Cassie Mercantile
While some vintage stores are bailing out, others are doing perfectly fine, thank you very much.
The sublime but secretive Cassie Mercantile is a vintage clothing dealership with a showroom in genteel Holland Park. Owner Graham Cassie is a shy Scot who spends his days sourcing post-war Americana, love-worn army surplus and the odd spool of vintage haberdashery trim on his travels around the globe. He sells to upper-end designers on the lookout for inspiration as well as scooping up the perfect beat-up suitcases and just-threadbare-enough old flags to fashion into Japanese shop window displays.
On my recent visit he wouldn’t let me get too snap-happy (frankly, he doesn’t need the publicity) but allowed these gems. Clearly, there’s some mileage in vintage threads yet.
29 May, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Hmmm…. another London vintage stable secret…. gah….
29 May, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
oooh love the number 12 shirt. it would be so cute worn with a little denim skirt and wooden platforms.
30 May, 2008 @ 1:49 am
nice pumps. i’m curious if the look would be a tad too eccentric with some neon yellow stockings.