Thrift with me! Secondhand & vintage shopping at the best spots in Toronto

[@cristinaph]

“Now that I look like a founding father “ 🤣 I almost choked lol

[@janitapanos240]

I shopped at the Toronto Vintage show a few weeks ago. It was my first time attending and I was amazed at the selection of high-quality pieces and how genuinely helpful and friendly the merchants were. Really happy with my purchases and the prices were decent.

[@lyuba881]

As a Ukrainian-Canadian living in Toronto, I loved this vid! I’ve heard of VSP but not the other two shops. Would love to see more content about second hand shopping in the city, and your commentary about thrift shopping tips. ❤

[@IDGAFBF]

I LOVED this video overall. Starting with your wavy hair, the makeup routine, that killer outfit you wore to go thrifting, and a beautiful minimal haul of the perfect boots ❤ you are very refreshing. Thank you for your content 💋

[@Surreal452]

"Now that we look like a founding father" 🤣🤣 I feel that whenever I wear a low pony

[@ola_klok]

So great to see that you explore Ukrainian brands, Christina! Greetings from Lviv, Ukraine :) I'm watching your videos here and listen to a podcast super regularly. Happy to share more of the exciting items from Ukrainian brands if you're interested.

[@SaligramS923]

Yes! More please! ❤ Thank you for this video! Have been wanting to find good thrift stores in Toronto for a while now. This is super helpful 😊

[@zoecupoftea1093]

Dear Christina! I am so happy I found your channel ❤ Hope one day after our victory you will visit Kyiv. We have such a great markets with madeinUkraine cloth and shoes and accessories )) Wish you all the luck with your videos 😊

[@victoriaverez9101]

Nice video! Hi from Kyiv👋 Here we like to mix thrifted clothes with our local designer pieces too!

[@alainebohnsak3558]

Another great video C❤ Vintage, secondhand, boutique, yard, garage, thrifting is the most fun. Yes! Please do more of these videos the next time you have an ingling. It’s all in the hunt that you find the “best” treasures❤

[@oliviamay614]

Aveda Curl Gelee is a must if you have fine waves/curls. They have a sample size too so you can try before you commit to a full size.

[@meghanmagowan2101]

Always down for more Toronto/Ontario vintage and consignment shopping!

[@soulieobelissevan]

This! …. Even if it’s virtual window shopping 😅❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I’m looking for ward to it already!

[@evemol10]

Love this video!! We need more like this!! ❤

[@soulieobelissevan]

Love how you do your beautiful and simple make up in a couple of mins ❤❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ my kind of tutorial 🙏✨

[@leonardosclassroom5954]

Really liked this video! Nice to see a thrifting video from a intentional shopper’s perspective.

[@mbar9833]

Great video, I live in Toronto and have great luck at VSP. I didn't know about the others and can't wait to check them out. Thanks!

[@jbar234]

Your founding father comment was hilarious!! A few years ago we visited Mount Rushmore and my son with autism very innocently, and very adamantly, pointed out that he was fairly convinced that the carving of George Washington was me! I guess I wear my hair in a low ponytail a lot 😂😂🤷‍♀️

[@mansoor3159]

Christina Love your back to back videos so so so much and you are the best and I wish you have a wonderful wonderful week ahead🥰♥️♥️

[@simransian9770]

I totally relate to the stress of trying to make a conscious purchase online. I'll spend months debating on my head to get it and sometimes when I decide to get it I still get disappointed. From making impulse purchases I guess I need to visit the other extreme of waiting and stressing for each purchase until I reach a happy medium.

[@rocioiribe5841]

i have those low top Frye harness boots in the low and high version and i love LOVE them so much!! but i deff wouldn't pay that much. you can find them second hand so easily.

[@marylhere]

I have collected Frye Harness boots for the past fifteen years….all eBay purchases. The new soles and heels on truly vintage boots costs a fortune so getting boots for $100 to 200 is a good price. I have never seen boots like this at the local GW or Savers. I say eBay etc will give you sizes that thrift stores do not. Just make sure you can see the front of the boots side by side. Have purchased a pair with mismatched stitching that only I notice….me and everyone approaching me. I have called out a seller who posted ten photos and then noticed the boots were removed.

[@gracemerrill2007]

Absolutely love the shopping videos!🎉

[@lonenugget4301]

Thank you so much! I'm going to Toronto in a month, and I now have these places on my list! Great boots!

[@Casscapri]

Loved this video!!! and the idea of buying good second hand pieces!!!

[@lindamartel-in4oi]

Luxury consignment is not my jam, but I enjoyed the video. I'd love to see a video on your best-thrifted bargains like those $20 Cdn boots from Value Village you mentioned.

[@lindagiardini5678]

More of these please! Loved it!!

[@erindocherty776]

Loved this video and Signe's thrifting in Copenhagen video. I'd love to see more of these!

[@marylhere]

I went to Toronto twenty years ago to vintage shop. Most of the shops had their goods at a vintage show.

[@TatianaTaninaNo1]

Omg, that trident necklace, the Bazhane coat (they're the best! ❤) Did you have it delivered to you? Love your content. Thanks for this video ❤️‍🔥

[@jeanniedanford]

yes more pls. love the boots

[@Dr.Sarcasm]

The leather jacket is 🔥 Despite owning more than one myself, I tend to gravitate looking at other ones in stores.

[@CathyHarbidge]

Great video, loved the thrifting trip!

[@despinastrongilos3977]

Cool video! I just go into thrifting but I don’t have much time to go in store… Which online thrifting stores do you recommend in Canada?

[@myname7303]

I wonder how you are going to style these boots for summer! I also have cowboy boots and was always hesitant to wear them during summer but I love cowboy boots and dress look 😊

[@sunshinesummer2024]

Thanks for the video! So fun. You asked for a curly hair cream recommendation and I have one for you. Seen hair products makes a curly cream and magic serum that are both great. My hair is much curlier than yours, but you may like it. Aveda’s Be Curly is also good. Best wishes!

[@lynettehutchinson2517]

So fun! Great choice on the boots:)

[@ptmartin5150]

Hi Christina, May I ask where you went for eyebrow micro-blading and what was the cost? thank you (I'm Emilia, just using my husband's account)

[@hopegoround]

Those boots are beautiful 😭

[@Tanya-wl3nl]

Love your nails and the make up 🎉

[@tempestgrey4629]

95% of my wardrobe is thrifted and I have found so many things that were perfect and on my list. Very weird how it works out for me. Especially since I’m not a common size and I have a long 33” inseam. I have scored so many perfect jeans and trousers many from the mens department. I love the thrill of the hunt and can spend hours doing it lol

[@tempestgrey4629]

Once I had dark denim “trouser jeans) I found a brand new ‘women’s” pair of dark blue trouser jeans (talls) in the men’s department lol. Still had tags on and fit my body perfectly. 🎉

[@rosej9686]

Loved tagging along with you, Christina! Does Jeff have a lot of patience when he's along on your thrifting adventures? 😊❤

[@Christinamychas]

Hahaha he only came with me for the coffee - I was solo for the rest! But he does! ❤️

[@Sorana44]

Great video I too was in looove with those Miu miu slingbacks and I’m 6.5 so it will fit me 😁. I love your channel though you are very young you have so much class and that’s ageless thanks for sharing and for let us learn with u. Greetings from Puerto Rico !

[@lizpearson343]

Awesome find with the boots!

[@lizasoliman723]

TEXTURE HAIR TIPS: - sleep with a bonnet = less frizz - limit shampooing, natural oils are your friend - rinse cold = smoothes cuticle, less frizz - detangle (gently) when wet or damp - leave in conditioner - "plop", wear a cotton t-shirt or pillowcase as a turban to absorb moisture without heat/blow dry = less frizz, allows the "locks" to "clump" - i then like to air dry, but no heat diffuser is ok too ✨

[@magdavallarino110]

I loved the green coat

[@corastauber7989]

I am happy you shared these places. Will check them out and please post more :)

[@cornishsunflower963]

Great video- would love to see a part 2 where you go to more charity shops ( I think you call them goodwill in Canada) where it’s very much hunting for well hidden gems, but prices tend to be very cheap due to the lack of curation. I recently found a carharrt jacket for £0.25 to give you an idea. Thanks Christina ☺️

[@diya-hn2wy]

we have value village in canada! i live in toronto and i don’t really find things for less than 5-10 dollars but that’s a good deal too

[@nisanur1124]

Me just discovering you're from Canada! SO cool. Luf your vids all the way from the Netherlands

[@shannong7556]

❤ the boots

[@arabellamagnolia3013]

Love this video

[@enns5366]

Did you not notice your mic was out while editing at 11:31 to 12:16? I would've loved to know what you said 😂

[@Christinamychas]

I can hear it! So weird! 😭

[@Vampwood]

founding father is making it to my list of self description hahah 🤣

[@laurielansue4131]

Curly products you ask? LUS brands!!! Founded in Toronto.

[@carmenlheureux5435]

Love the boots! 👍

[@bastelkiste2242]

Toronto looks nice❤

[@hikariyamamoto8285]

Дуже дякую за використання у відео українського бренду. Love from Ukraine 💕

[@youssradriouch2665]

I like hiw you styled your hair in the beginning of the video

[@marisamosegaard]

MORE!!!!🎉🎉🎉😊

[@justinatheodora]

I don't consider going to high end consignment and curated vintage stores to be 'thrifting'. Thrifting is ALL about the hunt and finding the diamonds in the rough. It means you are willing to physically dig through sh** and not spend much money. I also don't consider shopping Poshmark or thredup to be thrifting. But then I've thrifted, hands on, for 60 years.

[@beautyamongashes8378]

To me it just means shopping for used goods at a second hand store. No one way is wrong♥️

[@DrDroog29]

I mean it’s cultural. Like in the rural south/US you have no choice but to sift through sh*t. But thrifting as a definition is literally just looking through secondhand and finding something you like and can use. People compiling secondhand items into a more interesting curated selection for people to buy is not any less ‘thrifting’ than a random goodwill. If a hypothetical community with a lot of cool taste and high dollar interests has a goodwill and they’re the only ones who drop items off there, does that make a shopper coming in and finding every item really cool not thrifting? Nah. The only thing that’s not thrifting is shopping new.

[@soulieobelissevan]

Aww… I feel ya! This was, though, my first time going virtual consignment shopping! 😅❤ 😇🔱🙏

[@arciev.743]

60 years ago they didn’t have Poshmark or THred up.

[@ferngully717]

​@@beautyamongashes8378 nah "thrifting" is thrift stores. Anything else is "second hand"

[@strangersontheinternet]

11:35 there’s no sound 😢

[@tammelas3438]

Excellent! See me furiously taking notes for future visits. My brothers partner, who lives in TO, isn’t into second hand so I never knew where to go shop when visiting. Side note: when you were describing a typical TO girl in athleisure wear in one of your recent podcasts you nailed her. I say that with much love, she’s awesome.

[@lesleytungate2629]

Consignment or curated shops are not thrift shops, I was expecting Good Will

[@sanetzwiegers564]

11:30... No sound😮...enjoyed video anyway😊

[@Christinamychas]

It’s working for me! Weird!

[@777sjp777]

Having the same issue. Music is there but dialogue is very low and garbled.

[@makichannels1073]

Do you also curate your husband's closet? If so, show us. 😂 😊😊

[@rixsd123]

idk if it’s just me, but at 11 min your voice cuts out completely!

[@myrnaj4502]

❤❤❤

[@ayt1702]

Wait is that a Canadian accent you have? I thought the whole time you are from the UK 😂😂🤍

[@Christinamychas]

Haha I hear my Canadian accent so badly. Ask me to say “car” 😂

[@ayt1702]

@@Christinamychas it’s my fault haha English is not my mother tongue and I’m from a completely different country, so I can only distinguish between American accent and British and I was so sure you’re British hahaha I like your English a lot :)

[@earthmother4507]

I've never heard anyone refer to regular thrift shops as "punk rock". 🤨 I guess compared to luxury consignment stores I can see how it seems like that. Still, it's nice to see you shopping secondhand.

[@Lau3464l]

Toronto has thrift shops that are full to the brim of leather jackets, band tees, clothes with lots of hardware, items that would legitimately be considered like punk, 90s punk rock, etc. I think she’s referring specifically to those stores because it’s a specific pocket of the city with a bunch of shops like that all together