Originally a Long Street, Cape Town shop and now an online business, Second Time Around has operated for approximately 45 years selling vintage and vintage-inspired dresses, blouses, skirts, bags, shoes and scarves.
Secondhand Rose, established in 1971, describes itself as the longest and oldest running second-hand ladies clothing shop in Cape Town. The shop at Shop 8, Grove on the Square, Warwick Street, Claremont, sells vintage clothing spanning the pre-1990s era alongside brands such as Country Road, Ferragamo, Fendi, Chanel, Gucci and Burberry.
Vintage Club is an online vintage furniture business in Cape Town's South Peninsula run by a husband-and-wife team of collectors, selling high-end vintage and collectible furniture from the 1940s to 1970s including mid-century modern and Scandinavian pieces. They clean, lightly restore and refinish each piece, and visits to the workshop are by appointment only.
Chandler House is Michael Chandler’s shop-gallery in an 18th-century Cape Georgian house on Church Street, bringing together South African art, ceramics, textiles, antiques and homeware. The adjoining Voorkamer Gallery hosts exhibitions by Cape artists, while Chandler’s upstairs studio produces commissioned ceramics, murals and prints.
Best for Art, ceramics, textiles, antiques and selected maker goods
Landskroon is a fifth-generation De Villiers family wine estate on the slopes of Paarl Mountain, known for its red and white wines, Blanc de Noir, and Cape Vintage port. Visitors buy and taste at the estate's cellar door, paired with cheese platters and vineyard views.
Trading since the early 1980s from the heritage Huguenot House on Loop Street, this family diamond house cuts and sets stones on the premises and keeps a deep case of antique and estate jewellery. Bench jewellers work in view, remodelling heirlooms and making engagement rings to order.
Unieke Antieke is one of South Africa's largest antiques and collectibles dealers, trading since 2003 from its premises at 171 Main Street in Paarl. It sells thousands of items, from die-cast models and coins to silverware and books, in-store, online, and through monthly no-reserve auctions.
Best for Antiques, collectibles, die-cast models, coins