Land of the Lost

out of business

I loved this place! Years and years ago, my brother and I would drive up from the southside JUST to visit Land of the Lost. Great selection of retro stuff. Clothes, furniture, books, albums, games, magazines, housewares… all really cool stuff. Definitely like walking into a land of lost kitsch.

Land of the Lost is super close to my place and I love it! They have some great stuff — I found an awesome vintage Michigan State shirt here once and a great child’s (small woman’s) Red Wings jersey — both receive a ton of compliments.
It’s a small shop and generally a little warm but it’s well curated and isn’t an overwhelming task to sort through their wares. Def. one of my favorite vintage shops in the city for fun and funky casual wear.

I live right next to this place and the name of the store is appropriate. From street view, most would be apprehensive about entering the store (from the cluttered window) and you may in fact, run the chance of getting lost inside. But the adventurous explorer within me said «GO IN».
I entered and was met with a cornucopia of «stuff»
Mainly old clothes and an abundance of leather boots and jackets. Retro dresses, vinyls, other knick knacks. It’s a cute place. Good for thrift shoppers.

This is one of my favorite vintage shops! Full of lots of treasures and not to huge which makes digging tolerable! Everyone there is always friendly and 90% of the time I walk out with awesome finds! I go here often! :) love it!

This place is really unique. There’s a really nice homely feel to it, and you’ll find all sorts of things here without having to sort through copious amounts of «junk» that plagues many other thrift stores. I bought a brand new Gap jacket, as well as a pair of new shoes for for less than half of their original prices. My favorite find so far has been a button-​up, western shirt with with boar heads and rifle prints all over it. Haha. They had a nice collection of vinyl records last time I went too, and I paid for them thinking I was getting a deal — until I realized I could have gotten them cheaper at Reckless Records. That is my only regret though. Every other aspect is A+, and the cashiers are very accommodating.

Wow… bought some really cool vintage tees here. My friend Maddie found an awesome jacket! I’ve already named it the Lady Gaga jacket. I think if she would have been shopping here she would have picked it out. It’s a vintage piece that fits the current trends to a tee. The good news is that its only $ 45.
Belmont Army aside, this place is tied with Clothes Optional for best shopping in the Lakeview area.

Oh Land of the Lost what a perfect name for you.
It is a cluster of old things your parents and grandparents had back in their day.
You can find some unique things that are inexpensive. I found a pair of sunglasses from the 70’s that I absolutely loved and for 5 bucks. Sadly they died like the rest of my glasses.
Lunchboxes, letter mans jackets, playboy and knick knacks of all kinds can be found here. The smell is pretty intense for me though. Almost like stepping into your grandmas outdated house that still has carpeting from the 50’s. Note to self: Christmas time pitch in to update grans place.
All in all neat shop.

This is Bono’s (from U2) favorite thrift store in Chicago. Must be good huh? Well it is! Check it out! Has quality dresses and accessories! And cool staff.

Based on some of the reviews, I was expecting some great things from this place. Instead, it was a bit of a clusterf*** of clothes and shoes that would never fit me, and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t care to wear most of them if they did. It was a lot smaller than I expected, and the selection was disappointing. The only thing I found that I liked was a Pocky tote bag (the stick biscuit things from Asian groceries), but that was overpriced for a used tote bag.: /

The word you’re looking for is cluttered. I felt quite suffocated while shifting though their stock. It felt more like I was in someones closet more than an actual store. I felt like there was more things on the floor that I was stepping over.
Next, there’s the selection. For a store of its size, I wasn’t going to expect much, but that’s not a good thing. There’s only a hand full of clothes to shift though and it’s shared with both male and female so you guys are looking at about 1 rack of shirts, and 1 rack of sweaters. Oh, and there’s pants… which I haven’t checked on for my own personal reasons. (When you’re a person of my size, thrift store NEVER have your pant size. Yeah, I’m pretty tiny.)
All and all I did happen to buy a shit (I know!) which did happen to be a band shirt of a band I do like. So, their place is full of possibilities.

I have to be honest: I didn’t actually buy anything from here because we were on our way to feed the meter. We saw «Land» open. I just had to go in and take a look. Picture a presorted thrift store with all the right clothes (old/​vintage, etc.) and accessories minus that infamous thrift store funk and kids running around everywhere and you’ve got «Land of the Lost»! I saw like 10 things that I wanted to buy (all $ 10 and less), but I had to try them on and the damn meter was on my mind. Needless to say, I’ll probably trek it up here this week and drop some cash on some awesome duds.

I like this thrift store. It’s cute and has a wide variety of stuff. I’d say it even has better deals than Hollywood Mirror, which is often marked up. It’s much like every thrift store, where you can have good days and bad, though.

Fabulous t-​shirt collection, and a lot of other great vintage finds, too. The shop is incredibly small, so it’s vital to look up, since a lot of the shop’s goods are actually above eye-​level on shelves, the walls, and even the ceiling.

I was looking for a fun and different Cubs shirt and saw some while passing by their windows. The store was pretty easy to look through because everything was organized by color. I found a sweet Cubs shirt and found an awesome Cards jersey for my friend. The staff was joking around with me that I must be confused. Very friendly, easy going shop and worth poking your head in.

Went in a few weeks ago for the first time. Wanted to buy some vintage Cubs gear for my son’s first game and get myself something.
The staff was very nice. I’ve been in vintage places that either ignore you or give you the «you’re too old» vibe. They helped me find myself a size and got some samples down out of the window for me as well.
Got a Cubs jersy and a little league cubs shirt for my son and it was only $ 35! Much better than buying swag outside of Wrigley.
Will go back soon… summers here!

This place is great! Not only did I get hipster attire to disguise my cougar age bracket, but I found $ 145 folded into an orgami flower in the interior pocket of a pair of polyester blend plaid quilted pants!
Based on the date of the bills– I can verify — this place sells vintage NOT knock-​offs. And there’s often a hot man in there with his ultra cute kids.
Cha– Ching! Rar!

My favorite vintage store in Chicago. SUPER tiny but packed full of cute stuff. The owner is super nice and once gave me a pair of sunglasses for free because I spent $ 100.
I used to be really into 50s cardigans and their selection here is AWESOME as is their men’s tshirts.
And I love the doll heads hanging from the ceiling.

Best re-​sale shop ever!!! Tons of re-​sale places in this neighborhood but this is the best. They don’t jack up the prices, they have the best quality of clothes, and its one of the smallest shops. Every time I visit I want to stop there.

I really like this place. It’s half clothing store/​half pop culture museum. From the Dukes of Hazzard lunchbox to the Appetite for Destruction t shirt, this place can take you back.
I’ve found some cool stuff back then in the style of «Where the hell did you find that?» It’s pretty cheap for what you’re getting too. The people working there have always seemed friendly and are open to talking about music, bands and whoever has played around there lately. I’ve even had a free shirt thrown in with my purchases on occasion.
It’s near DePaul so it gets the student crowd but it’s not your typical college clothing store, this is more like your cool older brother’s closet you explore the day he leaves for college.
One thing though, it can get really hot in there. I found out on some days they have a fire going on in the back. Not sure why that is but you may sweat a bit.