Pimlico Place

The owners are friendly and took us a «tour» around the store. Items are very unique and can’t buy it from a store like ikea.

Just discovered this amazing little shop and will definitely be back for gifts and for indulging myself on special occasions. The staff was incredibly helpful, friendly and accommodating, and I left with a fantastic evening purse that I haven’t seen any place else. What a find!!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE HIS PLACE & perhaps all of the treasures in there. (Including the owner & women that work there! The owner has an AMAZING eye, and finds BEAUTIFUL treasures. You always feel welcome and I can ALWAYS find jewelry that I would love to have/​enjoy looking at! They also allow lay away, which is the best option for me. While I would love to buy LOTS (& Lots & lots…), it isn’t in my budget. If you love sparkly beautiful things, this is the place for you!

This a wonderful store! Not only is the merchandize unique, beautiful and in some cases, whimsical, but the owner, Annette and her sister, Julia, who often works in the store, are delightful and helpful. I have been going there for years for gifts, interesting jewelry and other personal and antique pieces. I feel like I am in a museum when I shop at Pimlico. A must see!

I really want people to buy gifts for me from this store. I walked in for the first time and had a fabulousness overload. So many beautiful trinkets and accessories and delicate household items, your eyes won’t know where to look.
The fellow in the back of the store took me around and showed me each section of the store in detail. He was so nice and informative! I wanted to have so many things, but the price tags were HIGH. They are very nice things, so they are worth it.
I will definitely be buying birthday gifts here for very special people.

Guys, don’t pass this place by! They have a great selection of men’s items and jewelry, too. They specialize in English wares, as you might guess from their name. I went in for help finding something to hang on the other half of my pocket watch Albert chain. It is rare to find such a welcoming combination of genuine warmth and knowledgeability at a Bay Area antique store. In addition to the pocket knives and chain fobs we looked at, they had men’s tie bars and cuff links, too. They also have a number of table and bar items, if that is what you are looking for. Everything is so nicely arranged that it gives you great ideas about how to display and use your new purchases. Whether your tastes are more Victorian, Edwardian, or midcentury modern, I highly recommend a visit.

Got all my very unique, vintage wedding jewelry here, including a beautiful hair pin and clutch. These ladies are amazing and helpful, and I can’t speak more highly of the experience!

I try to go in and visit with the ladies at Pimlico Place at least once every other month. They always remember my name and are so sweet, kind, and accomodating in helping me find whatever it is I am searching for. They always have things that you rarely find anywhere else and I love going in to see what was just displayed from a recent buying trip! I can’t sing their praises high enough.

This place is jewelry heaven. Annette, the owner, is such a sweet, gracious woman, and she has an amazing eye. Her frequent European buying trips means there are aways new, exciting goodies to look at. Great place to spend some time playing the grown up version of dress-​up. It’s always a pleasure to be in this shop.

Love, love, LOVE Pimlico Place!
As all the other reviewers have said (but can’t be said too much or too often), Annette has a fantastic eye and returns from her trips to Europe with the most fabulous jewelry and accessories for the person and her home! I have been shopping there for many years and have yet to have a disappointing trip (other than when I leave empty-​handed because my wallet is screaming «GET OUT NOW!» at me…).
If you need a little «atta girl» pick-​me-​up, if it’s a special b’day, if you’re trying to impress your new mother-​in-​law — whatever the reason, you’ll find something fabulous at Pimlico Place. I am a self-​professed jewelry ho, I own quite a bit, but it’s ALWAYS the pieces from Pimlico Place that get the most comments from friends and strangers alike.
‘Nuf said? Get in your car and go. You’ll be glad you did.

My favorite place to get a gift for a friend. My favorite place to receive a gift from. My favorite place to window shop.
The owner has the most exquisite taste and always brings back the loveliest treasures from her trips to Europe. Jewelry, handbags, housewares, oh my! Any piece you buy always comes with a little history of who made it or where she found it.
They have the best customer service in town. They will gladly gift wrap your items for you. They get to know their customer’s on a first name basis, a rarity these day that I just LOVE!
You can’t just stop in for a quick look, give yourself AT LEAST and hour!

I dare you to drop by this place and leave within one hour. Seriously. This small boutique is so full of jewelry and accessories that you could spend an entire afternoon here and still not take everything in.
Lots of designer necklaces, bracelets, rings, handbags (I fell in love with a Prada one, only $ 950), sweater wraps, hats, scarves, headbands and earrings (great selection of clip ones too!). You can find one of a kind pieces from all over the world: London, Paris, Greece, LA, Brazil, Italy — you get the picture.
Great service too. How could you leave this place without dropping a C-​note? I can’t afford to at the moment, but my mother did. Some sparkly Parisian Swarovski earrings and Italian sweater wrap have now joined her wardrobe.

A MUST SEE anytime my sister and I visit our childhood friend who lives in Piedmont… He even tells me if he sees something in the window I should know about ;)
The owner and her sister (who runs the interior store) are both so helpful and friendly, and it feels like a girlfriends get-​together while you’re there!
It’s a good thing I live in San Diego because I ALWAYS find wonderful things there, that I must have… once my husband just HAPPENED to call while I was in the shop (feeling guilty) and we all laughed imagining he had this feeling his finances were being compromised;)
See you in March!!!

Score. I was looking for a gift for my boss whose birthday is tomorrow. She is a stylish dresser who tends to wear very unique jewelry that runs the spectrum from colorful to whimsical to goofy to striking and everything in between. I searched here on Unilocal and read some reviews and this seemed like the best bet. The moment I walked in I knew I was in the right place — the store looked like the jewelry arrangement in her bedroom!
I was fingering colorful plastic rings strung into a necklace and marveling at jewel-​toned striped acrylic rings when the owner offered assistance. I wasn’t ready for help so continued to browse while she helped several other people at the counter who seemed like regular customers. Miraculously I found myself in a back room where everything was on sale and was still really cool. I found a great tangle of layered colorful acrylic necklaces from Paris that on sale were still out of my price range. The owner swooped by to let me know I could have those at a further discount which was perfect. Winning necklace in hand I continued to wonder at the many marvels here and finally could resist no longer. «Does _​_​_​_​_​_​_​shop here?» I asked the owner. She beamed and said that she has been a regular customer for the past six years and proclaimed that she would love what I had selected. She’s getting it tomorrow night and I hope she does.
Would come back here in a flash. Lots and lots of great stuff in a tiny space. It could be overwhelming or wonderful depending on one’s outlook.

Pimlico has all the things I like in a girly shop…
Fun spot to stroll to on a weekend… yes!
Must visit for when your in crunch time before an event… yes!
Cute spot to peruse when looking for a thoughtful gifty… yes!
Ive lived in Oakland for some years now and just recently discovered Pimlico Place. This is such a great find. They have accessories of all sorts in all price ranges. I found the perfect necklace for my wedding weekend, and it was one of 5 great options ranging from $ 40-​$ 300. Been in several times now and both the owner and her associates are always super helpful without being overly pushy. Worth a walk thru, just be careful, as knocking things over is easy to do!

Sparkly. Shiny. Vintage. Girly.
Admiring the most beautiful sparkly starfish earrings of a friend, I was told to visit Pimlico Place on Piedmont. I brought my four-​year-​old daughter there the other night after dinner, and the lovely Jenna behind the counter turned the browse into a magical fieldtrip of beautiful jewels for my daughter to see and touch. I was so taken with Jenna’s low-​pressure banter and kind manner with my daughter that I decided I couldn’t leave without thanking her with a purchase.
She helped both my daughter and I pick out something small for me (a vintage pair of clip-​on earrings) and my girl (a purple-​sparkly headband, what else?). Knowing that the evening was turning into this sweet moment between mama and daughter, Jenna specially wrapped up our trinkets with beautiful grosgrain ribbons that now adorn my daughter’s pigtails.
It’s little shops like this with INCREDIBLE and unique selection and over-​the-​top service that we need to keep on our Piedmont Avenues and in our town. Visit and shop. The people there are as sparkly as their wares.
This is a perfect place to buy a gift for a bridal shower, mother’s day or a dear friend’s birthday.
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I agree with Jackie G. that this place is like a fabulous art museum chock full of beautiful sparkly goodies and vintage treats. Definitely not the least expensive game in town, but they make up for it with their wonderfully uncommon assortment of accessories, including a small selection of vintage hats, gloves, and bags.
It’s a virtually microscopic piece of real estate on Piedmont Avenue though, so they shine with their stock of small items like earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. I have never worn a piece from Pimlico Place and not been complimented on it. Their lovely, thoughtful pieces range from simple and understated to flat-​out carnivalesque. A great place to treat yourself or someone else to something truly unique.
My only complaint would be that sometimes the service can be a bit overbearing. Sometimes one just wants to fondle shiny things in peace!

Imagine walking in a place full of beautiful BLING BLING and classy, stylish pieces, with an incredibly informed and friendly hostess to teach you the origins of each piece and calls you by your first name.
Pimlico Place is «an art museum» and a jewelry store, combined with top notch service and hospitality, and add it all together you get a piece of high fashion heaven on Piedmont Ave.
So far, I have brought in girlfriends after girlfriends to this place and they all fell in love of Pimlico Place after one visit, just as I have!
If you take the time to browse and listen to the owner, each piece of jewelry has a beautiful story. These signature pieces will get you noticed everywhere!
It’s hard to leave the place empty-​handed and I will count down to the day until I visit again.

Yes, «decadent» is the best way to describe it– I LOVE this place!
One of the best boutique I’ve visited so far in Oakland with the MOST beautiful pieces of wearable art you can find from Brazil, Paris, Italy… And packed! Wonderful selection of both pierced and clip on earrings to feed any fetish! Also the best place to find gifts for your special Lady, especially if your special lady is you!
A little bit on the pricey side, but absolutely worth it!

Okay — here it is… as promised!
I wore a hat from Pimlico Place to the Unilocal Elite event at Bollyhood last night… and I got the most generous compliment by email from Sally K… that I’m just… swooning. Seriously: if I could die and come back as anybody, it would be her. Anyways:
This little Piedmont shop has all kinds of decadent, kooky, vintage ecclectica… hats and unusual baubles from around the world… If you get an invite to a themed party, a masquerade or high tea, you can definitely find a little something here that will boost your mystique factor… and who among us doesn’t want that?
The ‘home furnishings’ annex is right around the corner, and is a bigger space… it is opulent in a costumey way… but I’m not as enthralled by it. Take a peek, because it’s a bit of eye candy: fun and low calorie. 3 Stars for the Annex.
The hat that I wore at the inaugural Unilocal 2008 event at Bollyhood was a splurge from Janie Lawson, imported from France… elegant and chic, if I do say so myself. The craftsmanship is positively divine! I am infatuated with the solid hat box, which is lined in satin, and just so sumptuous… it’s a perfect everyday luxury and sure to get compliments with each outing.