Are you looking for the best vintage clothing in Bristol? It’s a tough choice, with so many options, but we know where you can find it – right here in the Arcade! Sobey’s Vintage are our resident pharaohs of fashion – keeping a keen eye on the garments and patterns of yesteryear to provide you with the hottest vintage and reworked fashions in Bristol.
Based out of their generous double unit here in the Arcade, Sobey’s will immediately catch your eye with their stylised tattoo mannequins and perfectly-pitched window displays. Heading inside, you’ll be rewarded with an Aladdin’s Cave of retro and timeless wonders.
But Sobey’s are more than just another repository for vintage clothing. Anyone can trade in vintage clothes – but it takes real talent and hard work to provide Bristol with custom reworked clothes from what was there before. Sobeys’ close-knit team are always pouring effort into inventing sharp new looks from old fabrics, like trousers and back patches from old duvets, or flares out of old fabric cutoffs.
That means that Sobey’s are stocking super slick sartorial stuff that you can’t get anywhere else in Bristol – and is often limited stock at Sobey’s themselves, so keep those eyes peeled for the gems amongst gems.
The other great benefit of Sobey’s reworked pieces is the environmental benefit: the fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters worldwide, responsible for up to 10% of carbon emissions and up to 20% of wastewater pollution. Buying pre-owned and vintage clothing helps fight back against that – reusing clothes that might otherwise go to landfill, and reducing the need for new production.
Sobey’s reworked pieces take that philosophy a step further, using scraps and cutoffs destined for the trash heap to create whole new pieces, and squeezing every ounce of life out of the fabrics prodced around the world.
So, Sobey’s are stylish, smart – and environmentally conscientious. What more could you need? Come visit them today at The Arcade – or check out their social media for examples of what you could be getting in on.
