If you still think Hong Kong's vintage shopping scene is either about Milan Station - a chain of second-hand shops for luxury brands such as Hermes and Chanel - or the ghetto night markets of Kowloon - often managed and frequented by scavengers - it might be time to take a closer look.
In the past few years, a handful of shops offering well-chosen selections of vintage goods have been springing up across town. These gems are often hidden in hard-to-find locations with more affordable rents, which puts shoppers' enthusiasm to the test.
Luddite, the menswear shop that specialises in vintage military wear, leather goods and denim clothes imported from Europe and Japan, is so well concealed that you would probably have to call the shop and ask for directions on your first visit.
The boutique, owned by Rex Ko Tsz-hong, a fashion design alumni from Tokyo's prestigious Bunka Fashion College, sits amid a string of car repair shops and dai pai dong in Causeway Bay.
'The space used to be a warehouse. I want people to feel that sense of treasure hunting as they come and find us,' he says.
Equally hard to find is Midwest - one of the city's most enduring vintage shops. The shop has been in the same location in a Tin Hau industrial building since it opened in 1993.
Beatniks, a boutique that specialises in 1980s print dresses sourced from Japan, is tucked away in a back alley in Staunton Street in Central, while Microwave moved out of Causeway Bay last year and opened in the quiet yet hip Tai Hang area.