Grow Kid Grow’s Thrift Stores Los Angeles
Price Range: $–$$$
Grow Kid Grow has all the second hand children’s clothing, accessories, toys, and gear your little one could need.
Kids these days have it so good because they can say goodbye to holey hand-me-down with brands like Petit Bateau, Mini Boden, Ella Moss, and Baby Gap. You’ll also score adorable and versatile finds here like baby Air Jordan basketball sneakers, tiny band tees from Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles, toddler Doc Martens, OshKosh overalls, and little Guess Jeans denim jackets.
Unsold items are donated to local charities, like the Children’s Hospital or My Friend’s Place.
Location: East Hollywood
8. Society Of St. Vincent De Paul
About Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s LA Thrift Stores
Price Range: $$–$$$$
The Society of St Vincent de Paul thrift store is the place to find clothing, shoes, accessories, furniture, eco-friendly bicycles, mattresses, video games, books, music, appliances, electronics, and other household items. Their Lincoln Heights location even resells cars.
As one reviewer who scored two velvet 70s loungers for just $75 puts it, “The HOLY GRAIL of Thrift Stores! Every hipster in LA goes there.”
Proceeds support the organization’s humanitarian programs to help the homeless become self-sufficient via financial and emotional support, food, clothing, furniture, appliances, resources, and jobs.
Location: Lincoln Heights | Long Beach
9. Berda Paradise
About Berda Paradise’s Thrift Store LA
Price Range: $$–$$$$
A tiny space with equally-small prices (did someone say $1 rack?!?), Berda Paradise is a bona fide Silverlake hidden gem.
The shop boasts eclectic treasures in the form of men’s and women’s clothing, accessories, books, artwork, musical instruments, and more. A recent peruse here turned up an ancient wood carved buddha head, a working brass trumpet, and a chunky silver and turquoise Navajo concho belt, all for low prices.
Like a diamond in the rough—or a bird of paradise amidst the concrete jungle—Bera Paradise is also all about giving back, with all proceeds supporting the nearby Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic.
Location: Silverlake
10. Buffalo Exchange
About Buffalo Exchange’s LA Thrift Shops
Price Range: $–$$$
With six different thrift store locations around La La Land including Melrose and Sherman Oaks, as well as numerous locations across the country, herds of excited shoppers head to Buffalo Exchange for secondhand steals.
Not only a hub for buying, selling, and trading new and used clothing, 5¢ for every shopper that doesn’t take a bag is distributed to an evolving selection of charities—so far amounting to almost $1 million.
We recently stumbled across awesome LA grunge-inspired finds like nearly-new checkered Vans slip-ons, rose patched Doc Martens, a vintage Kiss t-shirt, and a Rick Owens shredded cashmere sweater at their Melrose outpost.
Their annual Earth Day $1 sale benefits The Humane Society, as well as a women’s foundation, arts award, and Clothing for the Community program.
Location: Multiple
11. Jet Rag
About Jet Rag’s LA Thrift Store
Price Range: $–$$
Home of the legendary $1 Sunday parking lot sale, Jet Rag is bar-none a Tinseltown vintage mecca. If they paved paradise and put up a parking lot… you want it for this.
With an impressive range of cool clothes and accessories for men and women, the selection has everything from modern, fast fashion finds to one-of-a-kind 1950s vintage pantsuits, wedding dresses, crocheted hats, vintage band tees, retro Adidas gear, colorful silk blouses, and so much more. All in heaps.
As one regular shopper put it to the New York Times of their famous weekly sale, “This is like church.”
Location: Melrose
12. Crossroads Trading
About Crossroads Trading’s Designer Thrift Stores Los Angeles
Price Range: $–$$$$
Here to buy, sell, and trade men’s and women’s on-trend and designer clothing and accessories, Crossroads Trading Company isn’t just one of LA’s finest, but that of 34 other US cities, too.
They’ve been in the business for 30 years, keeping sustainability at the forefront. Their stores and corporate offices use eco-friendly cleaning products and supplies, and all damaged or unsold clothing is responsibly recycled or donated.
We’re still ogling over the hot pink heart-shaped sunglasses, lime green ruffle top, skinny-fit drawstring camo pants, rainbow Gucci t-shirt, and sparkly lucite heels we recently spotted in their epic Pride Month resale roundup.
Location: Multiple
13. Helping Hand Thrift Shop
About Helping Hand’s Thrift Shop LA
Price Range: $$–$$$$
Ready to support you in your search for the best thrift shops in LA, Helping Hand is here to, well… lend a helping hand. To you and others, considering this woman-owned business donates a portion of its proceeds to a range of charities.
The easy-to-spot blue building (which moonlights as a popular filming location) is the place to find unique treasures and distinct odds and ends. Think: fine jewelry, hats, vintage and brand name clothing, furniture, wigs, leather and mink jackets, handbags, and other things you might find in your grandparents’ attic. A recent visit turned up both a 1920s 18mm projector and a rare Art Deco ceramic cat.
Location: South Fairfax Ave.
14. Lil’ Posh
About Lil’ Posh’s Thrift Store in Los Angeles
Price Range: $–$$$
If you’re a busy parent in search of lil’ prices and a large selection for kiddies and babies resale clothing and accessories, Lil’ Posh makes high-quality, stylish children’s goods accessible.
Whether you’re in need of “high roller strollers” or non-toxic play mats from sustainably-minded brands like Lovevery, they have them—at prices 30-70% cheaper than retail.
For buying or selling gently used baby equipment, toddler gear, toys, clothing, feeding supplies, and more, Lil’ Posh helps parents scrambling to keep up with stylish and growing kids.
Location: Costa Mesa
15. The Realreal
About The RealReal’s High-End Thrift Store in Los Angeles
Price Range: $$–$$$$
Not only one of the best platforms to sell used clothes online, The RealReal is also a real (real) destination. The brand’s flagship LA store is equipped with experts to elevate the luxury consignment experience and assists those who want to buy or sell.
With a diverse selection of more than 5,000 men’s and women’s clothes, shoes, and accessories—and new pieces arriving daily—there’s no better place to upgrade your fast fashion wardrobe with luxury brands (think: Stella McCartney, The Row, and Ganni.)
Items that are unwearable or damaged are upcycled into TRRs ReCollection collection. They’re also carbon neutral and have taken significant strides in boosting their diversity and inclusion.
Location: West Hollywood
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