Yesterday was an amazing day in Copenhagen! I went early, stayed late, and the whole day focused on two of my favorite things… vintage shops and shoes!!!
I didn’t actually buy anything, but I did see some lovely things…
A pink Valantino suit with black polka dots, which was love at first sight, but honestly, where would I ever wear such a thing?
Then there was a vintage Birkin bag… I covet The Birkin, but accept that I’ll never own one. And besides, it was tan and if I were going to pay a king’s ransom for a handbag, I’d pick a sensible color like black or red. Not that tan isn’t sensible, but *yawn*.
One shop had a whole section of vintage wedding dresses, which were amazing, especially the flapper style one that was still in great condition.
There was also a silk Diane von Furstenberg dress that would’ve been a steal had it not been too big in the waist.
And a turquoise robe with beautifully decadent ruffles, worthy of Hollywood royalty, but alas, made for someone much taller than me :(
On the shoe front, there were of course Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos, but no matter how beautiful they are, Sex and the City sort of beat them to death and I refuse to succumb to product placement.
So the highlight of my day was the Christian Louboutin shop. It was like a shoe museum… or a church, but unfortunately, they were sold out of my size in everything I liked. They offered to waitlist me for a pair of black patent leather pumps, but I passed because I really, really wanted the red pointy-toe pumps and they didn’t have a waiting list for those, just a very long wait. Oh, how I long for those red soles! *sigh*
All of the shoes and vintage goodness reminded me of this photo:
Ann Fenech says
Interesting post! Where do you go vintage shopping in Copenhagen? Have just started living in Denmark but haven’t been to CPH yet
Sage says
Hi Ann,
There are a ton of vintage shops in Copenhagen, also online in DK. I was shopping mostly in the side streets around Strøget.
Here’s a list of some of the ones I visited on Saturday:
FN 92
Carmen
Times Up
The Second Way
Kitsch Bitch
There were more, but those are the ones I can remember.
~ Sage