1Dec 1, 2019
It’s Small Business Saturday and some of our fave sellers are hoping you’ll shop with them! Here are just a few of our vintage dealers and artisans on Etsy, so you can shop all month as well as on the 4th Sunday at our flea! Click the photos and business names to see more. Shop […]
2Jul 5, 2019
A round up of Ventura flea markets – yes, there are several! Our LA Flea Calendar features vintage events all over the huge Greater Los Angeles area, but usually no Ventura flea markets. Our flea market in Woodland Hills is in northern Los Angeles next to Calabasas and Agoura, the gateway to beautiful Ventura […]
3Feb 10, 2019
RG Canning’s famous Rose Bowl Flea Market is a flea market mecca! But do you know the other Pasadena flea market mecca? Pasadena City College Flea Market, aka PCC Flea, of course! Rose Bowl is an experience unto itself, but PCC gets our vote for mecca because of its: 400+ devoted vintage sellers famous […]
4Sep 9, 2017
I was so excited to see Topanga Vintage Market touted as a top source for vintage tableware in this great LA Daily News piece that I decided to mix and match my own eclectic settings. The Curated Table Is a Hit This Season Apparently mixing and matching patterns and services is a new thing (my grandmother might disagree!) […]
5Jul 10, 2017
So I found this piece about Haim’s fresh vintage vibe in the New York Times today and I was like yaaaas! When you’re cool enough to credit your parents for your vintage rock roots, you are a true Valley girl. Check out their new album, Something To Tell You. And don’t miss this video, which Variety says is “… the best […]
6Jan 7, 2017
I have witnessed many random acts of kindness at the flea market. There is often a kind of cub scout camaraderie among vendors, helping someone struggling to put up a tent, keeping an eye out for each other during busy times and bathroom breaks. And then there are the little magic moments when someone goes […]
7Dec 22, 2015
(published 2015 – but still full of good ideas) It’s Christmas time. Looking for fun things to do with family and friends? Here’s your list for Sunday! 1) Topanga Vintage Market at Pierce College, of course. Over 150 vintage vendors, artisans, live music by Katie Ferrara, and 4 great food trucks. Angeleno magazine calls it one of LA’s top 5 […]
8Sep 23, 2015
We have a lively instagram account @topanga_vintage_market and the other day I searched our hashtag #topangavintagemarket and found this sweet story about how our market helped start a dream business, in Oklahoma! It started with some seltzer bottles from our market… Borrowed Charm’s Lil Story We love knowing that our vendor Joe the Seltzer Guy’s bottles got […]
9Aug 7, 2015
here you can even buy an exquisite flying machine By Katherine Relf-Canas (I sell a line called “PH,” Preeti’s Handmades, playful felt hair clips & bands for girls with an emphasis on things that dwell in the garden and a nod to Preeti’s East Indian-origins. Some of the bows are upcycled from vintage saris! I thought TVM would be […]
10Oct 21, 2014
First of all, no fleas were hurt in the writing of this column. “Flog” is Australian for “sell hard”, as in the classic flea market barker of old. Nowadays we flea markteers don’t bark about our wares, we tweet about them. Very PC, and works much better. Well, sort of I think. I’m an old […]