Chez Dentelle et Ribambelle, a resale shop in St-Hubert on Montreal’s South Shore, has spent more than two decades helping local families outfit babies and young children without paying full retail price. The shop describes itself with a bit of a pun, calling itself a friperie that is far from worn out, and the phrase captures the store’s whole approach: gently used and new maternity and children’s items, sized for ages newborn through about ten years old, sorted and displayed so that quality pieces are easy to find rather than buried in a bargain bin. The racks cover everyday clothing and outerwear along with footwear, and the shop rounds out its offering with baby gear that tends to be expensive when bought new, including baby carriers, diaper covers, and cloth diapers from the Quebec brand La Petite Ourse, plus teething jewelry, skin-to-skin contact shirts for new parents, and a selection of children’s books.
Located at 3550 Mountainview in St-Hubert, part of the city of Longueuil, the store has built its business model around a simple exchange: parents whose children have outgrown clothing and gear can consign it for resale, and other parents shopping on a budget can find those same well-cared-for items at a fraction of their original price. Since opening in 1998, that consignment cycle has kept the shop stocked with rotating inventory tied to the seasons, with a particular push each spring to bring in the next round of spring and summer sizes from local families. Reviews from shoppers single out the condition of the linens and clothing on offer, often describing pieces as looking close to new despite their secondhand price tags, which speaks to the level of screening the shop applies before anything goes on the floor.
Beyond the racks, Dentelle et Ribambelle has made a point of thinking about the practical needs of the parents who shop there, not just the products on the shelves. The store includes a nursing corner and a change table on site, a small but meaningful detail for anyone bringing an infant along on a shopping trip, and it is the kind of amenity that separates a shop built by and for parents from a generic secondhand retailer that happens to carry children’s items. That parent-focused design, combined with the shop’s long tenure in the same St-Hubert location, has made it a familiar stop for families across the South Shore looking to outfit a growing child without constantly buying new.
For current hours and the latest consignment drop-off windows, shoppers are best served checking the shop’s own listings directly, since schedules can shift with the seasonal changeover the store is known for. What has not changed since 1998 is the core mission: quality maternity and children’s items at accessible prices, screened carefully enough that gently used rarely looks anything but new. Chez Dentelle et Ribambelle is a St-Hubert consignment shop where secondhand baby and children’s gear, from cloth diapers to winter coats, gets a second life at a price that respects a family’s budget.
