Flashback
Category: Used, Vintage & Consignment [Edit]
Neighborhood: 78704 (South Austin)1805 S 1st St
Austin, TX 78704 (512) 445-6906
- Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
9 Reviews for Flashback
Vintage stores don't really work for me because they rarely carry my style (plain) or my size (full-figured) in clothes, so I never do my shopping there. However, I have found some cute earrings, purses and shoes at such places. But even then, I usually don't find anything I actually like. Flashback was no exception. Saw some cute stuff... western shirts, black heels, scarves, but nothing I'd wear.
Even though I walked out empty-handed, I still don't consider it a waste of time having gone. I found the place to be cute and the sales girl was nice.
I brought an out of town guest there who found a very cute western shirt for $16. We both thought that was a good deal.
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Have to agree with Ashley's review. I'm from Austin, and I've never bought a single thing (or for that matter had a good experience) in Flashback. I find their merchandise way too overpriced for what it is.
Still, if you are going for that retro-boho-hippie look combination, this will probably be one of your prime spots for goods.
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Was everyone else going to some different Flashback? Because this place is terrible!
It's so poorly lit I couldn't look though the dresses and yet again, HIDEOUS clothes.
Not a single thing I would wear.
There's a large collection but it's the same ugly stuff over and over. Not the cute 40s, but the 40s where people couldn't afford to care about fashion. The 80s where people looked like they were products of incest between twins...
Just, don't go. I guess sometime in the past four months this place has gone to shite.
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I don't have quite the patience to sort through this stuff for hours, like my sister always craves, but when she comes to visit, we go, and she loves it. Sometimes she hits it up while I'm at work so she can go nice and slow.
She falls in love with vintage clothes, books, crazy sunglasses. I can hang for maybe an hour, and for that hour, everything is really fun and like you're peeking into someone's grandmother's basement where everything is really cute and well-kept. Tulle for under your vintage dresses, the dresses themselves, cute wallets, even drinking glasses- they really have a wide, interesting assortment.
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This store is just stuff with vintage everything. It's a house, so all of the rooms are crammed with the finest bric-a-brac you'd find in somebody's house, if they had OCD (like they didn't throw anything away), great taste and a pension for vintage hats, shoes, clothing and accessories. Kitchen-ware, men's clothing and old records are also abundant here - which pleased my guy friend. In fact, this shop reminds me of Ahab Bowen (a vintage boutique in Dallas) big-time! Even one of the employees agreed.
I only bought a pair of flourescent yellow and clear plastic earrings from the '80s (imagine two long ice cubes stuck together) for a mere $10, but I'm definitely going back soon because 1) it's close to my house and 2) it's impossible to look at everything in one visit.
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After a day of vintage-clothes-hunting all over the South Congress/South 1st area, this was where I hit the jackpot. Where the other stores are too expensive, too costume-y, or too kitchsy, Flashback had a balance of all three that just...works.
Great options in style, sizing, and general atmosphere - and well priced!
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Whee! I love Flashback! I've bought an adorable nighty, a sweet retro purse and a classy throwback dress at this hip house. There are actually two locations now- one off of South First, and the original off of South Lamar. Check out either location for a blast to the past and find outfits your grandmother wore (when she was hip herself). Prices are reasonable for most items.
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I have bought enough things here over the years that I could probably show you my Flashback collection.
I've bought western shirts here, a Dallas Morning News published the day after Kennedy was shot, a Bruce Springsteen postcard announcing the "new album Born to Run", and many other cool and unique items. All of them have been priced fairly as well.
If you're into vintage, you'll love taking a field trip to Flashback.
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This place is so fun. It moved to bigger, better things...across the street but I'm sure it's still awesome. There are so many great vintage party dresses and slips. Man, everytime I go there I just want to try everything on and feel pretty.
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