The Ultimate NYC Secondhand Shopping Experience





Description
Explore Manhattan's best secondhand shops with a leading stylist and personal shopper. Discover designer finds and unique pieces across six stores. Perfect for all sizes and genders. By the end of this 6-store experience with a bonus outdoor market on the weekends, you'll have bags of secondhand bargain deals. Shop NYC fashion treasures of your dreams; contemporary designer names to vintage treasures, trendy brands + unusual high quality pieces can be found. Shop with either hosts Mecca, Isra, Kate, Quentin or Samantha! LOCATION: We meet at ACE Hotel, W 29th Street between Broadway & 6th Avenue. TIME: All tours end ~ 3pm EST. WHAT YOU'LL GET ON THIS TOUR: - 30-50 minutes shopping time at each store (6 total) - Styling tips, store background, history & personal shopping assistance - LGTBQ friendly OTHER THINGS TO NOTE: - Less than 1/4 mile "walking" - Yes! Tons of men's options - Great for families - For self-guided tour ebook, vintagebossbabes dot com
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Itinerary
We will end the tour two blocks north of Madison Square Park, home of Eataly and the Flat Iron Building.
We pass by the famous Fashion Institute of Fashion Technology!
We will walk by the Fashion Institute of Technology, the college which groomed many of America's top designers. Check out the school's FREE fashion museum!
Secondhand Store #1.
Secondhand store #3.
Secondhand store #2.
We pass through the famous Garment District - home of the country's most elite designers and textile factories of the 1960s-1980s!
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(111)
Quentin was well versed in consignment! He was fun and helpful. Worth every penny to have his assistance shopping. I found some real treasures.
I chose this tour as a way to find reference garments for my final project in fashion school. I'm from a city mostly known for sportswear fashion and NYC is of course an awesome playground of fashion creativity. I get easily overwhelmed but being on the tour with Quentin was like having fun, "structured" play. He helped me by pulling items he thought I would like and set aside the pieces I pulled. The other people on the tour were so cool too. I am happy by my first experience and would sign up again when I return to NYC.
Cielito! We are so so happy to hear that the tour was everything you needed as a design and fashion student. I am THRILLED you were able to work with Quentin. Thank you for choosing our small business and we hope to host you again!
Mecca was a wonderful guide! Very knowledgeable and kind! She helped my daughter pick out lots of cool pieces! Highly recommend this tour! Thank you!
We had the best time! Mecca was lovely and helpful and just really knowledgeable about all the shops. Highly recommend - takes the pressure off and you can just relax and take in the experience. My son found so many great finds and is so excited for his new wardrobe.
We are so so grateful that you booked the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping experience! We are thrilled that the tour offers a TON of finds for both genders and that your son found what he was looking for in the Big Apple. Please don't hesitate keeping in touch, we would love to host you again!
I could never say enough nice things about this tour! First, the OWNER (Samantha) was amazing at working out the tour for us. She made sure we were able to have our tour while working with an odd schedule. She was also able to accompany us on our tour for part of it, and she’s a BLAST! Second, our tour guide (QUENTIN) was AMAZING. So much fun, so helpful, and just a RAD person! There were definitely items we ended up buying because Quentin was there to help us shop. Third, my daughter and I just had an overall great experience. Every shop we went to had some amazing finds. Having a guide to give us ideas and help us find items was beyond helpful. It was the best thrifting experience I’ve ever had. I wasn’t really planning to shop for myself (I planned the tour for my daughter’s sixteenth birthday so it was for her to shop), but I ended up with so many nice items, which I don’t think I could have done on my own. I would absolutely do this tour again! Book it - you won’t regret it!
WHAT AN AMAZING REVIEW! We are so so grateful to have hosted you. We adore Quentin, and are so grateful you could connect with him and help him grow as a personal shopper and guide. Thank YOU for giving us the chance to connect with you. Keep secondhand shopping and we will host you again one day!
Both the tour and group leader Quentin were great! Hard to believe we visited six stores in one afternoon. Quentin is a great communicator and put a group of strangers at ease easily. He asked each of us what were looking for, and then spent his time trying to find it. As a solo traveler, I appreciated the sense of fun and comraderie that he encouraged. I highly recommend the tour and Quentin as group leader.
Thank you for choosing the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping experience! We are so thrilled to have you join us on the tour. Quentin is the BEST and he has truly blossomed into an amazing personal shopper and guide! Please join us again in the future!
Two mothers and daughters enjoyed a wonderful shopping experience with Quentin - he was so friendly and helpful and we went to many stores with tons of options for ever budget. We all walked away with several special pieces! Definitely recommend!!!
wooohoo! We are so happy to have hosted you on the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping experience in June. We are thrilled you had an amazing time and hope to host you again!
We had such a great time and found lots of amazing deals. Our guide Kate was so sweet and very knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend to anyone who lives thrifting!
woohoo we love Kate! Thank you for choosing the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping experience, we are so glad we could host you in May ;-)
Quentin encouraged me to combine things in new ways and helped me select an outfit which makes me feel comfortable and stylish at the same time. Thanks for that :)
Quentin is the BEST and I'm so glad you had the chance to work with his personal shopping skills!
I had the best thrifting day! Mecca was an incredible guide who knew so much about the local places. She was helpful in finding great pieces and making the changing room process go so smoothly even with a group! Cannot recommend this enough! Totally worth it!!
We are so grateful that you chose the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping experience. Thank you for making us a piece of your special mother-daughter shopping trip!



