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Photos: Inside New Marketplace Arts District Flea in Downtown

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  • Cool (and affordable!) e-shop Shy Wilder's pop-up at Arts District Flea.
  • Shy Wilder stocks vintage, upcycled merch and stylish streetwear from a handful of local designers. They hope to make their Arts District Flea pop-up a regular thing&8212;cross your fingers!
  • The entrance to the Arts District Flea.
  • Flea market organizer Casey Dady tells us the a farmers market may potentially open across the street, which will bring more friendly neighborhood vibes to the Arts District.
  • Dady tells us this area will house more works by local artists.
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul thrift store will hold court at the weekly three-day flea market for the next several months.
  • Sustainable handmade eyewear from Long Beach-based Kahoy Kollection.
  • In addition to rolling into this week's inaugural Night Market in Studio City, mobile gift boutique
  • We fell in love with LA designer Lynn Bathke's printastic retro dresses at Treehaus' booth.
  • Recycled plastic handbags and carryalls.
  • DTLA-based men's brand OPNMRKT's Americana-inspired workwear, accessories and more.
  • More from OPNMRKT.
  • No LA flea market would be complete without a photo booth.
  • The community chalk wall.
  • A flea market with fitting rooms? YES.


Last week marked the second installment the Arts District Flea, DTLA's newest weekly shopping bazaar. Located in an exposed brick warehouse just one block west of healthy resto Urth Caffé, the three-day marketplace offered a handful of apparel, accessories, vintage and furniture vendors, with plenty more expected to join the buzzy new retail haunt's rotating lineup of local designers and indie boutiques.

Among the stylish standouts we spotted at the 15,000-square-foot space last Friday were home decor fave Society of St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, stylish streetwear e-tailer Shy Wilder, mobile shop Treehaus and Americana-inspired men's brand OPNMRKT. With a capacity for up to 60 vendors, the flea market is slated to host 15 anchor vendors on a regular basis, organizer Casey Dady tells us. So far, Society of St. Vincent de Paul has already signed on for a three-month stint, and Dady says he eventually hopes to turn the event into an after hours neighborhood block bash with DJs, live music and a food truck by this summer. Nice!

Arts District Flea is Friday through Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
· Arts District Flea [Official Site]
· Downtown's Arts District Scores Its Own Weekly Flea Market [Racked]

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