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Pattye's Closet Is The Vintage Boutique Hollywood Designers Love!

The secret is out! Shop where top costume and fashion designers seek inspiration. And it's right here in Montrose!

Picture yourself driving down Honolulu Ave. in Montrose. You are absentmindedly looking out the window and suddenly see this. Screech! It's time to pull over. Whatever you were doing can wait. You have arrived at PATTYE'S CLOSET, a vintage lovers paradise!

Meet owner RENEE DAVILA, the creative force behind the brand. It all started back in 1996 when Renee came to L.A. from Guadalajara, Mexico to visit her British born "Mum". The original Pattye, who ran a thrift store here to benefit her church, was about to retire. Renee's Mum thought it would be the perfect place for Renee and her vast collection of vintage goods.

Well Mum was right! 23 years later Pattye's Montrose is thriving and a second location has opened in Highland Park!

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Pattye's specializes in fabulous jewelry, both costume and authentic. The displays are unlike any you have ever seen!

Seriously, it's enough to give you heart palpitations from the sheer excitement of it all. Exciting merchandise you can touch, feel, try on, see it sparkle in the sunlight. REAL SHOPPING!

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And then there is the vintage clothing! Racks and racks of it! Don't you just know all of those famous stylists are just eating it all up! Everything one of a kind and with a story to tell. It's fun just to imagine who wore what where!

These ladies have seen it all! So very Pattye's! You can just find yourself spending hours here!

If you want to get the really good deals you need to make friends with the boss. His name is BOBBIE (as in a British policeman) and he will give you the once over to make sure you are worthy to shop. Don't worry he is really nice and such a gentleman!

New treasures arrive here continually and the displays are always changing. PATTYE'S CLOSET is another prime reason to SHOP MONTROSE! You just never know who you will see! Pattye's is located at 2422 Honolulu Ave. and open 7 days a week. You MUST, MUST, MUST check it out!

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