Designer Consignment – Second Hand Designer Fashion at a Fraction of its Original Price Tag

Recently, I have become obsessed with this kind of shopping experience. After purchasing an immaculate and authenticated Louis Vuitton Speedy 35, in Damier Ebene (A bag I have dreamt of owning for a long time), I am now completely addicted to designer consignment. This kind of establishment can take many names, some examples are; Dress agency, pre-loved store, designer consignment, vintage designer and second hand.

 

This Blog post offers a guide to some of my favourite designer consignment shops. I have found these little gems after hours of trawling the internet, along with looking into any that are advertised in the back of high-fashion glossy magazines (Vogue has a lovely selection of vintage/second hand designer outlets on its back pages).

I have organised the shops into geographical areas, along with detailing some of the better online stores. It is unfortunate for me – living up North – that most of the larger shops are based in London, with only some offering the option to buy online and this is also sometimes limited to a small selection of items they have in stock. Never-the-less, there are still a good selection of stores in more northern territories, especially surrounding the Manchester area. The online shops detailed below have an excellent selection of items. Remember, this is only a small selection, there are many more around the country.

London

Pandora – Knightsbridge www.pandoradressagency.com

The Dresser – Connaught Village www.thedresseronline.co.uk

The South

Secrets – Weybridge, Surrey www.secretsdressagency.co.uk

The North

Elite – Altrincham and Manchester www.elitedressagency.com

Worsley Dress Agency – Worsely, Manchester.

Online

The Dresser Online - www.thedresseronline.co.uk

Champagne and Lemonade – www.champagneandlemonade.com  

High Fashion Society – www.highfashionsociety.com

Of course, these shops are by no means cheap, but I feel the prices are fair and certainly a lot more affordable.

However, if you are looking for a bargain, I once spent an afternoon searching the charity shops on Kensington high-street and found everything from Zara to Prada. Charity shops in the more affluent parts of London are most definitely worth a try, believe me there are bargains to be had.

Have you got any experience of designer consignment? Any shops you think I should know about?