About Us

 “. . . I am so happy that Viva Vintage has a website! I used to frequent the Evanston location when I was in college. Four years and thousands of miles later, I've never found another vintage clothing store that compares. Thanks again!"

B. Myers, Japan

 
We have enjoyed more than a decade of providing our customers with meticulously selected, inspected, cleaned and well-priced vintage clothing and accessories.

Viva Vintage Clothing began as a vintage boutique located just north of Chicago, in Evanston, Illinois. We opened our doors on the "North Shore" in 1997, and continued to sell vintage items to our customers there until 2007, when we closed the doors at that bricks-and-mortar location and made the move to our website. Now we can share our love of vintage with all of you, wherever you are!

We also have a new option for our local (and visiting) customers: our vintage showroom located at 4222 N. Ravenswood in Chicago.  The showroom will be open by appointment only, for customers to try on items from the website and browse the rest of our vintage collection.  Come and visit us--with a group or by yourself--with specific requests, or just to have a look around and see what's new!  You can send us an email or call us at (847) 475-5025 to schedule an appointment.

Our clothing and accessories have been seen in several Hollywood films and in  Chicago-area productions at the Goodman, Steppenwolf and many other theaters.

          photo 1: A. E. Mayberry                                                           photos 2 & 3: Lizz Sisson

Announcing our new hours: Starting on Feb. 3rd, our Chicago showroom, located at 4222 N. Ravenswood, will be open to the public on Fridays from 12 to 7PM. Of course, you can still visit us on other days/hours by appointment.

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