Yes and no. We pay for all of the clothes we have in the store, but we don’t buy your clothes from your closet. The way we source our pieces is most often by hundreds of kilos at a time or going out and looking for them in the wild. I’m sure your clothes are lovely, but we need an invoice for our business expenses, and you probably want a certain price for your lovely clothes. In our experience, the price you want for your lovely clothes doesn’t allow us to pay the rent, utilities, taxes, labor, and still make some money off them. Now, if the extremely stylish hoarder in your family died from something non-infectious and you want to find a good home for their hundreds of amazing pieces and get a little something for them, we can talk. Keep in mind that what we’re open to buying are garments made of quality fabrics like silk, linen, cotton, leather and viscose, unique or classic-style vintage pieces, and impeccable, authentic modern pieces from mid-range to luxury brands. For mid-range think Levi’s, Polo, Lacoste, Fred Perry, Adidas, Nike, cigarette brands... For luxury think Kenzo, Burberry, Plein Sud, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent etc.

Oh my god, for the love of god, yes we do! We actually often have MORE men’s clothing than women’s clothing. Why do some people assume we don’t have men’s clothing? Is it because most of our mannequins have boobs? Is it because the whole team is made up of bad a$$ b*tches? Please, people who like to wear what is traditionally considered men’s clothing, come to Revolution! We work so hard to keep the store well-stocked with polos, short-sleeved shirts, long-sleeved shirts, tee shirts, sweaters, jackets, Levi’s, chinos, dress pants, shorts, hats, ties, suspenders, belts… I know dudes wear these things because we have a ton of dude customers.

99% of our clothes come from European rag yards. Obviously, if we walk into a flea market, thrift store, or our grandma’s closet and see something we absolutely love but it doesn’t fit us, we buy it for the shop, clean it, repair it if necessary, iron it and put it out on the racks for you. We will also veeeery occasionally buy large quantities of clothes from very special (bougie) neighbors.

A rag yard, or a rag house, is a massive facility that processes tons and tons of clothes, picking through garments one by one and categorizing them into Vintage, Modern, Grade A, Grade B, Grade C, etc and then finding the best possible home for them in order to reduce what goes into landfills or gets burned. Vintage shops like Revolution go to them to source their collections based on the vibe they’re going for, and the rag houses recycle whatever they can’t sell to us into things like rags for mechanics to use. They are wholesalers of vintage and secondhand clothing and they are a crucial step in the recycling of textiles.

No. Well, sometimes in like July or August (but we’re not napping!) and our hours are always completely up to date on Google Maps, so check there if you’re unsure about whether it’s just too damn hot to go shopping at 3pm or not.

Every day. Every single day we’re washing clothes to put out the following day and we’re ironing clothes to tag. There’s really no reason for you not to come in every single day.

Rather than having cycles of Everything is new → first sales period → second sales period → final sales, we constantly put new things out and regularly discount items that are taking a little longer than usual to get out the door or new items that we think are really cool but that we just couldn’t get the stain out of. We pretty much always have some pieces that are at least 20% discounted, but they’re often mixed in with stuff that we literally washed yesterday, ironed today, and would be crazy to put on sale.

No. We are extremely conscientious about fair pricing. The prices we offer are the lowest that are sustainable to our business and our decision to discount pieces is based on criteria that make sense for our business model, not on you asking for a discount. The prices are already the lowest they can be and they include 21% sales tax.

Yes, yes, yes! We wash everything. The rack behind us often has clothes that are fresh out of the washer and therefore damp, so you’ll have to wait another day or two to try them on! Sorry! But also, you’re welcome.

Vintage officially refers to an item that is at least 20 years old. However, in the context of used clothing shops, the difference between a vintage shop and a thrift store is that vintage shops curate their selections, opting for vintage (20 years or older) pieces, high-quality fabrics, and like-new modern pieces that would cost you a lot more if you bought them firsthand. In addition, vintage shops pay for their stock and take care to wash and repair pieces before they go out for sale, whereas a thrift store receives donations and lets the customer risk whether that stain is going to come out or not. So on a practical level, shopping at a vintage store is like going to Tiffany’s and looking for YOUR diamond while going to a thrift store is more like digging in the dirt hoping to find a gem, but possibly just getting your hands dirty. (No judgment here, nobody likes to get their hands dirty like us.)