Vindie Markets West End

The Vintage and Designer Markets at Rumpus Room are on the first Saturday of every month. This is a great market which I enjoy shopping at.
It is not AS vintage as the name makes it out to be. There is only one true authentic vintage stall with another one which sells modern remakes with the occasional authentic piece. But don’t get me wrong, these two stalls definitely bring back the vintage! They have great wares at reasonable prices.
The designer stalls are fantastic, so many different goodies at great prices. Almost everyone will also have a $ 2 case where you can pick up a whole new wardrobe if you look hard enough.
The drinks from Rumpus Room are a bit pricey and the cocktails can be deadly if they’re not prepared by an experienced bartender. But they never object to outside food and drink being brought in.
I really love this market, rain or shine it makes for a great day out wether you’re alone or with friends.

The West End Vintage and Designer Markets are on the first Saturday of each month. You’ll need to mark into your calendar that you’re busy then because trust me, you’re not going to want to be anywhere else. This is a place where fashion dreams come true– I should know. I’ll never forget the day the caramel brown, knee length, suede, belted jacket of my dreams manifested itself onto a hanger at these markets. Price tag $ 40. Believe me now?
If you like all things vintage, this is THE place to shop– here’s why.
Some of us get disheartened and feel downtrodden when we walk into an op shop and find that the closest we can get to vintage or retro is a 1990’s Target A-​line skirt that just might look cute it enough if you pair it with your stripey boat neck tee and cons and put yourself on a bike and ride around the streets (you ride fast enough so people don’t notice that you’re committing vintage fraud). The good folk who run the
stalls at these markets hear your cries for genuine vintage, and travel far and wide to retrieve antique threads for you to peruse and buy. They bring them to one location and create a huge treasure trove that, for those real vintage lovers out there, may bring a tear to the eye.
They’ve got all needs covered. Girls, you’ll have a good chance of finding whatever your heart desires. Whether it’s a 1960’s green, polka dotted wiggle dress, or a 1970’s halter sunsuit with heliconia print, or a 1980’s metallic black tafetta and satin prom dress– you’d best look here. These markets are quite good for catering for the guys too, which is something other fashion markets sometimes have trouble with.
You may be wondering why ‘Designer’ is included in the market name. Well, it’s because outside of selling vintage wares, some people have stalls where they sell their second hand designer threads. They’re usually in perfect nick and sold at a reasonable price. By reasonable, I mean cheap. Cheap as chips. The best thing is that the previous owners are selling their goodies direct to you before they’re off handed to someone else who’ll put the price up to something unbearable. In love yet?
Arguably, the best part about these markets is that they’re held at the Rumpus Room. It’s an irresistible setting. While you’re rifling through goods, justifying random purchases (yes, my mum would love that tablecloth with embroidered budgerigars on it) and envisioning yourself in yesteryear’s impossibly exquisite clothes, you’ll find yourself busting out some of your own vintage dance moves, because the DJs are there all day spinning vinyl– and you can’t help but get swept up in it. When you find yourself thinking you could do with a cool beverage, you won’t have to go far– you only have to shuffle/​hustle/​do see do/​moonwalk a few steps towards a fully stocked bar. Then, when you get tired, you can go toy with your new threads and crockery in the beer garden and watch other market goers and flaneurs enter the chaotic and decadent maze of vintage goods that is the West End Vintage and Designer markets.
Go on. Pencil it in. First saturday of every month. Invite your friends, make a day of it.