Marin County is known for it’s fabulous views and coastline,
but it also has some very good consignment stores for designer clothing. I have been to Marin County many times over
the years, but never had visited any of their consignment stores. On Saturday, I invited my roommate, Alex, to
come with me and serve as navigator. We
headed out in the morning for San Rafael, which is across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and is about a 30-minute car trip. Our first stop, Encore, was in a small shopping center near the center of town. Encore is owned by Linda Hensley (11
Mary St., San Rafael, CA 94901, 415-456-7309, encore415@sbcglobal.net, www.wncoreconsignment.com). This small store was jammed packed with
designer clothes, shoes purses and scarves. Once I started looking through the clothes in the racks, I found one beautiful thing after another. It was definitely a treasure hunt. And best of all, prices were very reasonable. Very few items I saw were over $100. The back wall of the store also had a very
large 50% off area.
In downtown San Rafael only a few blocks away, we visited Couture Revival owned by Susie English (1403 Fourth St., San
Rafael, CA, 415-454-5999, couture.revival@hotmail.com). Couture
Revival not only had a nice variety of designer consignment clothes, but it
also had vintage jewelry. I especially liked the necklace that Susie was
wearing and got a photo of it for the blog.
Susie is also very knowledgeable about Louis Vuitton purses and was nice
enough to print a copy of the factory codes for my own research.
After leaving Couture Revival, we drove to the neighboring
town of San Anselmo and visited Stellas
(224 Greenfield Ave., #3, San Anselmo, CA 415-453-6191, stellashoppers.com). Stellas
is owned by two sisters, Laura and Anna.
It’s a fun store and there are tasty snacks everywhere. I loved that you could snack while you
shopped. It was almost 2 and we were getting hungry. Laura suggested we go to Bubba’s
– a diner on the main street of San Anselmo.
We had a great lunch there and then walked around the town a little bit
before heading toward our last destination of the trip, what poppy wants in Larkspur (1106 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA, 415-925-1145,
www.whatpoppywants.com).
what poppy wants had
a mixture of consigned designer and vintage dresses, shoes and purses. Its sales rep, Joan, was very friendly and
showed me so many beautiful things to photograph. While I was there, many shoppers came by the
store and it seemed to me to be a local favorite for the very best at
consignment prices. Hope you enjoy photos of my trip!
Linda welcoming you to Encore
Louis Vuitton handbag ($58) at Encore
Encore
Hot winter boots at Encore
Boots, boots & more boots at Encore
Prada slip on heels at Encore
Metallic Manolo Blahnik heels at Encore
A view of the store at Encore
Silver beaded Cinderella slippers at Encore
Yves Saint Laurent power heels at Encore
Red rain boots at Encore
A purse to match at Encore
Hot violet Coach wedges at Encore
Metallic blue midi dress at Encore
Lady in Red Nicole Miller dress at Encore
Little black dress at Encore
Sexy purple strapless dress at Encore
Hot pink Gucci scarf at Encore
Versace flowered scarf at Encore
Isabel De Pedro's leopard print jacket at Encore
Tangerine leather jacket at Encore
Marc Jacobs jacket at Encore
Yves Saint Laurent jacket at Encore
Sexy Armani suit at Encore
Armani jacket at Encore
Dolce Gabbana suit at Encore
Valentino tuxedo jacket at Encore
Couture Revival
Spring jacket at Couture Revival
Couture Revival
Sandals with a twist at Couture Revival
Self-portrait suit by Moschino at Couture Revival
Bronze metallic sandals at Couture Revival
Gold sandals with bling at Couture Revival
Alex in a very hot pink hat ($438) at Couture Revival
Cowboy boots with a flair at Couture Revival
Couture Revival
Transparent Chanel dress at Couture Revival
Gray dress shorts with rhinestone pockets at Couture Revival
Susie modeling her vintage necklace at Couture Revival
Cameo-style necklace at Couture Revival
Silver choker at Couture Revival
Art deco bracelet at Couture Revival
Jeweled bug pin at Couture Revival
Stellas
A view of the store at Stellas
Flowered shawl at Stellas
Short evening jacket at Stellas
Suede platform heels at Stellas
The perfect outfit for spring at Stellas
Prada bag at Stellas
what poppy wants
Colorful mannequins welcoming you to what poppy wants
This is out of sequence, but it is a very interesting red sueded skit at Stellas
Vintage afternoon tea dress at what poppy wants
Tangerine summer dress with a gold beaded purse at what poppy wants
Red polka dot midi dress hanging from the ceiling at what poppy wants
Slinky floral dress at what poppy wants
The best dressed cat at what poppy wants
Interesting black lace-up heels at what poppy wants
1950's purse at what poppy wants
Yves Saint Laurent heels at what poppy wants
Girl on the go at what poppy wants
Pearl evening purse at what poppy wants
Purses & pearls at what poppy wants
Little black Moschino dress at what poppy wants
Elegant dressing gown at what poppy wants
Boots with bows at what poppy wants
Cape top with satin trim at what poppy wants
Feathery evening jacket at what poppy wants
Herve Leger metallic cocktail dress at what poppy wants
Moschino jacket with pink bow at what poppy wants
Alex holding a baby Armani jacket at what poppy wants
Gucci jacket at what poppy wants
Vintage shoes & purses at what poppy wants
Gowns at what poppy wants
Gowns at what poppy wants
Red hat & shoes at what poppy wants
1950's-60's leather purse at what poppy wants
Shoes for summer parties at what poppy wants
1970's platform sandals at what poppy wants
Scarves for everyone's style at what poppy wants
Multi-colored faux leopard coat at what poppy wants
Artist hat at what poppy wants
Shopping at what poppy wants
what poppy wants
Spring coat with pink gloves at what poppy wants
Lacy cowgirl shirt and flowered hat at what poppy wants
