Buttons and Bows Resale and Consignment Store Coming to Downtown LA

Monique Aquino and Karen Marley

The Fashion District is getting a new neighbor and a pretty exciting one too. Buttons and Bows, a resale and consignment store is scheduled to open sometime in mid-March, early April. Its co-founders, Karen Marley, daughter of the legendary Bob Marley, and fashion blogger Monique Aquino, promise to bring only the best in designer and vintage goods. 

The store is a mortar and brick extension of Aquino’s eBay store and Buttons and Bows blog.

“We wanted to open our store in an area that wasn’t already saturated with resale and consignment stores,” said Aquino. “We realized there were no designer resources in downtown LA.”

Buttons & Bows aims to cater to the Fashion District audience offering services like drop off buying, where one can drop off clothes and pick up whatever the store isn’t buying the next day. They will also provide a mobile buying service within a 5-mile radius of downtown, meaning BBLA will come to you for a little closet therapy.

BBLA storefront at the SB Main Lofts.

What can you expect from BBLA?

• 37% cash back on resale (that’s 2% more than the 35% average) 
• 55% cash back on consignment (5-10% more than average)
• BBLA will donate your unwanted (if they can’t buy them from you and you don’t’ want them back) clothes to charity

Want to sell your old designer duds? Check out their spring buying guide and more at www.buttonsandbowsla.com!

Buttons and Bows
111 West 7th St., R11
SB Main Loft Building on Main Street between 6th and 7th