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Mid-century & vintage furniture Upon entering a La MOD you’ll discover an array of eclectic mid-century modern & contemporary furnishings as well as lighting, accessories and more, all at varying price points. Located in the Uptown Design District. Read more...
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Vintage mid-century & Hawaiiana On Oahu’s windward side there’s a handful of nice shops that specialize in mid-century collectibles and Hawaiiana. Ali’i Antiques has 2 stores located in Kailua; the first sells mostly antiques and collectibles of the European variety but their second shop is strictly Hawaiiana! From Tikis, advertising art and Polynesian restaurant ephemera to furniture, jewelry and Aloha Read more...
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Hawaiiana & mid-century collectibles If you can envision a busy garage sale, thrift store and flea market all rolled into one, then you’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect when you walk into Antique Alley. Located in a nondescript grey building on Queen Street across from Office Depot, this place is a treasure trove jam-packed with vintage Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage furniture In the Sunny Dunes Antique District there are a pair of large Antique Malls that shouldn’t be missed. Each boast multiple vendors offering a varied selection of mid-century and vintage fare including home furnishings, accessories, art, jewelry, collectibles and more. The Sunny Dunes Antique Mall is located at 507 East Sunny Dunes Rd. and is jammed with some Read more...
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Mid-century Hawaiiana & collectibles If you’re looking for vintage Aloha shirts this is the place to come. Doing brisk business since 1980, Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts claim to have the world’s largest selection with over 15,000 shirts in stock, and we wouldn’t doubt it! Their Waikiki-adjacent location is filled with wall-to-wall vintage shirts dating back as far as the Read more...
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Mid-century vintage fashion Located in the downtown Arts District inside the mid-century modern Marks Garage building, this stylish shop carries a varied collection of retro fashions and vintage Aloha wear that never goes out of style, including men’s and women’s shirts, blouses, dresses, accessories and more. Refined 1950s classics and colorful, groovy prints from the 1960s and 70s can be Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage collectibles Located in the historic Kocher-Samson building which was designed by modernist architects Albert Frey and A. Lawrence Kocher, in 1934, Bon Vivant is a boutique shop true to the building’s vintage, offering up lots of mid-century decorative accessories for the modern home. From colorful (and collectible!) vintage glassware and pottery, to retro lighting and select period Read more...
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Midcentury Modern Furniture An institution in San Diego since 1985, Boomerang for Modern relocated to their current 1,100 square foot showroom on North Palm Canyon Drive in 2020. This cozy space boasts a personally curated selection of top quality, vintage furnishings, lighting and accessories while also offering brand new classics from Herman Miller, Modernica, Flensted Mobiles and more. Boomerang for Read more...
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Vintage mid-century apparel Kind of like a vintage Ross Dress for Less, the Buffalo Exchange buys, sells and trades recycled clothing to and from fashion-backward hipsters, while also giving back to their local communities. Part of a unique chain with over 30 stores around the U.S., this location moved from the University district in 2014 after twenty successful years and Read more...
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Vintage antiques & collectibles Routinely topping the “Best of Las Vegas” lists for Antique stores in the city, the Charleston Antique Mall is essentially a massive flea market. But what a flea market! There are stalls upon stalls of vintage treasures including retro fashion, furniture, art, ceramics, jewelry, glassware; the list goes on. Vendors are friendly and some have awesome Read more...
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Mid-century/vintage furniture If you’re a discriminating modernist in the market for high-end mid-century collectibles, this is the place to be. You’ll find a curated collection of vintage eye candy in their spacious Palm Canyon Drive showroom, including home furnishings, original artwork and loads of accessories by designers like Frankl, Paulin, Castiglioni and more. Christopher Anthony Ltd. also offers their own Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage collectibles This is the same legendary Dazzles that occupied space on Palm Canyon Drive for 20 years, relocated to Rancho Mirage. It’s jammed with the kind of retro stuff you might find at a really great yard sale or in your grandmothers attic; Cyclomatic blenders, Bakelite cookware, skinny 60s ties, vintage Chanel … the list goes on, Read more...
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Mid-century modern furniture Finding classic mid-century furniture on the Hawaiian islands is harder than you’d think. Fortunately there’s one-stop shopping at the Design Within Reach store, a mainland staple, located at the Ala Moana Shopping Center. Modernists looking for furniture and accessories for their home and office can find brand new editions of classic pieces from Herman Miller, Knoll and Artemide Read more...
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Modernism gift shop In addition to the usual “gift shop” branded apparel, Destination PSP offers modernists their choice of official Modernism Week souvenirs along with mid-century inspired glassware, ceramics and artwork. Palm Springs Film Festival and Desert AIDs Project items are also available, as are large-scale reproductions of vintage Palm Springs Life magazine covers, which are very nice! Destination PSP is Read more...
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Vintage apparel This cozy clothing store has a real 1970s vibe going for it, offering vintage and retro-style fashions and accessories including t-shirts, jackets, jeans, dresses and a great selection of rare – and quite possibly collectible – vintage patches and pins. In the downtown Arts District. Read more...
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Vintage & contemporary decor This shop offers high end, select, mid-century modern furniture, home accessories, vintage jewelry and Scandinavian glassware, but it’s the original art that may be the first thing to catch your eye as you walk into this gallery-like space. Flow Modern exhibits revolving collections by photographers, painters and sculptors to help put a contemporary finishing touch on Read more...
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Vintage mid-century apparel Inside this little yellow and orange trimmed house with the white picket fence (we’re not making this up, look at the photo!) is a shop busting with vintage clothing mostly from the 1960s and 70s, so if you’re looking for that Charles Manson-era flowy top or abstract print, chances are Glam Factory Vintage will have it. Owner Stephanie Geniza Read more...
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Vintage fashion and more The thrift store to end all thrift stores, the majority of Goodwill Hawaii’s vintage merchandise – which includes retro furniture, housewares and some really great vintage Aloha wear – comes from donations. They are also largely a volunteer-run operation which enables them to put their proceeds straight back into the community which assists those in need Read more...
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Modern & Retro Inspired Furniture CLOSED IN 2025 – Visit their store in Palm Desert. 74180 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260 If you’re looking to renovate, redesign or redecorate your mid-century modern or retro inspired home, this is the place to come. Howard Hawkes and Kevin Kemper (the H&K in H3K) specialize in upscale design consultation and project management, Read more...
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Hawaiiana & mid-century collectibles The Hawaii All-Collectors One Day Show and Wiki Wiki One Day Vintage Shows take place throughout the year at the Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall and if you’re lucky enough to be in Honolulu when they’re happening we highly recommend checking them out. For strictly vintage, the Wiki Wiki shows in March, October and November are where Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage curiosities Vintage, mid-century, industrial and … taxidermy? If these words are in your wheelhouse then Hound & Quail is definitely worth checking out. Curating a unique collection of diverse vintage items from Hawaii, the mainland and around the world, you can expect the unexpected here. Mid-century sofas? Sure. Vintage filing cabinet? Yep. Anatomical skeleton model? Absolutely! They Read more...
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Mid-century fashions & housewares Located around the corner from the Bootlegger Tiki bar and next to Ernest Coffee, this unique vintage shop offers a varied assortment of apparel, housewares and select furniture for those yearning to live the perfect, atomic-age lifestyle. From dinnerware, ceramics and Tiki mugs to Aloha wear, rat pack-era skirts, blouses, suits & ties, to groovy furniture and other wonderful knick-knacks you Read more...
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Modernism photography At photographer Gary Dorothy’s Imageville Gallery you’ll find hundreds of striking desert wilderness images sharing space with his architectural photography. Combining nature and mid-century modern has been Dorothy’s gift since opening Imageville in 2000, and as his many repeat clients will surely attest, Dorothy’s unique limited edition large-format canvases and smaller glossy prints are eye candy for the Read more...
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Vintage mid-century collectibles Clocks aside, these guys have a remarkable array of interesting vintage items that have been lovingly restored, each one seemingly with its own unique origin story. From vintage Coca-Cola branded collectibles to mid-century advertising props, as well as the usual antique store bric-a-brac, the friendly owners and staff also seem to go out of their way to educate Read more...
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Mid-century inspired design/books Whatever was fabulous about the 1950s, 60s and 70s, this busy boutique store has it in spades; architectural books, design books, Hollywood glam books, Tiki culture books. Did we mention they sell books? In addition, Just Fabulous has a great selection of retro-inspired greeting cards, gift ware and home accessories, with the odd piece of Jonathan Adler Read more...
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Vintage mid-century & Hawaiiana On Oahu’s windward side there’s a handful of nice shops that specialize in mid-century collectibles and Hawaiiana. Kauilua Pickers (in Kailua) offers up nearly thirty different dealers under one compact roof, each displaying their vintage wares which include Tikis, Polynesian restaurant ephemera, homeware items and highly sought after 1940s and 1950s Fire King dishware. Located in the parking lot Read more...
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Vintage mid-century collectibles Laura’s is jam packed with such a diverse array of retro, antique and mid-century collectibles that you could easily spend several hours (or more!) sifting through it all. Their showroom, which opened in 2014, downtown, has since moved to Decatur but is still filled with vintage housewares, glassware, tinware, toys, wall art, Tiki collectibles, vintage Vegas memorabilia and much more. Owners Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage antiques Here’s an antique store your grandmother might feel at home in that’s brimming with reasonably priced second hand items such as home furnishings, accessories, jewelry, art, collectibles and various other knick-knacks. Mostly consignment items here, they also have a lot of non-mid-century merchandise so you might have to spend some time sifting through things to find Read more...
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Vintage Las Vegas memorabilia This cozy store has the misfortune of being located across from the extremely famous and extremely popular Pawn Stars’ Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, (and Pawn Plaza ) but it should definitely not be overlooked. Lost Vegas Antiques is filled with all sorts of Vintage Vegas curiosities and collectibles from the Rat Pack and Mob eras Read more...
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Vintage mid-century antiques A large store with multiple vendors, Main Street Peddlers is like a scaled down version of the Charleston Antique Mall but with the convenience of being downtown. There are multiple vendors peddling their kitschy wares here, many of which include vintage mid-century items like home accessories, fashions, art, lighting, glassware, pottery, curios, Tiki memorabilia and more. Located right Read more...
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Vintage apparel & housewares Martin’s Mart is a true “thrift store.” Nothing fancy or repurposed here, just a genuine place to find nice vintage, gently used clothing and housewares at a good price. Located on Antique Alley downtown in the Arts District. Read more...
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Mid-century inspired art Using vintage metal as his canvas, artist Michael Weems combines iconic mid-century imagery with recycled automobile parts to create what he cleverly calls, “Autoerotica.” The same cheeky verbiage emblazoned on his gallery window will no doubt draw you in, where more unique works of art by Weems are on display, such as tableware, glassware, jewelry and sculpture. All Read more...
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Mid-century modern home design This large commercial & residential design showroom features all the latest in modernist home renovation and decoration materials. From tiles and wallpaper to counter tops and carpeting, Modern Home has everything you’ll need to make your new or vintage property look positively retro, with the added bonus of also offering “real” vintage furniture and accessories, a Read more...
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Vintage mid-century collectibles If you’re in the market for repurposed memorabilia and vintage collectibles, then you’ve come to the right place. Modern Mantiques specializes in unique, quality, one of a kind treasures that range from classic art deco to mid-century modern and everything in between. They buy, sell and trade items such as classic automobiles, slot machines, militaria, sports memorabilia, vintage toys, Read more...
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Mid-century & vintage furniture The best of the 1950s, 60s and 70s for furniture, lighting and accessories, Modern Way is a Palm Springs institution and has been repeatedly voted “Best Vintage Store” in the Coachella Valley. You’ll find mid-century staples like Eames, Knoll, Panton and Saarinen along side rare(er) one-of-a-kind items, and for modernist audiophiles, Modern Way even carries vintage Read more...
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Mid-century inspired art Inspired by the Atomic Age esthetic of The Jetsons, L.A. artist Nat Reed reinterprets mid-century Americana from the 1950s and 60s in loose, rich commercial-type renderings. His small gallery in downtown Palm Springs is like walking into a candy store full of rainbow colored treasures. From Tiki to Googie to Kitsch, Reed’s work is full of fun, cultural and architectural Read more...
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Mid-century/vintage collectibles The Palm Springs Vintage Market takes place the first Sunday of every month (October thru May) downtown at 356 N Calle Encilia, just north of the Agua Caliente Casino and offers a variety of merchants selling rare vintage and retro items from fashions to furniture and everything in between. A great place where you can enjoy the outdoors, Read more...
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Mid-century furniture & apparel Kate Aldrich and Tim Shaffer have been winning over locals since opening their high end vintage decor & apparel shop in 2012. Mid-century modern furniture from Knoll to Nelson share a lot of square footage with ceramics, lighting, glassware, artwork, apparel and even vintage eye wear – hipsters will have a blast trying on retro frames! Read more...
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Retro inspired home furnishings This big, bright showroom in the Palm Springs Uptown Design District is filled with mid-century modern inspired indoor and outdoor furniture, rugs, wall art, bedding, lighting, jewelry, architecture books and retro home decor & accessories. Popular items include various lines from Blu Dot, located on the corner of W. El Alameda & N. Palm Canyon Drive. Read more...
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Mid-Century Furnishings Just East of Palm Springs off Hwy. 111 in Cathedral City is a group of Mid-century Modern vintage stores well worth the short drive. 68-929 Perez Road is home to four different shops, each specializing in different aspects of the Mid-century vernacular, including: Hedge – A combination of unique art pieces and restored higher-end Mid-century furnishings. Spaces – Read more...
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Midcentury and Modern Decor This playful downtown showroom features a mix of Midcentury and Modern furnishings, lighting, home accessories and more. They even offer an extensive collection of unique wallpaper and showcase work by local artists. Located downtown near the corner of West Tahquitz Canyon Way and North Indian Canyon Drive. See more on their facebook page or Instagram. Read more...
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Located at the corner of N Palm Canyon Drive and W Racquet Club Rd., this 11,000 sq. ft. showroom boasts an ever-changing collection of midcentury classics and eclectic ephemera that should satisfy any vintage picker. From the 1950s to the 1980s and everything inbetween, you’ll find well priced, unique items at Re[x], including wall hangings, rugs, pop culture items, Blenko Read more...
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Vintage mid-century furniture Arguably, downtown’s first business dedicated to mid-century modern vintage, this large store has it all; history, style and a 1950s pink kitchen display to die for. From mid-century ceramics and clocks to modern art and vintage finds that would make your grandmother proud, they stock historically significant pieces and also offer short term rentals. As if that Read more...
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Vintage fashion & decor The thrift store to end all thrift stores, the majority of Revivals vintage merchandise – which includes retro furniture, housewares and clothing – comes from donations and consignments. They are also, largely, a volunteer-run operation which enables them to contribute the majority of their proceeds towards the Desert AIDs Project, which is a great reason to Read more...
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Mid-century ephemera You know them, you love them; Rick Dale and his team of “loose screws” from the History Channel’s Rick’s Restorations. If you’ve got a rusty old Coke dispenser they’ll restore it. A broken down gas pump? They’ll restore that too. Or you can purchase a really sweet custom restoration from their boneyard! As a result of their History Channel popularity Read more...