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HARBORS VINTAGE ABY GINGER KELLER • PHOTOS BY LAWRENCE TABUDLO
s the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Perhaps that’s the reason why searching high and low for second-hand clothing has become a
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favorite pastime for younger generations. In any case, there are a few options to go on these treasure hunts for antique apparel on O‘ahu, like at Harbors Vintage, which opened its second location in Royal Hawaiian Center last summer.
It’s owned and operated by Arik Ma, a self-pro- claimed lover of all things thrifting.
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1. Vintage 1999 Local Motion T-shirt ($30), Harbors Vintage Lei Tie Dye shorts ($50), Used Union 4 Guava shoes ($800) and Vintage Hawai‘i trucker hat ($25) Model: Brock Cunningham
2. Used Union 4 Guava shoes ($800)
3. Harbors Vintage Lei T-shirt ($40) and Harbors Vintage Lei Tye Dye shorts ($50) Model: Paige Ma
4. Harbors Vintage Arch T-shirt ($40) and vintage University of Hawai‘i jacket ($300)
5. Vintage Georgetown jacket ($100), lightly used Nike Dunk Georgetown shoes ($350), Braindead hat ($85) and Supreme shirt ($120)
6. Vintage ’80s Iowa hat ($35),
vintage Harley 3D Emblem T-shirt ($110) and Harbors Vintage Moon Collective shorts ($55)
7. Harbors Vintage ‘I Want My HV’ T-shirt ($40) and vintage Army liner ($40)
8. Vintage aloha shirt ($45)
9. ’90s Tweety T-shirt ($35),
vintage Jams World shorts ($60) and Harbors Vintage Lei hat ($40)
10. Vintage ’80s Iowa hat ($35)
“During my college days, there really wasn’t any stores catering to vintage style or secondhand clothing,” shares Ma, who opened the store’s
first location on South Beretania Street in
August 2019. “There were thrift stores offering the low end and consignment stores offering the higher end, but there wasn’t anything in the middle. We opened
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“I wanted to open a store I would shop at
myself. Seeing people resonate with the cloth- ing I was selling inspired me to open a store. I love meeting people and getting to know them. Clothing is a shared interest and something we can build the Harbors Vintage community upon.”
At either location, customers can peruse vin- tage pieces from the ’80s to early 2000s, includ- ing hot-ticket items like sneakers and streetwear clothing.
“You never know what you’re going to find,” says Ma. “You can find nostalgic items from the past or rare sneakers that sold out instantly when they dropped. The thrill of the hunt is the best part about shopping at Harbors Vintage.
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“Vintage clothing is unique and the likeliness
of someone wearing the same item as you is rare,”
he adds. “People want to stand out and express their individuality through clothing. Vintage clothing has a story, a history that we love to share with our customers. We love explaining what makes
our items so unique.”
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Harbors Vintage is located at 1253 S. Beretania St. and 1301 Kalākaua Ave. Ste. C117A.
On the other side of things, Harbors Vintage is a place where people can also sell or trade in their clothing. (Call 808-466- 9486 or direct message @harborsvintage on Instagram to set up an appointment.) Items/brands the store is currently on the lookout for are Jordan 1s, Nike Dunks, Bape, Supreme, Kaws, Fear of God, Essentials, vintage Hawai‘i-related shirts, Loo- ney Tunes, Disney, sports jerseys, vintage Levis, and vintage music, movie or TV show shirts.
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