Scene(spelled wrong on purpose) and Heard in Halifax-Vintage Edition.

Fashionable people(sorry Joel Plaskett) are everywhere in this fair city. Twenty-somethings decked head to toe in studded leather, girls in full on lolita(Lolita?) style, beat up con wearing indie kids, and most common of all urban hippies(note the colorful scarves and Northface gear) can be seen at anytime, and anywhere. I've been in the city for a few days now, and have mostly spent the time scouring the local vintage and thrift stores for deals and killer finds. Most of the used clothing stores are solid gold, but a few fall short. Below is a list of what I believe to be the most fun, and most affordable vintage nooks in the city.

#1. Elsies- This great gem of a store in easily my fave vintage place in the city. The store carries the always fun Orphanage clothing line(also found at The Green Man Vintage and Vinyl), a line that reworks old concert tees. They also sell organic local goat soaps that smell like heaven and might make you clean enough to get in. Easily the greatest thing about Elsies is the two dollar bargain bin. Scarves, shirts, dresses and shoes all float around in this old hope chest until some fashion savy but broke university student scoops them up. Check out Elsies on Queen Street.

#2. Allie's New Boutique- Located on Barrington street, this cool shop's best feature is it's owner. Allie Edgecomb is an aging, super fun, hippie type, whose personality lends a sense of comfortable lightness to the store. The boutique also sometimes features local hand crafted jewelery and textiles-always a good thing.

#3. Dressed in Time- I heart this store. First of all it's located next to Dio Mio just off Spring Garden road. Vintage shopping and tasty ice cream like treats is almost more than I can handle. Second of all, the store's excellent shoe collection is a delight for any chick with a shoe fetish. I saw lace up green booties, red square heeled pinup shoes, and perfectly worked in cowboy boots. Dressed in Time also seems to hire only the nicest and coolest staff who will go above and beyond in order to help out the customer.

Coming up...photos of fun fashionable Halifaxians