V2V

Great store. Mix of laid back upscale items. Beautiful simplistic jewelry, lovely accessories, candles were fresh and nicely selected. Prices were fair for quality of clothing. Range of modern styles. I’ll be back :)

There is so much to enjoy about Kerrytown and V2V adds a nice splash of fashion to the mix. Aside from V2V’s unique array of clothing items, they also carry one-​of-​a-​kind jewelry. My wallet favors the ‘sale’ items and you can usually score a pretty good deal. I bought these coral-​like earings for only $ 7 (see photo).
V2V also specializes in scents and you can sniff your way to a candle which seems as if it was made just for you. They’ve also got oversized calendars which are vintage replicas of various themes like maps and birds. I haven’t seen these anywhere else. So even if you’re not fierce about their fashion, there are still plenty of interesting items which may spark your fancy.
P. S. If you are shopping with someone who is really having a blast and you just want to rest, there is outdoor seating right outside V2V (see photo) and a nice café across from that.

From my fiancée: I had a 12pm bridal appointment with my sister & a friend. I walked in & was promptly shown the bridal section, complete with bridesmaid dresses. The girl was just find, pulling dresses that looked interesting to me. However, when I went to try them on, the girl just walked away. She said she would get clips for me if I needed them & zip the dress if I needed help. Being a street size 2, it was pretty obvious I would need clips for a size 10 bridal dress, & struggling with a dress zipper was not my idea of a bridal experience. I put the dress on by myself & said «uh I think I need some clips.» The girl said «ok» but had me step out of the dressing room, completely unzipped to clip me in front of the doorway where strangers could walk by. I was completely horrified! Some of the zippers went down past my butt! That’s how my bridal experience pretty much was. I had my sister zip me & help with the dresses while the sales girl pretty much sat. She didn’t help me in or out of the dresses, didn’t know how much the dresses were, didn’t hang any of the dresses up after I was done. On top of that, at 12:45pm, the girl says «i hate to say it but theres only 5min left in the appt.» my reply was «i thought this was a 1 hour appt.» she says, «it is but i have an appt at 1pm.» There was no way I was going to purchase $ 2000 – 4000 on a dress after that experience.
There were quite a few bridesmaid dresses I was interested in, however, because of my experience, there is no way I would purchase them through V2V. I understand bridal is not their main focus but I expect a certain amount of help & not to be kicked out 15min before my appt is over. The manager will certainly be hearing about my experience.

Love this shop. Without fail I always go here to pick up something for my mom and aunt for Mother’s Day and find something lovely. Be it nice jewelry or some higher end beauty products like lotions, perfumes, etc. They also have some nice home décor touches like candles, diffusers, or lovely little decorative knick knacks.
For myself its easy to get lost perusing the racks for a lovely new frock or scarf. The prices are usually a little too steep for my wallet these days but I do think they have a great sale section and can usually find a nice statement piece there without breaking the bank every now and again. Definitely a good place to treat yo’ self if you want something fancy, too!
Staff varies from aloof to really friendly. I’ve never had anyone be rude or given me any grief but there have been times that I’ve felt like I was interrupting something. In the end though I always leave a little poorer but with some really great stuff!

V2V is in a very beautiful 2^nd floor space in Kerrytown and is definitely a lovely browsing experience. To be entirely honest, I haven’t spent too much time seriously perusing their racks and I have never purchased anything. (Except for one very important item! See below…) It’s a bit too pricey for my blood, but I did notice a pretty great sales rack once. That being said, the clothes are very nice, not at all dowdy for the most part and skew toward the 30s-​40s set.
However, one day I stopped in and noticed they had a bridal/​formal wear section in the back. I had just gotten engaged and had no idea what I was going to do about a dress, so I was intrigued. I looked through their samples and was very taken with the Siri line that they carry. I ended up finding a style that was perfect almost immediately! I called a little while later to make an appointment and they were able to get me in a couple hours from the time I called – this was in April.
The actual ordering process was easy for me because I knew the exact style that I wanted. The salesgirl, Megan, was super nice and informative and easy to work with. The lead time quoted to me for a Siri dress was 3 – 4 months which seems kind of insane, but the wedding was in October so I had plenty of time. This is important to know, though!
Maybe 6 – 8 weeks later I went in with my maid of honor who was then looking for a dress for her own wedding in December. She was much more open to different styles and didn’t have a concrete idea of what she wanted, so the saleswoman pulled a lot of different things and very patiently and helpfully led us through finding a great dress. She also was extremely informative about alterations and special requests that could be accommodated by different lines. My MOH found a dress she really loved and was told that someone would get back with her in a few days with a price quote.
Well…they just never got back to her. At all. She ended up calling them a couple weeks later and they said they had emailed and called Siri tons of times and hadn’t gotten any response. The woman she spoke with said she’d get «right back» to her and – again – never did. Really unprofessional on Siri’s part, but also on V2V’s. They totally lost a significant sale when my friend just threw up her hands and said «Forget it.» Also, I was told that my dress would be shipping in June. Well, June came and went, I never heard anything and had to call. Turns out Siri «ran out» of the fabric. Sheesh! Annoying, yes, but it would also have been nice to know about this.
I did eventually get my dress after V2V apologized very kindly and expedited the process with no cost to me. However, even with «expediting» the dress took over 4 months to get to me from start to finish. Yikes.
I can say, Traci and Megan were extremely kind, genuinely cared about my happiness and seemed to be doing their best to stay on top of my order. The general vibe I got, though, was that everything seemed pretty disorganized. I would not recommend this place for a bride if A.) you’re in any kind of time crunch or B.) you want the store to handle everything for you and you have no interest in following up with anything.
All in all, I am happy I went with V2V – nicest women ever and my dress is just beautiful, but they totally botched my friend’s experience – and after my glowing recommendation, too! Verdict: recommended with reservations.

I’ve been shopping at V-​2-​V since 1993… and during that time it’s been through a few permutations, and after the move to the larger space, I’ve hardly bought anything (I’m in my mid-​30s now…)
The clothing is, for the most part, a strange mixture of frumpy, linen-​bodybags, and annoyingly floppy, trendy, cutesy-​prints, or spandex-​Jersey stretchy crap. What is tailored, is very expensive and they are lacking is sizes — not much over a size 10, except for the aforementioned linen sack dresses. They have a nice selection of beautiful occasion dresses — but sometimes the trends are just wrong, and there won’t be a thing a regular person would be caught dead wearing. (I’m talking about pleating around the bust/​sack dress with a drop waist… truly hideous.)
It seems like the upstairs has the more pricey/​conservative lines — and the lower-​level carries more trendy/​boho/​weekender items. There is also a small, very expensive kids section on the lower-​level — the clothes are actually pretty cute if you can hold-​off going postal when your little darling colors her $ 200 frock with a marker.
What truly redeems V-​2-​V is their awesome housewares and toiletry items. Yum. Ever so often, they have great jewelry or handbags as well.

I love V2V! They carry a unique selection of trendy items from clothing to kitchen to home décor. While things seem a bit pricey, they are very on-​key with trends and «whats hot» which can often be a bit questionable off the beaten path from «high street» stores.
The staff was very helpful and seemed knowledgeable about any questions I had. I can’t wait to get my paycheck in the next few weeks so I can do some real shopping here. It’s a dream come true for someone looking to make some finishing touches to their wardrobe or decorating scheme. Love it!