Come To Mama

The most reasonably priced clothes (LET ALONE VINTAGE CLOTHES) in all of Silver Lake! They moved from Silver Lake to somewhere in Atwater Village, though, I think. BUMMER!

Come to Mama may not be the cheapest vintage store on the planet. But get real. You are in a small owned business in the heart of Los Angeles, shit ain’t cheap. More importantly, the woman who owns the business buys really old vintage dresses and lingerie and re-​dies them to create fabulous amazing clothing that you would otherwise throw away in the garbage. They are beautiful and created with love. That is why they are priced semi-​high.
Most small clothing stores don’t have public restrooms and i think that’s an absurd reason to judge a store like this one. The owner is an amazing woman and her clothes are beautiful.
I love the store.

This store is dripping with uniqueness and character. The owner, I think her name is Terri, was fantastic when I came in looking for some spiffy threads. I agree that it’s not the cheapest place in town but it boasts an array of one of a kind, vintage and handmade pieces. I had to try to control myself to not buy too much. My boyfriend and I had a blast there and I definitely will be back!

I think this place is a joke. It’s way overpriced and the stuff isn’t that cute. Yeah blah blah lingerie blah blah. You can find vintage lingerie for MORE than HALF the cost at the local thrift store.
$ 80 for an 80s t-​shirt? What a joke.
I wouldn’t waste my time going back. And I think that bathroom story (below) is ridiculous. I would expect nothing less than that from the brainless flakes that work there.

First of all… I’m a pro musician living and working in L.A. I met the owner of Come to Mama, Terri Mussatti, a little over two years ago in Santa Monica and was so impressed by her personal style that I commented her on it. She then quickly disclosed that she was the owner of vintage clothes shop in Silverlake and to stop by and she would ‘hook me up’.
We exchanged information and kept in touch… and, no, I never did go into the shop before I met her again in person on the westside (Yes, I admit that I’m a sheltered Santa Monican… going east of the 405 can be terrifying :)). Anywho, she knew that I was a musician and offered to style me for my next show with vintage (not my usual thing); I just needed to come into the shop and she’d take care of the rest… I ended up taking her up on her offer.
I went into the shop and was BLOWN AWAY by the look and feel of the shop. (To be honest my first reaction was ‘this is gonna be spendy’) So, when Terri wasn’t looking I checked out a price tag and was pleasantly surprised to find a great deal for an awesome hand-​picked dress. And, shortly after couldn’t help but notice (it’s the bargain shopper in me) the $ 5 trunk in the back of her shop. It was filled to the BRIM with treasure! A multitude of beautiful, colorful, mint-​condition scarves, some tanks, dresses, belts… a great bikini top…
More info: Come to Mama also has hand-​made overdye slips and corsets… REALLY kewl chunky-​funky jewlery (my favorite thing and the shop next door ‘Hung on You’ has the most excellent feather earrings)…the scarves are GREAT for headwraps… purses and shoes that no one else has, with almost a ‘punk rock’ vintage look in mind (not that I know… ha ha).
To round this out… I have since changed my entire style and image to a vintage classy but sexy style. Terri has been so lovely as to style me on several occasions and somehow can size-​up a piece hand it to me… and it fits PERFECTLY.
And, I’ve seen her in action in the store with other clients and customers. She’s very gracious and has a light, loving spirit… stemming somewhere from the 60’s or 70’s I would imagine ;). She is also straight forward about what Does, and DOESN’T look good on a lady. (My pet peeve is when someone is working on comission and will sell you anything even if it’s not flattering.) I guess it makes sense… what looks good on you… will look good for her.
Thank you Come to Mama. Can I consider you a sponsor? :)

Come to Mama… just don’t come to mama if you are a paying customer and need to use their restroom because you will get shut down, homie.
So I randomly discovered this shop at the Sunset Junction this year. It was nearing the end of night one and I was taking a break from the Unilocal booth and thought I’d stretch my legs a bit and saunter about. Upon walking in, I was delighted at the really cute selection of vintage lingerie, dresses, skirts, and SHOES. I, of course, B-​lined for this adorable pair of patchwork Kenzie’s (not vintage, but looked very retro) and low and behold they were just my size. Yay!
As I was sitting there trying them on, I noticed that the store had one of our Unilocal fans up above their scarf case and I thought, Yay, how awesome! They are supportin Unilocal,even better! I then went up to the front to pay for my purchase and the space cadet working here, who is also the owner, is really flustered and wandering around the near empty store, until a group of her friends and/​or regulars walk in and they say, «Can we use the bathroom» to which she says, «Of course! Go on in!»
She then turns around and comes to the register and starts ringing me up. I remark on the Unilocal fan and tell her that’s really cool of her to support us and I tell her I work with Unilocal.As she’s ringing up my $ 52.00 purchase, I kindly and politely ask her if I could possibly use her restroom, please. She says, «No, sorry, I can’t let anyone use it.»
I look at her like, c’mon, you just let 4 people go and use it? Are you seriously going to say that with a straight face? The girls then come out of the back area and say, «thanks for letting us use your bathroom, take care girl» etc, etc. I then look at her, with with my purchase already rung up and say to her, again, very politely, «Really? I did just buy something…» To which she says, «No, we don’t have a restroom.»
Now, this just really pissed me off… yes, every pun intended… but seriously, i am a paying customer, I am polite, I am asking her nicely and she is still saying no.
It would have been one thing if I hadn’t seen the other girls go in or even understandable if she was an employee and the owner said, Don’t let anyone use the bathroom during the Junction. i would have totally understood and respected that, but she was THE owner and for her to let them go right in front of me and then pull that bullsh*t with me was just lame!
So while the store has some cute stuff, I just didn’t think that was very cool of her. It’s not like I was some drunk and belligerent party goer trashing her place in the middle of a packed store, i was a vintage seeking customer who loves to support local shops, purchasing something from her at a slow time in the evening. Whatevs lady, hope your bullsh*t reasoning was worth it.