1Fashion finds…are endless at Victoria’s vintage, consignment and thrift shops! Find one of a kind items that speak to your style…at great prices!

GuitarS / Amps / Keyboards / PA SystemsDrum Kits / Brass & Strings and More!

DID YOU KNOW.... That Long & McQuade Buys& Sells Used Instruments?

3 month warranty on all used items. Trade-ins also accepted.

756 Hillside Ave., 250.384.3622 www.long-mcquade.com756 Hillside Ave., 250.384.3622 www.long-mcquade.com

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New & Consigned Clothing, Shoes, Purses & Jewelry for the Fashion Savvy Woman

We carry Armani to Zara in sizes 0 - 18.Shoes, sandals & boots from sizes 6.5 - 11.

Purses, totes, hobos & clutches.Designer bags from

Burberry, Coach & Prada.

www.alamode2009.com1507 Wilmot Place (Oak Bay Village)

250.592.1116

w & Consigned Clothing Shoes Purses & Jewelry for the Fashion Savvy Woman

A LA MODE...of the fashion

RENOVATION SALEAugust 20 - September 3, 2011Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

Closed for renovations Sept. 4. Re-open Sept. 12 at 10:00 am

A Passion for FashionSimply fabulous clothes, accessories and

shoes for the entire family!

You can clean out your closet and then choose a few "new to you" pieces!

Clothesline Clothing Consignment Boutique4452 West Saanich RoadIn the heart of the Royal Oak Shopping Centre

250.479.0800www.consignclothesline.ca

Open Monday - Saturday 9:30 - 6:00 pm • Sunday 10:00 - 4:00 pm

1029 COOK STREET 250-382-8849

Quality women’s consignment clothing and accessories.

Designer labels and a wide variety of styles and sizes.

Inquire about private sales and fashion counselling.

Now open 7 days a week.

the Velvet Crease

the Velvet Crease

2Price, personality, and pizzazz!

That’s Victoria’s vintage, consignment and thrift shops.Go “rummaging” today. You never know what you’ll find.

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144-911 Yates Street in the London Drug complex 250 . 389 . 67891316 Douglas Street between Yates & Johnson 250 . 389 . 6788

RICH RAGSServing the shoppers of Victoria and abroad for 14 years

Offers a wonderful choice of both new and gently used clothing and accessories

THE UNIQUE. THE ORIGINAL. THE ABOVE AVERAGE.

Together RICH RAGS has 2900 square feet of high quality fashions with a wide selection

for almost every requirement.

Our Yates Street location features the best of the

best in ladies fashions and accessories & includes all sizes from petite to plus.

Our Douglas Street location includes all that the Yates store has AND also caters to the MALE shopper as

well. We strive to provide the fi nest in fashions for

everyone & make the consignment experience

worth repeating again and again.

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Our store has been in business for 11 years and our sales grow each and every year! We carry a wide range of furniture and accessories, including Mid-century modern, country,

vintage, antique and new. Our furniture is cleaned and repaired to the best of our abilities, so that our customers don’t have to do anything but enjoy their pieces when they get home. Our furniture is priced to sell quickly, as we work on turnover, with new stock arriving daily. We are open seven days a week, year round. Our staff is fantastic, bringing many people back daily!! Please check our website for any additional info, charmaines.org, facebook at pastandpresent@shaw.ca and twitter at charmainesVic.

ur store has been in business for 11 years and our sales grow

Charmaine’sPast & Present

Charmaine’s Past & Present • 1083 Fort St., Victoria • 250- 382- 1083

Gordie’s Music

1519 Pandora Ave. VictoriaOpen Tues. - Sat. 10:30-5:30

info@gordiesmusic.com • 250.995.2012

OVE

R 25,

000 IN STOCKVinyl

Recordsstarting at99¢

Victoria’s Source for Vintage Guitars & Vinyl Records

New GearVintage Gear

Guitar &Bass Lessons

3Make a fashion statement!Victoria has a great selection of vintage, consignment and thrift shops that specialize in making your look unique and even better, affordable.

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Feel free to

Visit all three WIN stores & collect three stamps, you will receive a $5.00 gift certificate at your last destination!

Environment

Local

Cooperation

Community

Empowerment

boost your fall wardrobe WIN Passport!with the

on CookWIN

on PandoraWIN

at Westside

No purchases necessary.Valid until September 30, 2011

Cut this ad out and use it as your passport!

Transforming Our Community, One Woman at a Time.

250-480-4006www.womeninneed.ca

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Transforming Our Community, One Woman at a Time.

Contact us at: 250-480-4006www.womeninneed.ca

WIN Resale Shops

When you shop at the WIN stores, you are contributing

to the transformation of women in our community. Plus, we have great quality

second-hand items at affordable prices in

beautifully laid out stores!

Three WIN Resale Shops1803 Cook Street

785 Pandora Avenue160-174 Wilson Street

250.385.8411www.fl owersvictoria.ca

Fine Floral Designs is a trendy premiere fl oral boutique located in the heart of James Bay.The fl oral studio provides beautiful lush fl ower bouquets & unique fl oral arrangements for individuals with discriminating taste & fl air for fl owers!

4Fashion detective?

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New Age Thrift • 1719 Quadra St, Victoria • 250-590-3532

What makes NEW AGE THRIFT different? New Age gathers all its inventory locally, we purchase our goods to make sure they are functional, practical and still

useful! We recycle what we can’t use! Whether it’s re-using, re-cycling or re-donating, we make sure to get by with minimal waste! We keep our cost low. We do our best to charge no more then 25% of regular retail cost! And we donate a percentage of our gross monthly sales to a different local charity each and every month! We would like to take this time to thank everybody in the community for their on-going support. We are a newly opened Thrift Store located in the North Park area at 1719 Quadra st. We appreciate all the support and to help show this we are offering a 50% off BLOWOUT SALE for all fashion for the entire month of August! Not interested in clothing? That’s all right! We have a large selection in our inventory of CD’s, DVD’s, PS3 Games, XBox360 Games, Home Decore, Kitchenware, Furniture, Electronics, Camping Gear or Toys! We’ve got something for everyone!

NewAgeTHRIFT

New Age Thrift!New Age Prices!New Age Items!

We Buy, Sell & Trade, Good Used & EstateFURNITURE & ACCESSORIES

MATES BEDwith 3 Drawers & Bookcase

Headboard $26995

Mattresses from $7995

QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS SALE $29900

SOLID WOOD 5 PC. KITCHEN DINETTE

BOOKCASES &COMPUTER DESKS from

SOFA BEDSFULL & QUEEN SIZE from

GLIDER, SWIVEL RICKER RECLINING CHAIR

OFFICE CHAIRS ASSORTED fromKENMORE UPRIGHT VAC CLEANERDANBY SMALL REFRIGERATORHUSQVARNA PUSH LAWN MOWER5 CU. WHEELBARROW

SOFAS, CHAIRSLOVESEATSGood Selection

2 Pc Suites from $4995

OAK ROUND PEDESTALDining Suite

5 Pieces $29995

w/ Leaf, Arrowback Chairs

LAZY-BOYReclining Sofa

$49995

VILAS MAPLE &ANDREW MALCOLM

BEDROOM FURNITURE

KING SIZEChiropractic Mattress Set

with Roller Frame, Pine Solid Wood Headboard& 2 x 2 Drawer Night Tables

BUY & SAVE9818 Fourth St., Sidney, B.C. Ph: 250-656-7612Mon - Sat 9 am - 5 pm buyandsave.ca

6/$99Kitchen Chairs

Many others

6K

MMattress Set Only

$29995

$49995

$15900

$4900

$19900

$1995

$1000

$3000

$9995

$6995

$2000

QUALITY USEDINSTRUMENTS

ACCESSORIES

REPAIRS

The Brass and Woodwind Shop sells quality used student, professional and vintage instruments. We also professionally repair all brass and woodwind instruments.

110 - 2605 BRIDGE STREET • VICTORIA BCTUES TO SAT 10AM - 5PM

250-388-4844

WWW.BRASSANDWOODWIND.CA

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