Toulouse- Vintage

Toulouse is a small, walkable, flat city. Really, you shouldn't need to take the subway anywhere here. I spent two nights in Toulouse and you don't need more than half a day to see all of the vintage stores there. Most of the shops are eclectic, not very edited, and most of all- well priced. None of the shops are "nice" and you will have to dig a little, but there are treasures to be found. Many of the shops are located all nearby each other.

Backstage Vintage was praised pretty highly online. Personally, I found the style to be a little too "model off duty". 

Groucho Vintage has two different locations. I'm not totally clear how they're different, but I think this location(the one on Place de la Bourse) is the more inexpensive of the two.  

Enter Groucho. Women's is towards the front and men's towards the back. On your left you'll find the good stuff. The right is mainly old mom jeans and sports tee shirts from America. I like Groucho because there is a lot to look at. The racks are packed. Condition and quality may not be totally there, but things are cheap, and you can find something great if you're willing to hunt.

Many printed dresses from the 1960s and 1970s. 

A common theme in many French vintage shops- white cotton eyelet and lace. 

Another common theme- hundreds of mariènere tops in all colors and stripe patterns.

If you're in the market for a leather jacket... 

And here is what I got! I can never resist red white and blue, and I loved the print mixing, pockets, and puff sleeve on this little cotton dress. It reminds me a lot of something Red Valentino would do.  

Jet Rag was missing some of its sign when I was there. I would say their style was a little casual for me, and mostly based in denim and Hawaiian shirts. A bigger selection for men than women.

This is Groucho's second location. It is a huge shop, taking up two store fronts. The selection here is still inexpensive, and varies slightly from the other location, in that there are more dressy items and the quality is slightly better.  

A rack of many, many trench coats is located in the front of the shop. 

Want cashmere? You can find any color here. 

Again with the white cotton eyelet and lace shirts. Very French. 

A selection of printed bottoms. 

Here, there are dresses, mostly from the 1960s.  

I loved the tonal colors, draping, and folded roses, on this soft cocktail dress. 

Lots of pins for sale. 

Earrings too. 

Au Bonheur des Dames is in a slightly different location of town than all of the other vintage shops, but still is walkable. It is located in an area, nearby all of the high street chains, as well as the designer shops.

I liked that their selection was the most edited in Toulouse. They focus in on traditional white French lace and cotton eyelet, similar to what you can find at any brocante. Their product is in perfect condition, and there is a good amount to look through. Pricing might be slightly higher than some of the other shops, but you can find most under 100 euro. They also carry a small selection of colorful vintage clothing, as well as a large selection of home items. 

beautiful French white lace gloves. They're would be great even just to use as decoration. 

I like how the inset lace trim breaks up the larger scale lace in this table cloth. 

The mannequin outside their shop bears their initials. 

Stacks and stacks of beautiful table cloths. 

Clothing is mostly on two racks in the front on the right, and toward the back on either side.  

If you only have time to visit one vintage shop in Toulouse I would pick Au Bonheur des Dames! Their undeniably French aesthetic is pretty charming.