The Best Shops in LA for Hollywood Hand Me Downs

Located at ROW DTLA in Downtown LA, ARCADE is a retail concept shop brought to you by the community behind A Current Affair. You'll be the belle of the ball during Awards Season and beyond after shopping Arcade's Party Season Collection, featuring dozens of vintage gowns and cocktail dresses, as well as jewelry and heels. ARCADE is open Wednesday-Sunday from noon to 6pm or by appointment.

A Current Affair hosts its must-shop Vintage Marketplace twice a year at the Cooper Design Space in Downtown LA, featuring 70+ vintage retailers and private dealers from both coasts and beyond. Shop an array of vintage clothing, accessories and jewelry from the Victorian Era through today.

Exhibitors include local favorites Recess, Spanish Moss, The Corner Store and Moth Food; James Veloria (New York), Lucky Vintage (Seattle), Mercy Vintage (Oakland), Raleigh Vintage (NC) and more.

The Spring Show is taking place from noon to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5. Tickets are on sale at Eventbrite.

Celebrities have this thing where they don’t want to be seen in public wearing the same outfit twice—the struggle is real—and Decades is where their stylists often go to consign or sell their clients’ once-worn designer castoffs. Which is great news for us, of course. Who doesn’t want to wear haute couture or ready-to-wear hand-me-downs from Sharon Stone, Selena Gomez or J-Lo at a fraction of the retail price? Come here for that special occasion splurge, whether it’s a Prada dress, Chloe pants, or dreamy Givenchy shoes.

This sprawling 7,000 square-foot fashion and prop resale emporium in Burbank has been a costume repository for Hollywood since 1981, when founder Janet Dion was working on the CBS Radford Studios lot. Asked to auction off wardrobe and sets for The Muppet Movie, Raise the Titanic and Hard Country, Dion realized there might be a market among ordinary souls for many of the items that were passing through her hands. You can find props, super discount accessories and costumes here, but we especially love going upstairs to the designer wares section, where Prada, Vivienne Westwood and Yves St. Laurent - worn by starlets from all your favorite shows and movies - can be found at 35-95% off retail. The store even goes so far as to list the name of the show the item came from on the price tag, often mentioning the actor who wore it. Look for sales every two to four weeks.

Vintage pieces from the 1950s to the 90s fill every corner of this Echo Park hidden gem. Lemon Frog receives new inventory nearly every day, including prints, solids, high heels, platforms and boots - footwear often arrives from Italy, Brazil and Spain. There's also an impressive collection of Gucci handbags and accessories. The best part is there's something for everyone at all price ranges, so whether your style is bombshell or bohemian, you don’t have to break the bank - a great reason to return again and again.

Doris Raymond brings a keen eye honed from 40-plus years of experience to the selection at The Way We Wore, ranging from haute couture to the more esoteric and avant garde. The main floor is organized by decade, while red carpet and ultra rare pieces can be found upstairs. Museum-quality and highly sought-after treasures from the Edwardian period through the 2000s are shown by appointment.

Nowhere else in the world can mere mortals browse shirts worn by the cast of No Country For Old Men and Catch Me If You Can, not to mention whatever’s left over from the Titanic shoot - the entire cast was costumed by Western Costume Co. From providing the wardrobe for Gone with the Wind to the warrior jewels of Black Panther, this is the granddaddy of Hollywood costume companies, with a fascinating history that dates back to 1912. While industry walk-ins are welcome, Western Costume Co. is open to the public by appointment only.