St Vincent De Paul Society

«Op Shop» is Aussie for Thrift Store (it’s short for opportunity shop if you were wondering). And although the St Vincent De Paul Op Shop– henceforth to be known as Vinnies– on Hall St Bondi is not as thrifty as some it has plenty of opportunity to pick up some designer threads and wicked CDs. (I know, I’m sorry, that was a total Dad joke).
You never know what you’ll find at Op Shops of course and that’s a big part of the fun, but there are certain locations that the elves that do the sorting send all the good stuff to (well that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!) and Hall St Vinnies is definitely one of them. They know their labels so you won’t find a Dior scarf in the $ 2 bin. But you will have found a Dior scarf at an Op Shop for 20 bucks and all proceeds go to charity, so you still win! Having said that, I once found a pair of genuine Gucci shades there for $ 10 so you never know your luck. It’s not all designer stuff though, they have the usual array of retro, average, hideous or trendy clothes mostly around the $ 7 — $ 12 mark and a decent collection of cool men’s t-​shirts.
Hall St Vinnies also seems to have an unending supply of fantastic CDs and decent books, maybe due to the amount of backpackers that spend enough time in the area to build up a collection and then have to offload it all when they’re heading home? I don’t question, I just appreciate.