AuH20 Thriftique Sells Great New York Vintage Vlothing & Jewelry

Have you noticed the whole vintage style that has taken over Hollywood? If you are addicted to red carpets like my girlfriend and I are, you’ll notice stars like Scarlett Johannson, Angelina Jolie, Bruno Mars and more always show up looking like they were plucked out of the 1950s.

We were watching Joan Rivers Fashion Police and Joan revealed that many stylists are going to thrift shops, pulling pieces from decades ago and having them tailored for their clients. These pieces give them an authentic vintage look, and because pieces from these times are so hard to find these stars definitely stand out as having unique vintage style.

I say this all to say that my girlfriend found a great boutique (a thriftique, they call it – mixing boutique with thrift shop) in the city that carries very rare pieces that can “take your wardrobe to another level.”AuH2o Thriftique is the name of this resourceful shop and it’s located in the East Village at 84 east 7th street. It’s great for residents living in Lower Manhattan, because AuH20 is close to Downtown, West Village, and Chelsea too.

We walked into the boutique as she planned to find something nice for her first day of work and ended up leaving with a handful of items. Incredibly, each piece was something that I truly looked forward to seeing her wear. She found nice, long vintage dresses like in old-school movies and her big “snag” was a wool blazer that they apparently don’t sell in stores anywhere.

What makes AuH20 special is that it is a very small boutique and their philosophy is instead of stuffing their space with as much vintage clothing as possible, they grab very unique, quality pieces to offer their shoppers. The one thing I will say, which my girlfriend has reassured me, is that many of the items will have to be taken to a tailor to have modifications done to them – but you’ll find really great stuff here nonetheless.

AuH20 has a great vintage shoe collection and their vintage jewelry is very charming and distinctive. My girlfriend found a gold hair clip that had to be from about the 1940s, and after a good polish it looked like it was a new piece designed to look retro. Another very interesting thing is that a lot of the vintage clothes they carry are things brought over from other countries by incoming immigrants, which were hand-woven.

I can’t go on and on about vintage clothes shopping because I am no expert – but I will say, as far as my approval is concerned, of all the places I’ve taken my girlfriend to during this whole trend, she easily had the most success at AuH2O Thriftique.

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Crazy 4 Cult NYC: Art of Cult Classic Movies in the Meatpacking District

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J&R Music and Computer World in the Financial District: The Little Store That Made It Big

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The Strand Bookstore NYC: Where You Can Read for Miles

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