Elsewhere Vintage

What a nice place to shop. Very patient and knowledgeable staff. My friend and I spent a couple hours in there and found more than what we came in for. We sure will be back soon. If you are looking for vintage fashion clothes, matching handbags, jewelry, hats, etc. that’s the place to visit. They sure have a wide choice of items from the 20s to the 80s

Word of advice to retail salespersons: DO inform a customer that a particular clothing item runs small. DO NOT refuse to allow them to try on without first taking their measurements in the middle of the store while «sizing them up». Unless it’s a couture bridal gown, there is no reason for this.
I had about 6 dresses to try on. Would have probably spent a couple hundred dollars there. Bye Felicia!

From the minute we walked in to the sounds of jazz and Postmodern Jukebox to all the beautiful vintage dresses we bought, this is always our first stop when we visit the Orange Circle!

I really want to love this place but it’s always a miss. I never find anything here. I’ve never gotten greeted here. but the next person after me always does? They have a lot of clothing and accessories but don’t cater much to the xs. They’re clothes is a good mix of 60s through 80s. The men’s store next door has a much greater selection of clothing and definitely greet you, every time. I’ve given up on this store. I have it one star for the carrying the Besame Cosmetic brand.

I just met the owner, Christine and was so happy I did! So friendly and personable. Very warm and a pleasure to do business with! Her store is immaculate and organized.

Walk through these doors and you expect Lucy and Ethel to greet you.
All the fashion you could possibly want from a bygone era. When clothes were made to last which is why these fantastic vintage shops exist today.
Discover your inner diva and make your way to Elsewhere Vintage.

Fantastic vintage/​retro shop.
Dresses, jackets, purses, scarves, hats and more. Classic styles with average to above average prices depending on the pieces. Lots of great options in all sizes.
The missing stars are because the lack of vintage sunglasses and vintage designer handbags. Their sunglasses are newly replicated retro styles.
Service has always been friendly.

Love the selection of vintage gems at Elsewhere! I was walking around Old Towne Orange feeling a little discouraged by the endless amount of antique shops because I hardly found any booths with vintage clothing. When I stumbled around Elsewhere my eyes lit up because the whole store was vintage clothing! The staff was really friendly and took care of me while I was there. The clothing is also pretty fairly priced for vintage and they had a wonderful selection of clothing from a ton of decades. I bought an amazing faux fur coat from here for $ 60 and it is one of my favorites in my closet! It was totally a steal for me! I also love the window displays. Can’t wait until I come back!

I want to thank Miss Michelle for showing me this fabulous vintage fur to finish off my NYE look. Elsewhere Vintage is now one of my favorite go to places for my vintage looks!!!#VintageHalstonStuddedDress #JimmyChooPumps #30sVintageJCunderlaFur

This place was awesome! So many cool outfits to choose from with really reasonable prices! My sister was looking for a 1950’s dress for a New Year’s Eve party. She found so many dresses to choose from and the sales girl was really friendly and even helped with zippering her up and putting the rejected outfits back for us. My sister narrowed her choices down to three, but ended up buying a really cool olive green tweed dress and matching coat. We checked in on Unilocal and were able to get 10% off. Out the door she spent less than $ 60. This store was really organized and clean and so much fun to shop around in. If you have any interest in vintage clothing I would highly recommend checking this place out.

I’m not much of a vintage shopper, but this store got me hooked! I now have beautiful clothes from the 40s and 50s that I’ll cherish. The girl who helped my sister and I was AMAZING. She was so sweet and helpful. She let us browse later then closing; she gave great and honest advice when we tried things on; and she was especially nice to my sister, who has autism. Anyone who goes above and beyond with her gets 5 stars from me. What a lovely experience that was way more then just shopping. Thank you Elsewhere Vintage!

I found a beautiful 1950’s dress, hat and purse for a 50’s party, here at ‘Elsewhere Vintage’.
They have an amazing inventory and it was so fun to shop here!
The staff were cheerful and very helpful.

This store has a great layout with all kinds of dresses, dressing rooms with a special etiquette, large mirrors and a very helpful staff. I found a beautiful vintage swing dress with a tag that accurately described it: 1950−60s, M, Blue/​Wht OpArt Stripes/​Circles, $ 56.00.

My first experience in this shop the worker that helped me out gave me a speech on how to appropriately put on the dress as if I hadn’t dressed myself before. She then started commenting on my bust size and questioning if I could fit into the dress. I felt very violated.

Such a nice vintage shop! After checking into this establishment, I received a 10% off coupon for a purchase over $ 30! Sweet! I bought a 1970’s white, mesh purse. So classy and cute! All the clothes and accessories are beautiful that i wish I could buy everything. Enjoy and have fun! Thx.

This store is awesome! My friend and I came in today looking for outfits for a 70s party. Everything is well organized, clean and the selection is very good. I really appreciate how items are sized, and things are labeled by the decade as well. The sales ladies were helpful and my friend and I both left with great outfits and accessories. I will definitely return for my next vintage find. The prices are reasonable too, not gouging like other «vintage» shops.

Fantastic selection of well-​curated genuine vintage wear, from the 20s-​80s, with a particularly strong collection of stuff from the 50s and 60s. Knowledgable and friendly staff that clearly knows and loves vintage. Items are priced comparably to modern items (so, a 50’s day dress costs about the same or a little less than a similar one from ModCloth, for example) which is great for quality vintage. (This is NOT a thrift shop! You won’t find torn and stained stuff for $ 5, you will find wearable and excellent-​condition clothes for a fair price!)

Today was my bachelorette day. Instead of going to a club or to Vegas I wanted to spend quality time with my girls having lunch and antiquing. At one point we wound up in this store. (It was cute from the outside.) After looking around and not finding anything that I absolutely loved I was about to leave when my friend pulled a vintage one piece swimsuit off the rack and asked me if I liked it. Like? I LOVED it. My fiancé adores vintage clothing and this suit would have been fabulous for our Maui honeymoon. Since it was a one piece it looked like I would have some freedom in the bust area. (I’m busty.) I said «Well maybe I should just try it on then? Oh look this other one is nice too, oh but I know for sure this won’t fit. This one though this one could. I guess I can just try and see.» At which point a woman (later identified as the owner, thanks Google, Unilocal,and Facebook!) came out from the back at first offering me a room and then quickly changing her tone. She condescendingly told me that she knows this won’t fit me. I was shocked. I’m getting married in four weeks. Today was supposed to be a special day for me. The last thing a bride-​to-​be wants to hear is something like that. I looked at her and told her that it might and she replied again that she knows it won’t. I was quiet. My friend’s jaw dropped. Then she continued, (yeah it gets worse), «Well if you want to try it on you can but you have to know that if you damage it you have to pay for it.» I was so humiliated. I calmly put it back on he rack and said that I understand that vintage clothing is fragile, and also that I understand that some shoppers have the mentality like «well it’s old so if I break it it’s not a big deal». I told her this. I also calmly told her that I’m not one of those shoppers. And then I turned around and left. I finally got to cry as soon as my foot went out the door. That was the most AWFUL and HEARTBREAKING experience I’ve had all day. And if you’re wondering what I look like, I’m not obese. Not even close. I’m also not stupid. I know that if you’re trying on a garment and it doesn’t go past your hips or thighs that it’s time to slowly pull it back down and hang it back up and go find another piece that fits. Vintage clothing is tricky that way. I don’t have one size that I look for in vintage clothing. It’s all over the map for me. My friends were so upset that I was crying. They wanted to go back in and yell at this woman. I told them please don’t. So they called. They spoke with a «manager» who identified herself as the girl with her hair down. (There were two girls. The one with her hair up was the woman who hurt my feelings.) The «manager girl with her hair down» told my friend she was sorry and the other woman was «new» and she would be spoken to about this etc. Come to find out thanks to the internet that was all a lie. The woman was not new. She’s the OWNER! And if you want to know how outrageous she is, take a look at her response to this review because she WILL leave one. Look at the «not recommended» reviews. Scroll down to the bottom. read her responses to these customers. UNPROFESSIONAL. UNAPOLOGETIC. UNREAL. It’s a wonder this woman is still in business. By the way, I left and dropped $ 200 somewhere else. I’m sorry that you’re sick with «something» and you have bad days (this is the owner’s excuse for her rude behavior in all of her response comments). My mother has a chronic illness that sometimes leaves her unable to even get off the couch. She is in so much pain. And she NEVER treats people with such rudeness and disrespect. That is no excuse. If you want your doors to stay open, you should change your attitude. Only so many hipsters will buy your (for the most part pretty ugly) vintage finds until they can’t take your attitude anymore. They will go elsewhere. Thanks for almost ruining my very special and important day. And then LYING on the phone instead of taking ownership of what you had done. Immature.

Very rude to potential customers. My friend wanted to try on a swimsuit that she was hoping to purchase for her honeymoon after her upcoming wedding next month. Instead of purchasing it, she was insulted by the owner who rudely told her the suit wouldn’t fit her. We are serious shoppers who would have gladly spent money in the store, but were treated like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. Later, a call was made to complain about the behavior of the employee. We were told she was new and would be spoken with. Later come to find out it was the OWNER who insulted my friend. So now they are not only rude, but liars. There are a lot of stores in that area who do not treat their patrons as such, and they should own up to their egregious behavior and apologize.

my first experience with shopping Vintage: their customer service was excellent. I just didn’t find anything that was exactly what I was looking for. Probably a challenge, given I had very specific requirements, bought a really, really cute hat. I sure learned that Vintage fit is very specific!

I recently visited this store after knowing of it for quite sometime. I loved how they had plus sizing, but not a huge selection. I got this really nice vintage style dress for $ 35 with neck tie and belt :)
–Kay Von Kakes

Awesome vintage shop! Super cute dresses some are grossly overpriced but most are a good deal. I bought a super sweet 50s sundress from them for $ 42! Probably would have cost me at least $ 60 on etsy! Parking is super annoying but if you can parallel park like a queen you’ll have no issues! The only bummer is they don’t have an etsy shop and don’t really update their Instagram enough to make it worth coming up more (I like to see what’s new before heading down to vintage shops). The lady’s seemed nice enough but not very friendly. I think they are used to people coming in to look and leave. They seemed shocked when I went to purchase my stuff. Other than that they are awesome.
Side note: Coupon/​check in offer only works on vintage items nothing in their reproduction section

Came here to look for vintage threads that would be appropriate for rainy/​cold weather. There’s a good selection of fur towards the back of the store which will definitely keep you warm during SoCal winters (I think it’ll dip into the mid-​60s this weekend, that’s the coldest it has been in months!)
After looking through the whole store, I was able to find 3 – 4 dresses that I thought were my style. Unfortunately, only one of them fit me. There’s not a lot of extra small sizes here.
There are a lot of great accessories including hats, jewelry, scarves. Prices are pretty reasonable given the great selection and seemingly good quality of the used clothes. The dressing room is super dark. I overheard another customer complain about that and the store clerk stated they are working on getting some more lights in.

The only thing better than shopping local is shopping local and feeling like a million bucks. That’s how the staff of Elsewhere make you feel. I went there today in hopes of finding the perfect dress for my niece’s wedding. The owner, Christine, was a delight. She was extremely helpful and knew exactly what styles would look best on my curvy body. Not only do I have the perfect dress, I am inspired to get more fabulous clothes for my wardrobe. You will be amazed by the reasonable prices as well as variety of styles and sizes. And get this! There’s a vintage men’s store next door. Go, support a local business and look good doing it.

Hands down the best vintage store I’ve ever been too! Wonderful selection of clothing and accessories, thoughtfully curated, lovingly cared for and very reasonably priced.
The shop is organized by era, and individual items are labeled with helpful details about time period, garment type etc. Also, the staff are friendly and knowledgable about the clothing– no snobbery or pretense here, just a clear love of and and appreciation for beautiful vintage clothing.

I have been wanting to go into this store forever! Today was the day and I’m so pleased. Beautiful clothing and nicely displayed. Things are easy to find and Christine was very helpful and kind.
I found the most incredible blue flower print dress with a matching cover-​up; so 1950/​60s… I’m in love. So tasteful, feminine and playful. Will be wearing to my babies baptism. Yay!
As a bonus also found a lovely 1920s style black taffeta-​like party dress which I can’t wait to wear out. Date night here I come! Weeee!!!
So I think I officially found my new FAVORITE store. Thank you!!!

I really want to like this place but I always get treated weird… And by weird I mean badly. I adore the actual store, it’s beautiful but I always get stared down at by the workers and feel like I’m being judged. Please ladies, I know I’m not dressed in head to toe vintage on this Tuesday evening but I do expect some respect because I am a paying customer after all. And for the dresses, some of them are modern but are still priced at 50 – 60 bucks? It’s not really the store to go to and I advise on the selection of vintage stores on harbor in fullerton.

This place is so cute and adorable I just cannot get over how awesome it is!
I came here to look for a Dapper Day dress and the girl who worked there was so helpful and wonderful! She really helped me and my cousin look dapper! She was also really patient and was very attentive. Just when I thought all hope was lost that day she whipped out the perfect dress for me!
I wish I got her name so hopefully the owner sees this and acknowledges her awesomeness! The day I went shopping there was 2÷22÷14. Please tell her thank you!
I definitely know I will be going back for all my vintage needs. This place is far from me but the service I received and the beautiful clothes they have are way worth it.
Once you come to Elsewhere Vintage, there won’t be anywhere else you will want to go!