New BROhemia

Visited here because it was supposed to be a hot spot for guayabera shirts. The store was having a going out of business sale and did not have any guayabera shirts. What they do have is heavily discounted. I do not know when the store is closing.

A great vintage store. Well organized, extremely clean. You can tell they take pride in the merchandise

I have to wear guayaberas for work (try Habana Restaurant on SoCo!), and have been searching for used, size small guayaberas at all the thrift stores across town, with little luck. The first time I checked New Brohemia, I found a great selection of guayas, from a $ 5 one to a really nice $ 38 one, but alas, no smalls. When I went in again today, the really helpful long haired gentleman clerk recognized me immediately and looked through the ones in stock for me. He then took my name and number and offered to call me when any rare small guayaberas come in. Now that is exemplary service!

Purchased an amazing wool blazer and ancient Lacoste cardigan – both in tip-​top condition – from a friendly, knowledgable guy wearing a fringe jacket and fringe chaps. («Call me Fringe Man» he said, and then switched to a black leather motorcycle jacket.) Very good selection and a cool atmosphere (who doesn’t want to try on clothes to Metallica’s «Enter Sandman»?) I’ll be back.

This is hands down my favorite vintage store, at least of the ones I’ve been to so far. I’ve never seen a better selection of vintage menswear, cardigans and various button-​up/​dress shirts. Most of the items here are from the 70s/​80s, a few 90s pieces here and there. The prices are reasonable and contrary to the reviews I read here, the staff is friendly, helpful and hands-​off (then again I don’t expect people to come at my beck and call and follow me around asking me if I need help when I shop, I want the opposite). I wasn’t judged for being female and trying on menswear at all. I wear a lot of men’s shirts and I actually collect men’s shirts and cardigans, mostly Western-​style shirts and especially Wrangler brand pieces, and I’ve found some amazing things here. It helps that it’s right next to my favorite record store in Austin, End of and Ear. Also, don’t miss the clearance/​sale section — I scored an amazing yellow cotton sweater here with a neat zigzig pattern for a dollar. You can’t beat that!
ETA: What is up with people and their anxiety about «hipsters» (whatever that is, the word has no meaning anymore, it just gets thrown around to refer to people wearing trendy clothing at this point), anyway? It’s a VINTAGE CLOTHING STORE, of course the people inside are going to be wearing clothes similar to the ones sold inside. Like old t-​shirts worn ironically, or whatever. Nobody is judging you, get over yourself!

Bought a jacket in the dimly lit store. Took it outside and it looked like a completely different color. Literally returned within 30 minutes and they refused to make an exception on their no return/​no exchange policy. Because I had owned it for a whopping 30 minutes. Never going back.

Wow, haha. That was awkward. I think I was just discriminated against in Brohemia because I’m not, well, a bro. I’m a woman. (I guess the name would’ve given away what kinds of people lay inside — How many men actually want to be referred to as a ‘bro’ anyway and who would name their store this? — but I didn’t read the sign.) I was the only person who looked to have entered the store in quite some time. The two workers looked at me, made eye contact, and both continued to ignore me in a way I felt was deliberate. I’m the only person in your store and I’m trying things on, which means I may Buy something. Sorry if I’m bad for your marketing scheme, but you need me. Clearly. All that square footage isn’t going to pay for itself, dudes.

First off, I must admit I am not a typical thrift/​vintage store shopper. It’s rare that I can find something that I like, so I was pleased when browsing the selection of New Brohemia to find several shirts I wanted to purchase.
That’s where the enjoyment ended. While the selection was vast and varied, the prices were a bit too high for what they were selling. That still did not ruin my enjoyment; it was the staff that did it.
Upon entering the store, I was lazily greeted by the bored/​apathetic staff. The rest of the employees spent the whole time I was browsing the store giving me dirty looks or eyeballing me like I was about to steal something.
Look, whatever, I understand the hipster lifestyle and attitude about things, but leave that shit at home. I don’t care if you don’t like my comic book t-​shirts and «mainstream» look, but at least be respectful of me while I browse the merchandise you’re supposed to be selling. Here’s the bottom line: You work in a resale shop. Get over yourself.
TL;DR: Overpriced clothes, extremely rude and judgmental employees. Give your money to one of the many other thrift stores in the area who don’t employ people who think they’re better than you.

«You mind if I just walk around without my shirt? I’m gonna be trying on a lot of shirts?», said my son.
«Um…this is New BROhemia. Of course you can. Shit, in a minute I’m gonna take mine off.», said the male clerk.
«F’ing awesome», said me.

I don’t always buy Guayabera shirts, but I do, I prefer them used and cheap. Through Unilocal I found out about New BROhemia and visited during a recent trip to Austin. What do I see on the first rack in the store? Multiple Guayabera shirts priced much cheaper than buying new. So after picking up 2 of these glorious shirts, one of the employees (I didn’t catch her name but she was super nice) told me they had more Guayaberas in the back clearance room. I went to check it out and lo and behold, more Guayaberas! I found a white one with a small stain for $ 5 (stain came out easily) and a really awesome blue and white one. I tried on the blue one, but alas, there was a button missing from the bottom. The girl I mentioned earlier offered to take the very top button (that I’ll never use) and sew it into the bottom button’s place. So, after about 5 minutes I had an awesome blue Guayabera with all the needed buttons in place! She went above and beyond for me when she didn’t have to. Great customer service. I will definitely visit there on my next trip to Austin.

My favorite men’s vintage shop in Austin. Large selection of awesome things. A lot of men’s vintage stores in this city seem to be dominated by western wear. There’s plenty of that here but in addition you can find vintage t-​shirts, old polos, jackets, 70’s athletic wear, winter clothes etc.
In addition, the girl working here was super friendly! Keep Austin Friendly.

I grew up in Salinas, which is in the heart of cowboy country; pretty much as cowboy as it could get back in the old days in California — though not so much anymore.
I just hijacked one of my dad’s old button-​down shirts from the 70s when I was growing up there… so I’m inspired to find me vintage western or boot wear.
While in Austin, I came to New BROhemia based on your Unilocal reviews, and I was pretty impressed. They have quite a wide selection of 70s and 80s menswear — all in decent condition.
Lots of button-​down shirts, denim wear, jackets/​coats, and boots. If you’ve got good style, or are looking to change your entire style and/​or wardrobe, you could probably do it in a day here!
They are big, but not too big, and what works for them is that they only carry only menswear, so this makes the selection (for the space that they are in) super big. Unfortunately, I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for, but it was well worth the visit.
The guys working here are super nice and cordial; prices seem OK, but not necessarily bargain basement, either.
Note that this place is easy-​to-​miss (but close to a corner!) if you are speeding down S. 1^st St.

good amount of wool shirts (pendleton/​woolrich)

This was our favorite vintage shop in Austin. The most amazing selection of funky button down shirts for my hubby. Women’s section is small but has some treasures. Good tee and sweatshirt selection. Very nice salesperson who let us do our thing and was still friendly. Wish we could bring you back you NY BRO ;)

This place is amazing. Its for dudes only, minus a room in the very back. This place is completely packed full of stuff, so there is little chance that you wont find what you are looking for. The prices are a little bit high, but for my money this is the best place to buy mens clothes.

Sorted by color and size. Fab. Be sure to check out the whole store– the discount section, and then the ladies section as you head towards the back.

So I’m a big fan of New Brohemia. I’ve had luck at both the S. Congress location and the S. 1^st location. The selection is awesome. I’m not a small dude and I’ve never had issues finding clothes that I like there, that is usually an issue for me at vintage shops. The employees have always been way cool and helpful. A lot of times, being a south Austinite, you have to deal with A-​hole hipster employees basically everywhere you go… and that sucks. Not the case at New Brohemia and I appreciate that. So I will be frequenting both of their locations on the reg.
The only downfall is that the place kind of smells like old balls. Can you say balls on Unilocal?Balls.

I’ve never been a big vintage/​thrift person. Some of engineering co-​workers think I’m the indiest thing that they’ve ever seen — so they may be shocked to hear this. So it goes.
However, my cousins upcoming wedding in Mexico calls for «beach formal» attire — which apparently means no Hawaiian shirts. A quick Unilocal search for Guayabera points me to — oh look, a little store just a couple blocks away.
Sure enough, the clerk hooks me up with 4 different guayaberas in hand to try on. My favorite one is $ 10. Oh, its stained. That is why. That is the beauty of white shirts — OxiClean + Clorox and the thing looks like new. She recommended going to Cream to get it tailored.
Now I’m thinking — maybe I should start buying more clothes at this place. They had some pretty funky and awesome pants I should try out.
If only the place didn’t smell like grandpa’s attic. I guess that is expected with vintage. Maybe it’ll grow on me.

In town for a wedding, my boys were on the hunt for nice guayabera’s (Mexican wedding shirts) to wear. They were actually listed as attire on the invitation. We drove out to the nice Guayaberea Store but it was closed so I found this place via Unilocal mobile and we headed over. Great selection, it’s just one rack but they were crazy cheap, in every color and in great condition. The boyfriend found a crisp white one that looked never been worn for $ 10. The other place wanted $ 85. DEAL!
Vintage selection looked great. Lots of cool vintage lingerie, belt buckles and cowboy boots.
***Bonus star for having awesome Star Wars birthday, get well and thank you cards.

Here’s the thing, and most of my close friends will corroborate this fact: I *love* a good (or bad, depending on your take) pun. And New BROhemia seems like the kinda place that I’d open if I were going to crank out a thrift store specializing in guy clothes. And they have thrifty threads for guys in spades here.
But what they viably have in volume, they lacked in originality on my stop in. Plenty of polyester shirts, slacker tees with punched up sloganeering, some stuff that looked like it had been dropped off after summer camp. And don’t get me wrong. that’s actually a compliment. I adore thrifting almost as much as I adore a good pun, and to be fair, one thing that I’ve always dug about some of Austin’s better thrift stores is that they tend to bury some cool newer finds between more the more dated majority. That didn’t seem to be going on here. And I’m definitely open to giving these guys another shot. I just won’t walk in completely optimistic that I’ll find that garment that’ll knock my current socks off.