Crofts Original

Excellent service and great selection, which includes vintage men’s Wrangler shirts. Their items are all in really good condition. I actually had to ask if items were used or brand-​new because it was hard to tell.
The sales associate who rung me up the register took great care in wrapping my purchase in tissue paper and sliding it into a sturdy gift bag.
Tips: They have an Instragram account. Follow to see what’s new in store and how to wear their products. Also, they provide shipping!
Definite one of my favorite stops in Soco. Crofts Original is a must for lovers of bohemian and/​or Western looks.

A great assortment of stylish and unique things!

Crofts has a nice assortment of interesting clothes and T-​shirts. They also had some nice leather items like belts and bracelets. What really caught my attention were the Sseko sandals they had. They are these sandals with interchangeable laces and they support women in Uganda. Trendy shoes for a good purpose? Sweet.

Okay, I was attempting to get some mother’s day shopping out of the way when I wandered into Crofts. Once in the store, the collection of very (VERY) reasonably priced vintage, snap-​button shirts – long– & short-​sleeved – prompted me to remember that May is my birthday month. After that rationalization, it didn’t take long for me to find a great shirt… for under 20 $…on South Congress… are you kidding me!!! Of course, with such great savings on a shirt, I couldn’t help but notice the BedStu leather slip-​ons. I was helped in my shoe-​buying process by Cory – a customer service master IMHO. I say this as a former women’s shoes salesman and I can be one hell of a picky/​obnoxious customer. Cory waited until the right moment to approach and then gently helped me through the try-​on and selection process. He seemed to sense how particular I am as a shopper (I have no qualms about leaving a store if I feel a salesperson is being too pushy or inauthentic.) Whatever the case, Cory kept me engaged in a very non-​threatening and helpful manner. And, his partner, Stephanie deserves kudos as well… for staying out of the picture until called upon. She seemed to realize that Cory had my trust and she wisely played a supporting role.
But enough about the wonderful customer support… I still can’t get over how inexpensive (& cool!) the shirts were. And, I paid about ½ as much for the shoes as I would have anywhere else. On many levels, this store is worth a stop, and before they get more cutthroat about their prices, a purchase, too!

I stayed for a week in Austin during SXSW, last March, and Crofts became of of my favourite shopping places in SoCo. They have a lovely selection of boho clothing: pretty dresses, nice tees and some very interesting vintage boots. Also Chan Luu bracelets and clothing, not so easy to find around here. I bought a pair of jeans and some cute tops and they were also reasonably priced: I happened to find a denim sale going on and went home with a lovely pair of distressed Vintage Revolution jeans for 20 $ :-))
When I go shopping I usually turn the shop upside down as I actually try everything on — the girls were super helpful, not pushy at all (such a relief!) and also gave me some useful style advice.

This place is quaint and the staff is friendly, although the prices are a bit high for Austin.

Very nice service here. Was greeted with a smile and a hello.
Not much merchandise in this store, but great textures in their apparel. I didn’t feel like buying clothes when I stopped in, but I wanted to give this place a shout as they were super friendly, cute style, and very soft textures in their clothes.

As part of my desperate attempt to find some decently cool Austiny gifts i found myself wandering S Congress and happened into Crofts Originals. They had some unique Austin themed tee shirts that i felt pretty good about and so i nabbed 3 of them thinking I scored big. I have to say that I about fell down then and there when i saw the price for these shirts $ 30 something bucks for a tee shirt. Okay, they are pretty cool and decent quality shirts but wow.
So not wanting to Grinch out i bit my tongue and bought them anyway.
They do have some cool clothing here and the staff was very friendly. I almost got a little something for myself. But Santa says OK for gifts for others and Grinch won out on gifts for me.

Just bought a super cute hat and a pair of big sunglasses here. Kind of pricey for what they sell — they carry a lot of Lucky Brand clothes — but the choices are good.

my feeling is that when you buy things at local, faux-​kitschy places like crofts, you expect to find service that reflects what that establishment is all about. maybe a little bit of camaraderie, some level of we know you over-​paid for this article of clothing just so you could shop here and we want to encourage you to repeat that decision. not so at crofts. my husband bought me something that was the wrong size as a gift. it was cute, just didn’t fit. he bought it on december 20.
today (feb 6, 6 weeks after he bought it), finally, i made it down to soco with said item and the receipt (live in hyde park, work up north, it’s kind of a trek). it’s never been worn, it’s still wrapped in the tissue paper they placed it in when they sold it to him. they tell me they can offer me store credit or an exchange — fair enough, i think the store has decent, semi-​cute things, so i opt for the exchange. as i’m looking around, however, the two under-​worked, unhelpful, snotty, sorority-​wannabe cash girls whisper for a couple of minutes before informing me that i’m outside of their return policy. by 2 weeks. are you effing kidding me? they then tell me that since they don’t own the store, they can’t make decisions outside of store policy. this exchange takes place with me trying to be reasonable, and the two of them obviously getting off on being as bitchy as possible on a lovely friday afternoon.
i cannot (obviously) articulate what a horrible taste this experience has left in my mouth. when i shop, i don’t expect to be coddled or have my ego stroked. i do expect employees who are reasonable and helpful rather than smirky and rude. the world has not yet seen the dress that is cute enough for me to deal with that level of pretension. word of advice to the owner: advise your employees to ignore customers rather than act like a word i won’t publish on the internet.

Well, I guess when you buy an original, you pay the price for one.
Nothing here was too amazing. Some «fake vintagey» pieces. Modern day things meant to look old school. Why do that when you can go next door and just buy the real thing for half the price. The jewelry was verrrry simple, if that’s your thing (not mine.)
The shop has good vibes though, and if you want some pimped out reading frames, they have some great ones for reasonable prices.