Shopping tips Aix-En-Provence

Small objects and knick-knacks from all eras rub shoulders with antique or contemporary furniture: tables, chairs, armchairs, sofas and wardrobes, carpets; also silverware and beautiful crockery kept under lock and key in glass cases. In this Ali Baba's cave, each category is well arranged in its place on shelves or in a space dedicated to it, just like these period records, paintings and engravings, mirrors and old books. Occadeco also takes back furniture or objects that you no longer need, either for sale or for cash, after an estimate. An address where you have to come often to find the good deal that never stays on the shelf for long.

This clothing of the city centre is a good business. And the tiny window does not allow to suspect how much! Three pieces of thread and a basement invite you to farfouiller in a selection of parts of friperies, déstockages, series and clothes sold by individuals twice a year in a large fair, where the boss buys your clothes to a euro room. The person responsible is truly charming and very strict: all the pieces it presents are impeccable, washed, checked and in very good condition. A really smart address.

250 tons of linen collected, 35 approved jobs, an average of 70 people taken in per year, the FIBRE SOLIDAIRE is a social integration project that helps people get back on their feet while adding value to their clothing stock. Collected, but above all sorted and recycled, clothes, shoes, bags and objects are given a second life. You can bring your donations to the production centers in Venelles and Marseille, but you can also find other nuggets (such as a beautiful marquise dress!) at the 2 centers in Aix, rue de la Mule Noire and Encagnane, or in Gardanne, Vitrolles and Pertuis. A small gesture for the planet that feels good!

In an alley in the old part of Aix, between the Hôtel de Ville and the Place des Prêcheurs, the address is a meeting place for young and old, high school students and vintage lovers. Trendy and quirky, the store is all along and on three spaces, where you can find a lot of thrift and well classified articles. That said, we're here to find the rare pearl, the little Courrèges-style dress, the little retro sweater, the plaid kilt or the brand sweatshirt that we zapped a few years ago and that we'll happily update. We let ourselves be tempted by a fur (at this price!), astrakhan or fox collar, by the accessory that will boost a too classic outfit, scarf or handbag from the 1950s, sunglasses, boots or pumps. Some vintage decoration objects as well, Bakelite telephones, Polaroids, and 33 rpm vinyl records. Blow Up organizes dress-down sales or special bargain days, stay tuned via its Facebook page. On the other hand, Blow Up doesn't do yard sales, its suppliers are exclusively professionals. Stop by regularly, arrivals are frequent.