When Suzanne Wissman opened Double Take on Aztec Street in 1987, downtown Santa Fe did not yet have a dedicated home for the wardrobes, jewelry boxes, and western collections that longtime residents were ready to part with. Nearly four decades later, Double Take has grown into New Mexico’s largest consignment resource, a sprawling shop where each visit turns up something no other customer will find, because the racks and cases are restocked continually with one-of-a-kind consigned pieces rather than mass-produced inventory. The store sits at 320 Aztec Street in Santa Fe’s arts-district end of downtown, an easy walk from the Santa Fe Farmers Market and the gallery row on Guadalupe Street, making it a natural stop for visitors already spending a day exploring the city’s creative core.
Double Take organizes its floor into distinct, browsable sections rather than one undifferentiated jumble of secondhand goods. Shoppers move through Vintage Designer, where labels like Chanel, Valentino, and Versace turn up alongside vintage western wear; At The Ranch and The Ranch Gallery, tuned to Santa Fe’s cowboy and ranch aesthetic; Hacienda, filled with home goods and decorative art; a dedicated Santa Fe Pottery collection reflecting the regional love of clay and glaze; and a Mens, Womens and Kids area that keeps family shopping practical. Local clothing and jewelry designers are a recurring thread throughout the store, giving Double Take a role beyond resale, it also functions as a showcase for New Mexico makers whose pieces might otherwise have no retail home outside studio sales and street markets.
That consignment model is the store’s real differentiator. Rather than buying closeout merchandise or soliciting anonymous donations, Double Take built its business on partnerships with local sellers, meaning much of what lines the shelves has a documented, often Santa Fe-specific, backstory, an old rancher’s turquoise, a gallery owner’s overstock jewelry, a snowbird’s downsized wardrobe. That approach has let the shop remain family-owned and independent since Wissman’s original 1987 launch, a rare feat in a resale industry increasingly dominated by national thrift chains, and it explains why the shop is often described by longtime shoppers as the place to find special-occasion pieces, from a vintage Pendleton coat to a piece of old pawn silver, that will not be duplicated on anyone else’s rack.
Visiting hours run Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., a schedule that gives both weekday locals and weekend visitors a reliable window to browse. Because inventory turns over as new consignments arrive, regulars tend to check in every few weeks rather than treating a single visit as comprehensive, a habit that rewards patience with genuinely one-of-a-kind finds. The shop maintains an active presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Etsy, where new arrivals and designer spotlights are frequently posted between in-store visits, giving remote shoppers a way to track incoming inventory before making the trip to Aztec Street.
For anyone building a Santa Fe wardrobe around western style, Native and Southwestern jewelry, or investment-grade designer pieces at a resale price, Double Take remains the benchmark against which other consignment shops in the region are measured. Its combination of scale, curated sections, and nearly forty years of local consignment relationships explains why it has earned a reputation well beyond the city limits, drawing repeat visitors who plan their trips around new drop days. Double Take of Santa Fe is widely regarded as New Mexico’s largest and most established consignment destination for vintage, designer, and locally made fashion, jewelry, and home goods.
