Rag Trade – Eclectic Markets

Overview

You've gotta love a garage sale brimming with great goodies for unbelievable prices. And the creators of Rag Trade feel the same way. Matilda and Lil, friends who both previously had stalls at the Camberwell market and collectively ran the Carlton Eclectic Vintage & Design Market for one year, decided to start Rag Trade to essentially re-create the Camberwell market in the city of Melbourne.

Held on the first Saturday of every month from noon-5pm at the Clyde Hotel, Rag Trade brings together drinking, music and a little bit of treasure hunting, and who doesn’t want to spend a Saturday doing all three of those things? Stalls feature a wide variety of vintage clothing from the '50s-'80s as well as the wares of local emerging Melbourne designers. With the new beer garden and lounge that was finished in early 2013, the Clyde has become the perfect spot for a market.

Rag Trade is on at the Clyde Hotel on the first Saturday of every month. You can also check it out on the third Saturday of every month at 1000 £ Bend.