On Davie Street in Vancouver’s West End, in the heart of the neighborhood known as Davie Village, The Only on Davie is the second Vancouver storefront of The Only Vintage, a rare and collectible sustainable fashion retailer built around pre-owned clothing and accessories. Where its sister location sits on Commercial Drive in Grandview-Woodland, this Davie Street shop plants the same curated vintage concept in one of the city’s densest, most walkable residential and nightlife strips, putting secondhand shopping within a short stroll of English Bay and the West End’s restaurants, patios, and late-evening foot traffic.
The store carries the same broad range of pre-owned pieces as its sister shop, including dresses, jackets and coats, denim, jumpsuits, pants, shirts and blouses, sweaters and sweatshirts, swimwear, t-shirts, and accessories, with plus-size options included in the mix rather than treated as an afterthought. Like the Commercial Drive location, The Only on Davie is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., a schedule long enough to catch both daytime browsers and the after-work and evening crowd that Davie Street is known for. A consignment program runs at this location too, giving West End residents a way to sell their own vintage finds directly into the neighborhood rather than shipping them off to an anonymous donation bin, and personal shopping appointments are available for customers who want guided help pulling a look together.
What sets this location apart within the small two-store family is its address inside Davie Village itself, long recognized as the social and cultural center of Vancouver’s LGBTQ2S+ community. A vintage shop here benefits from foot traffic tied to the neighborhood’s rainbow crosswalks, festivals, and dense strip of independent retail, giving The Only on Davie a distinct customer base and browsing rhythm compared with the more residential, cafe-lined stretch of Commercial Drive where the original store sits. The shop keeps the same rare and collectible positioning as its sibling location, curating vintage for lasting design appeal rather than simply stocking whatever comes through the door, while still leaning on the sustainability argument that underpins the whole business: every secondhand purchase here is one less garment manufactured new.
The Only Vintage brand ties both locations together online as well, running an e-commerce operation that ships internationally with multi-currency checkout and maintaining an active Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok presence under the handle the.only.shops, so shoppers can preview new consigned arrivals before making the trip to either storefront. For anyone exploring Davie Village’s shops between English Bay and downtown, The Only on Davie offers curated secondhand fashion in the heart of one of Vancouver’s most vibrant neighborhoods, open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for browsing, consigning, or simply people-watching along Davie Street. The Only on Davie brings rare, collectible vintage clothing to the center of Vancouver’s West End, seven days a week.
