Complete Guide to Vintage Designer Shopping in Melbourne

by Top Floor Gallery Admin

September 12, 2025

If you’re looking to do some vintage designer shopping in Melbourne, here’s your complete guide for all the must-visit stores.

From vintage designer bags, to mens and womenswear, accessories and more, there is a range of stores in Melbourne that offer a curated selection of pre-loved and vintage designer for you to browse in person.

Whether you live in Melbourne or are planning a visit, this guide should help you find what you’re looking for.

1. Reina

Located on level 3 of Curtain House in the CBD, Reina is a store specialising in archival designer, with their curation being centred around European and Japanese designers. The minimalistic store features labels including Prada, Miu Miu, Celine, Gucci, YSL & more, with pieces spanning from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

The main focus is on womenswear, therefore if you’re looking for menswear, we would recommend the other stores listed on this guide.

Along with apparel, you can also find accessories suich as designer bags and footwear, highly curated to suit the brand’s aesthetic and style.

Address: Level 3, 252 Swanston Street (Curtin House), Melbourne, Australia

Website: https://reinamelbourne.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reinamelbourne

Store Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Friday: 12pm-6pm
Saturday-Sunday: 12pm-5pm

Contact Details: info@reinamelbourne.com

2. Top Floor Gallery

Located on Wellington St in Collingwood (a minute walk from Smith St Fitzroy), Top Floor Gallery is a concept store with a specialised focus on vintage designer, curated and archival fashion. You can find a range of authentic pre-loved branded bags, womenswear, menswear and accessories, all individually sourced from Japan. When it comes to clothing, this store places a particular focus on Japanese designer labels, stocking brands such as Issey Miyake, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Needles, Hysteric Glamour, Shinya Kozuka & many more (as well as discontinued and emerging independent brands).

The store’s vintage designer bag selection include all of the major labels such as Prada, Dior, Fendi, Chloe, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, as well as a curation of other brands including YSL, vintage coach, DKNY, Loewe and many more.

Some popular and thus regularly restocked items at Top Floor Gallery include:

- Vivienne Westwood jewellery, accessories and apparel
- Needles apparel, including H.D pants, jackets and knitwear
- Chloe Paddington, Balenciaga City Bags, 2000s Dior-Prada-Fendi bags
- Vintage Issey Miyake (Pleats Please, Homme Plisse etc)
- Acne Studios, Diesel, Hysteric Glamour & more.

This tucked away store introduces new arrivals every week in-store & online - it is definitely worth the visit.

Address: Level 2/166 Wellington St. Collingwood 3066 VIC

Website: https://topfloorgallery.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/topfloor.gallery

Store Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 11am-6pm
Sunday: 12pm-5pm

Contact Details: hello@topfloorgallery.com

3. SWOP

SWOP is a buy-sell store (formerly consignment) located just off Smith St. With a very wide selection of men’s and womenswear, the open aesthetic space constantly has new stock coming in, including pre-loved designer pieces. Although SWOP’s selection isn’t as curated as the other stores mentioned in this guide, they do have a generous selection of designer items, including Issey Miyake, Prada, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons, Celine, Chanel, Jacquemes, Bottega Veneta & many more. Their selection will vary depending on the week, so we would say SWOP is worth the visit every so often to see what new items they have on offer.

Address: 8 Peel St Collingwood

Website:
https://swop.net.au/

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/_swop

Store Hours:
Daily 10am - 6pm

Contact: collingwood@swop.net.au

4. Bruce

Bruce is a consignment store in Melbourne, specialising in buying & selling second-hand, high-end Artisanal, Japanese and European designer clothing, handbags and accessories - brands including Maison Margiela, Jean Paul Gauliter, and of course the big 3 (Issey Miyake, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto - here's a guide on where to shop these Japanese brands in Australia).

With two locations - Fitzroy and Clifton Hill (Melbourne), Bruce carry a curated selection of clothing and accessories, with consignments intakes being seasonally consistent - meaning you can find a range of winterwear during the colder months and spring-summer pieces in the warmer weather.

For the brands listed above, Bruce is a great store to visit.

Fitzroy:
157 Gertrude St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Contact: 0435 149 251

Clifton Hill:
165 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill VIC 3068
Contact: (03) 9486 5432

Website: https://shopbruce.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shopbruce

Store Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 11am-5pm
Sunday: 12pm-5pm

5. Opera

Located on Rathdowne St in Cartlon North, Opera is a boutique offering archival designer pieces. Dreamt up by 6 Melbourne friends, the store features a unique curation of 6 individual styles, with apparel and accessories from each founder’s favourite designers.

The store is mainly made up of classic European and Japanese designers such as Junya Watanabe, Prada, Miu Miu, MFG, Max Mara, Sonia Rykiel, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Von Norten, Vivienne Westwood, Vivienne Tam, Gaultier, D&G [and] Miss Sixty.

For a highly curated selection of archival designer items, we would highly recommend stopping by to Opera.

Address: 308-310 Rathdowne St, Carlton North VIC 3054

Website: NA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/opera.opera.opera/?hl=en

Store Hours:
Monday-Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday-Sunday: 10am-5pm

6. Martin Fella

Located in North Melbourne, Martin Fella is a store specialising in pre-loved vintage designer bags, clothing and accessories. The small store is packed with an eclectic range of pre-loved designer at reasonable prices.

The store specialises in designer clothing and accessories from brands like Louis Vuitton, Celine, YSL, Polo Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Fendi, along with collectable studio pottery and glassware from Australia and Europe.

Address: 556 Queensberry St, North Melbourne VIC 3051

Website: NA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinfella/?hl=en

Store Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 11am-4pm
Sunday: 11am-3pm

Contact Details: 0411 641 269

7. Virtual Icon

Located on Sydney Road Brunswick, Virtual Icon Vintage specialises in vintage designer bags, as well as accessories such as wallets. If you’re specifically looking for vintage designer bags, here’s a complete guide to Vintage Designer Bag shopping in Melbourne.

Although the store doesn’t offer vintage designer apparel, they have a very respectable selection of designer bags, spanning from the 80s through to the 2010s - with popular and timeless designers such as Prada, Fendi, Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton & many more.