The $20 Closet: 11 Best Thrift Stores in LA

A newer Lincoln Heights favorite that curates its secondhand racks with a sharp eye - denim, tees, and worn-in vintage priced for actual people, not resellers. It reads more like a small boutique than a bin dive, which makes it an easy place to find a whole look without a treasure-hunt headache.

The dependable buy-sell-trade chain that anchors any LA thrift crawl. Racks lean toward current, wearable styles with a steady vintage undercurrent, and because it pays cash or store credit for what walks in the door, the turnover is fast. Dig the sale racks and you'll clear the $20 bar without trying hard.

Billed as a thrift-meets-consignment boutique, Westwood's TROVE mixes everyday secondhand with the occasional designer label - think the kind of rack where a Madewell or Dr. Martens find turns up next to a $10 tee. The 'every style, any budget' pitch holds up if you're willing to sift.

The La Brea institution whose weekday racks are a solid vintage dig on their own - but the real event is the Sunday $1 sale, when the parking lot fills with bagged bundles that get sliced open and swarmed. It's competitive, a little chaotic, and the single cheapest way to reload a closet in this city.

Formerly known as NCJW|LA's Council Thrift Shops, the operation now runs under the tidier 'The Council Shop' banner across a spread of LA locations, from Fairfax to Mar Vista to the Valley. Racks span clothing, housewares, and the occasional vintage gem, and profits fund the National Council of Jewish Women's programs for women. Prices stay firmly thrift-cheap.

A cavernous Lincoln Heights nonprofit thrift where the prices sit about as low as LA gets and the inventory sprawls from clothing into furniture and housewares. It's a dig - not curated - which is exactly why patient shoppers walk out with a $20 haul instead of a single $20 shirt.

Pitched as LA's influencer-sourced thrift store, Detoure fills its Melrose racks with clothes pulled from creators' overflowing closets - which means trend-forward pieces and recognizable labels turning up secondhand. It's more curated boutique than bargain bin, but the sale racks keep it within reach of a $20 budget.

A Culver City nonprofit thrift with a genuinely community-first bent - shop sustainably, support local programs, and pay thrift prices while you're at it. The racks cover the everyday clothing-and-housewares spread, and the vibe is friendlier than most bin dives.

Don't let the name fool you - LA's premier curated flea now runs from a Downtown rooftop venue (Vintage Land), not Los Feliz, following a 2026 reopening. Weekends bring a couple hundred hand-picked vendors of vintage clothing, antiques, and artisan goods, plus food and music. Entry is free, so your whole budget goes to the racks.

Now on Burbank's Magnolia Blvd vintage row, Chance deals in recycled modern and vintage staples - tees, sweats, denim, and workwear, the wardrobe backbone you actually re-wear. Its Sunday sale drops select racks to $7 a piece, which is about as close to Jet Rag's energy as you'll get without the parking-lot scrum.

A curated buy-sell-trade chain where last season's brands hit the racks for a fraction of retail — denim, dresses, and jackets that skew 'current closet' more than deep vintage. Locations across LA make it the easy under-$20 stop when you want something wearable now rather than a treasure hunt.