Exitazo en Flea World – Flea Market Barcelona
Thank you 6,000 times! Yes, those were the people who came to the last edition of Flea World on September 20 at the Museu Marítim. We couldn’t be happier. Furthermore, you have told us things like that you want to do it every month, that it has been a success and that you are looking forward to repeating it. Our hearts burst. It’s very cool to know that you also lived it with the same good vibes as us.
It is wonderful that many sellers responded to the survey so that we continue to improve. You have told us that you liked the communication with the participants and you have rated the organization of the stops with a 4.3 out of 5. We take note of everything. There were even times when there was a long queue outside because the market was too cool.
For me, the day started with me amazed by the space and how well the music sounded through the Pororoca sound system (my son started dancing as soon as he heard two notes together). I immersed myself for a long time among the vintage football shirts – I found one from when Guardiola played for Barça! – the legendary Polo jackets that everyone wore during my adolescence and the genderless clothes of Retrodye.
I spent a while at Lauren Coffey’s stall from Thrift For Palestine who didn’t stop selling all day and raised €1,788 with Tracksuit Bae. And what’s more, they won the award for best stop! I had many very nice pieces that flew: dresses, short Adidas sweatshirts, hats, skates and even boxes with everything at €5 and €3.
@laurennicolecoffey Wanted to say a huge thank you to all who donated & came down to support my Thrift for Palestine stall at the flea market yesterday 🇵🇸❤️ We raised an incredible €1788 after further donations today), all of which will be donated to help children in Gaza through @thepcrf Seeing such community and solidarity between people was so refreshing, a little bit of light through these dark times and proof that good people don’t give up & will continue to stand for what’s right ❤️ Special thanks to @TRACKSUITBAE for helping me with the stall and @Flea Market Barcelona for giving me the space to host 🫶🏼 Saoirse don Phailistín ☘️🇵🇸❤️ #Barcelona #fleamarket #secondhandclothingstore #freepalestine ♬ original sound – n 3^°7 !
I continued browsing and between stops I stopped to talk to Barbie Mitchell, who has a brand of polymer clay and resin accessories, Weirdhandmade in Barcelona. It started a year ago and Flea World was its first market. With good color, I fell in love at first sight (some of her earrings glow in the dark!). She told me that she chose us to start her sales because she has been on the other side for years, as a client. I almost always bought clothes, but the Flea was also the only place I could find… clip-on earrings. Yes ma’am. We not only have sustainability and local products, but also what you can’t find anywhere else. And your first experience as a salesperson? “Very cool, very funny.”
Nearby was Nicolás, who sells vintage clothing. But this edition was special for him because he was also debuting his own designs and models to test the public’s response. “My design is like altered clothing, like distress, torn and a bit of a mix,” he explained to me. And we could hardly talk anymore because dozens of people were hovering around their products like bees around flowers.
On the other side, as clients, I met María and her ten-year-old daughter Nora, who had just left a soccer game. Nora was wearing a pink Supersonic Barça shirt and was on the hunt for more. The best thing about Flea World is that we all fit in, despite the challenges of organizing such a mess. “It’s a huge gamble,” confesses the director, Mark Dix, “but we are very happy with the response from the public and we hope to be able to organize a third edition of Flea World next year.”
So stay tuned, because more will be coming soon.
In the end, I stayed for a while talking with Antonio Jiménez, from Distritoniwho was delighted with the Maritime Museum as a space. His small clothing brand has gone around the world with two skulls under the flower of the panot. Because Barcelona kills me. And because, as he himself says: “I have a vocation as a salesman and I like to suffer.” Suffering because he couldn’t escape to buy vinyl at the stalls next door because the customers weren’t missing a minute at his stop.
