History
Sam Greenberg’s history is truly vintage itself! Sam’s father Benjamin arrived in London from Poland at the turn of the 20th century. A tailor in Warsaw, he had nothing on arriving & so began selling second hand clothing from a stall in the London’s famous Petticoat Lane market in the East End. From a young boy, Sam worked alongside his father, growing the business into a `rag yard` collecting & wholesaling used clothing & textiles. In 1935 he opened a shop selling men’s second hand tailored clothing in the East End’s Cable Street, above which the family lived. That shop closed in 1951, after which he concentrated on wholesale, supplying other shops & markets with quality second hand clothing. Imagine what vintage gems would have been amongst that lot! Still family owned, Sam Greenberg Vintage has returned to retail in recent years, carrying on the proud tradition of selling direct to the public an ever changing range of handpicked & carefully selected men and women’s vintage & retro clothing & accessories.
Sam Greenberg’s history is truly vintage itself! Sam’s father Benjamin arrived in London from Poland at the turn of the 20th century. A tailor in Warsaw, he had nothing on arriving & so began selling second hand clothing from a stall in the London’s famous Petticoat Lane market in the East End. From a young boy, Sam worked alongside his father, growing the business into a `rag yard` collecting & wholesaling used clothing & textiles. In 1935 he opened a shop selling men’s second hand tailored clothing in the East End’s Cable Street, above which the family lived. That shop closed in 1951, after which he concentrated on wholesale, supplying other shops & markets with quality second hand clothing. Imagine what vintage gems would have been amongst that lot! Still family owned, Sam Greenberg Vintage has returned to retail in recent years, carrying on the proud tradition of selling direct to the public an ever changing range of handpicked & carefully selected men and women’s vintage & retro clothing & accessories.
Our store in Kingly Court, just off
Carnaby Street in London’s West End,
even has some vintage fixtures &
fittings from the old Cable Street shop. We are currently looking for a new location to replace our recently closed Brick Lane store, so watch this space!
