Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Crawling for vintage

I've done pub crawls, and even a coffee crawl, but a couple of weeks ago I got to check out the Vintage Crawl Toronto. From 7pm to midnight, 50-odd vintage stores around the city stayed open to welcome vintage hunters, with each one serving up their own variation of deals and sales, snacks and live music.

I missed the Crawl last spring so I was happy to be able to make it out this year. It also happened to fall on a Thursday night, so after aerials training around 9:30 I headed out to explore some of the great vintage stores along Dundas West (there are a lot), which I hadn't yet had the opportunity to do. I popped into a few shops to browse around, but my heart was set on getting to Penny Arcade Vintage, a vintage boutique at Dundas and Ossington that I had walked by a number of times and had always wanted to visit. And I had a good feeling about it. And I was right:

Pretty in paisley!




PAISLEY POWER!

A lovely light and flowy sheer silk dress straight from the 70s! It's in mint condition and fits perfectly. It definitely deserves a better belt (a lovely vegan one is on its way as we speak!) Plus, the store was offering 20% off for the Vintage Crawl. Bonus!

I highly recommend checking out the Vintage Crawl next time it comes around. It's a great way to spend an evening (I mean really, who doesn't love shopping at midnight?) and an even better way to discover some of the amazing vintage stores Toronto has to offer.

THE DETAILS:
Era: 70s
Label: Silksensible
Material: 100% silk
Made in Korea


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