Every third Sunday of the month the cool hunters of LA flock to the Long Beach Antique Market at Veterans Stadium in search of treasure. Last Sunday my mother, sister and I joined the hundreds of designers, collectors and hipsters (oh, and 'regular people') in a quest for something unique.
my mother made a bee-line towards this cape!
There is nothing I enjoy more than being overwhelmed by "stuff" everywhere I look! Why is it so fun to lug heavy bags filled with new things I don't have room for, while my feet and back ache?
1) Everything Looks Better In Groups:
blankets
necklaces
antlers
Tupperware
beads
lights
pottery
2) The Oddities:
dolls
body parts
"sculpture"
dolls on Elvis-style furniture
3) Stylish People:
cowhide backpack
parasol
double mustache
futuristic wedgies
"Rosie The Riveter"-style headscarf
modern-day Southwest Cowboy/Cowgirl
messenger bags
orange hair
Countryfied Urbanites
my sister
Really regretting not taking the photo of Diane Keaton in her Annie Hall Time Travel outfit... Unfortunately I only enjoy imposing on non-celebrities!
I know this post has been a long time coming but I hope some of these images provided a little inspiration for the day! I promise to do a better job balancing work/life/pilates in the future so we can keep in touch...
26 comments:
oh wow, thanks for the tip. So wanna go there in June. And thanks for all the tips I can get on your blog. Can´t wait to be in LA soon. :)
Have a great day!
You're back! Good to see you show up in my google reader - I know I keep saying this but one day I WILL make the trek out west & go to these fleas! Xo Ayns.
I would love to shop there!!
LUXESSED
Thank's for your visit in my blog -(I don't speak english very well)
Beautiful pictures, love love love !
Thank's for your visit in my blog -(I don't speak english very well)
Beautiful pictures, love love love !
I absolutely LOVE flee markets! I could spend an entire day there, doing nothing but looking around and taking pictures... Aaah, love them <3
Love,
S
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looks like an amazing fair! I wish I could have shopped along with you and bought that white ceramic hand as well as some beads!
-NIco
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Looks like so much fun! (Those old lights, awesome.) We have the "rastro" here in Madrid, which in theory is like that, but it's really like that market's sadder poorer cousin, ha ha... Still, I do love to go and wander around, great way to spend a sunday morning. Thanks for stopping by and commenting,
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What an awesome market, and sometimes it is good to take a break :)
Um, I live in Long Beach...how had I not heard about this until now? Amazing, thanks for the heads-up!
this looks awesome!! vintage hunting is the best. as is people watching. although those dolls are creepy... ha
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Well.. I have to say that out of of the stylish people from this market.. your mother is the most stylish of all to me!!
So nice to get to see pics from sunny California. It is snowing madly here in Milan!
A huge kiss. xx
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Fantastic day! The people were as interesting as the booths!
Fabulous. Curious, are you a fashion blogger or a fashion writer?
I love going to flea markets and antique shops because there are so many unexpected treasures and most of the time at such low prices.
Oh I love your shoes by the way,
perfect for the day's activity.
Oh but those body parts and some of the dolls creep me out.
Wow !! you have had a funny day! Nice pics ..., great your mother's cardigan and the blue chairs!!
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Such a cool market, look at it!
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This look so cool!! I wish we had something like it here as well... I'm coming to the States in summer so your blog will be helpful when I'll be making plans what to see in LA. Bookmarked.;)
you can really find here everything!
Hi! Wow! realy great market!!!!
Like this place!!!
Angela Donava
love flea markets!
so many interesting things!
What a nice place. And what beautiful photos.
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I'll leave my link What a nice place. And what beautiful photos.
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you're making me miss California so much!!!
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that looks like MY kind of market! So many wonderful things - the old lights caught my attention.
Wow! These are fabulous! Would love to attend those kinds of market! Would probably go crazy! Haha!
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