Vintage clothes shopping is a sport for lovers of nostalgia, sustainability and a bargain – and Tasmania has plenty of stacked second-hand stores to tackle. From op shops to retro havens to pre-loved designer fashion, here’s where to go digging for a throwback treasure.

Make like a Tasmanian, and support local next time you’re shopping for the small people in your life.

For a little-ish city at the bottom of the world, Launceston boasts more quality homewares and design stores per capita than most of its mainland counterparts. Here are the must-visit stores for your next northern shopping recce. 

Exclusively made in lutruwita/Tasmania or stocked at Tassie-owned stores around the island, share the local love this Christmas for $250 and under.

Exclusively made in lutruwita/Tasmania or stocked at Tassie-owned stores around the island, share the local love this Christmas for $150 and under.

Exclusively made in lutruwita/Tasmania or stocked at Tassie-owned stores around the island, share the local love this Christmas for $100 and under.

Exclusively made in lutruwita/Tasmania or stocked at Tassie-owned stores around the island, share the local love this Christmas for $50 and under.

Tasmania! Summer! Thought the words couldn’t co-exist? Think again. The temperatures are warming up (admittedly, only to an average somewhere around the high 20s) and Tasmanian limbs are coming out to play. Make like a heatwave and sizzle in these summer fashion pieces.

Tasmania! Summer! Thought the words couldn’t co-exist? Think again. The temperatures are warming up (admittedly, only to an average somewhere around the high 20s) and Tasmanian limbs are coming out to play. Make like a heatwave and sizzle in these summer fashion pieces.

Every month, Art & Design Sub-Editor Elliott Nimmo brings his round-up of the artists and designers to watch (and invest in) in lutruwita/Tasmania right now. Here’s what’s hot in September.

The transition from Tasmanian Winter to Tasmanian Spring is subtle, but gratefully embraced by locals emerging from the cooler days.

The transition from Tasmanian Winter to Tasmanian Spring is subtle, but gratefully embraced by locals emerging from the cooler days.

Every month, Art & Design Sub-Editor Elliott Nimmo brings his round-up of the artists and designers to watch (and invest in) in lutruwita/Tasmania right now. Here’s what’s hot in August.

Every month, Art & Design Sub-Editor Elliott Nimmo brings his round-up of the artists and designers to watch (and invest in) in lutruwita/Tasmania right now. Here’s what's hot in July.

Winter in Tasmania is cold. Really cold. Here’s how to dress for it.

Winter in Tasmania is cold. Really cold. Here’s how to dress for it.