Eva Gentry Consignment

Eva has an extraordinary eye — you can trust that everything on the floor has been hand-​picked for quality. The store offers designer & alt-​designer clothes, shoes & bags for a fraction of what you would pay for them retail (Dries, Owens, Isabel Marant, Acne).
For a taste of what they have on offer (as well as heads up on sales), follow them on Instagram.
Some of the reviews here mention a snooty staff. I’ve never experienced that. I have found everyone to be courteous, friendly and respectful, engaged when I had questions, but otherwise leaving me to my own devices (which is the kind of service I prefer).
I’ve also worked with Eva in her closet-​cleaning, wardrobe upgrade service and for anyone who is thinking that they might need the same I say DO IT. She doesn’t mess around — the process was fun, yes, but also efficient. We did the closet-​cleaning, during which we chatted about what I liked, and where I was looking to stylistically go. Then she spent a day scouting stores & sending me pictures of things she found to see what I liked (and didn’t like). After that, we shopped together for 3 hours — and boom, just like that, I have a tight, beautiful perfect-​for-​me selection and a bunch of styling ideas using things I already have.
It seems like such a luxury to use a service like this but, honestly, I find that I am making better choices about what to put in my (wonderfully airy) closet (read: fewer expensively suspect decisions). If there is something I have a question about, I text a picture to Eva and she send me back her thoughts.
I can’t recommend Eva & the store highly enough.

This is my favorite store in the area! They have a great, well curated selection of unique pieces. The staff are friendly and helpful and it’s usually not particularly crowded so you can peruse without having to elbow past anyone else. Love love love!

Great merchandise and professional staff. You can find amazing clothes at competitive prices. I have bought and sold a number of items here. *Michele is awesome* and will go out of her way to help. You could spend an hour checking out the racks and racks of clothes, shoes and bags. The store also has an Instagram that is useful for staying in the loop of new stuff that comes in all the time.
One star off because the checks for sold pieces can be slow and can take follow up.
If you haven’t been here you’re missing out.

I always have good luck here — great selection of gorgeous, timeless pieces by really interesting designers. Every time I’ve gone the selection has been added to and it’s meticulously displayed so the value of each piece is properly respected. I love it! Totally recommend it!

Really interesting designers and a large selection, lots of it unusual. I found a Rick Owens jacket for less than two hundred dollars, yay, plus there was Chloe, Demeulemeester, Balenciaga and Helmut Lang. Contrary to other reviewers I found the service helpful and friendly.

2 stars for name brand designers. Customer service nonexistent. Had about a dozen items in my hand standing right next to a group of girls that work there and they didn’t offer any help. Ironically they were talking about being in the fashion industry. I rather pay full price.

I had a horrible experience with this store, i purchased a pair of Christian Louboutins before i left i asked do you verify that all of your merchandise is real and not imitation and the rude sales girl condescendingly told me yes. I used to work in fashion so i took the shoes to a mutual friend at louboutin who verified to me they were in fact a fraud (bootlegg) i was incensed as if i wanted to wear fake designers then i would have just went to canal st but i assumed from this snooty run down shop that is supposedly so high end that i would get genuine items this was not the case and they informed me it was a sample sale item. which was laughable as ive worked in fashion for a while after college and i know what sample sale items look like they dont completely vary from the brand! totally disgusted with this store and their false representation of selling high in fashion when really its just canal st on atlantic ave.

If you want a pleasant, productive consignment experience — DO NOT GO HERE. Upon my first call to schedule an appointment I was given a date 3 weeks from then. Arriving at my duly scheduled time, i was made to wait and then told I would get pricing in 2 weeks, almost 4 weeks went by and when I called — they said «we’re really backed up» and that their system ‘had a melt down’. Hmmm, didn’t think you might inform your customers of this? So here I am — sunk almost eight weeks into this relationship and am no closer to having an item for sale. I only chose this location due to its proximity to my house. WILL NEVER, EVER sell through them again.

If you enjoy being treated like something stuck to the bottom of a fashion snob’s shoe — despite having spent thousands of dollars in this store — then this is the place for you! On the positive side, the selection is great. But for the hassle of getting here, and dealing with the attitude, why not go to one of the dozens of other shops where the selection is great?

The clothes are beautifully curated, high end designers. But I do wonder about their pricing. The very first time I went into the store I spotted a pair of gently used Jacqueline Schnabel for Calypso shoes selling for @ $ 200. The irony: I had purchased those very same shoes the year before for $ 50 at a Calypso end of season sample sale. Essentially, Consignment was selling the used item for full price when the very retailer who sold the line (as an exclusive no less) had already moved them out. So do your homework before purchasing… or you could be paying full price for used items.
As for the staff, quite honestly, you can walk into Bergdorf’s dressed in rags and you will be treated a thousand times better. It would almost be better to just have one person whose only responsibility was to manage the cash register and let customers manage on their own.

I like their shop for buying but not for selling. Their consignment is 40% for the seller. Most places are 50%. If you want a 50% split go to almost any shop in Manhattan.

I read the reviews and I still went. The staff are rude. I was the only person in the store and they spoke to me once-​or maybe I was dreaming? They definitely should not be in the business of selling anything since they were clearly not interested in selling clothes.
The clothes were pretty nice. They appeared as though they came from some wealthy woman’s closet 3 years ago. They were mostly timeless pieces but there were definitely some dated items.
The shoes were the best part of the store. I actually liked a nice pair of designer shoes but decided not to purchase them since the staff were too busy helping themselves to an attitude rather than helping me. I left. I might come back but I definitely won’t make a strong effort to.

First off I heard about this place before but never found any real time to go. However, this weekend I stop by and yes the merchandise is A+. No doubt about it and stage nicely in the store as well. It really has great vintage designer selections, especially handbags and shoes.
However, as everyone has said if your on a budget this place is not for. Also, if you like a little customer service with the price you paying, this is not for you either.
The Handbags & Shoes are the bees kness:)

I can’t remember ever having a worse customer experience than I had at this place. The rude, snooty behavior of the employees towards someone who bought an expensive piece astounds me. I’ll never go back.

My review is based on the staff. Everything everyone else has said about the products is accurate: well-​curated, but expensive, collection. My rating of one star is for the outrageously rude staff and unpleasant experience being a shopper here. Haughty doesn’t even begin to describe it. One might expect this sort of attitude at a top-​of-​the-​line Manhattan boutique. But at a consignment shop? In Brooklyn? Really?

Staff can be a little standoffish at times but who cares, I need shoes, not friends. I try to come here often since the selection is always changing and oftentimes there are actually size 5 shoes that actually fit me. For example, today I tried on Costume Nationals — perfect fit, great condition, just not exactly my style. Also, Jimmy Choos. Same story.
In other news, top find of my many visits here was a HOT vintage lined long navy burberry trench for a steal-​ish. Prices are reasonable considering the original price of items; definitely comprable to E. Village consignment shops.
Pro tip: First go to the other Eva Gentry spot for heart palpitations (the fashion! the prices! the scoffing sales-​folk!) and then head over to the consignment shop for a more down to Earth adventure in luxury. Good luck!

I passed by this store thinking it was just another boutique but then I noticed the designer shoes on the window display and my heart nearly skipped a beat!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I barged into the store within seconds.
I saw shoes, purses, and clothes! My eyes were jumping all over the place. I think I almost passed out. I have been searching for a specific designer shoe in patent leather for months. Boy, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I actually saw them there — – in MY SIZE!!! They fit like a glove. They were barely used and priced $ 275ish. Consider this a TOTAL bargain… as the original price is well above $ 700+ (not including tax).
I think they get their «inventory» every season (have to call and confirm), so it’s not like those consignment shops that get stuff every day. However, I’m going to drop by every two weeks or so to check out the merchandise. I have my eye on several other things at the store.
My only regret? I really wish I could have found this place earlier. I am in LOVE with this consignment shop. There are so many great designer items for a good fraction of the original price. These are quality items that will last a very long time.
Oh yeah, shame on those writing mediocre reviews just because the prices are not within your range. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Just because you cannot afford something, it doesn’t mean it’s not good.
Overall, this place is a total gem!!! So if you’re into designer clothing, shoes, and purses, and NOT on a budget, this place is a must. Actually, don’t come. Stay away. You might buy something I may want to buy. Why I am evening writing this review. Oh lord.

–The selection is small but well-​chosen – a very good source of Marni especially.
–Unfortunately, I find it hard to find shoes in my (common) size 7. The shoe selection available was especially amazing for larger feet (39 – 41) when I visited the store… check it out either way, you might get lucky – they really have some fantastic stuff in stock.
–The staff members were very friendly and nice to me when I visited. They seemed pretty helpful to the other customers in the store as well.

Quite the hidden gem tucked away on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn. It took me forever to get there, but was worth every minute of the travel. The store houses the likes of Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Margiela, Helmut Lang, and Mister Marc Jacobs. The selection was incredible and I could have done some serious damage in there, but of course, as a college student, I resisted. I left with a beautiful Ann Demeulemeester silk dress and cool leather jacket from some downtown Los Angeles designer. Impressive selection, store was lovely, and the staff was typical NYC. For consignment pieces, Consignment by Eva Gentry boasts the best of the best. Worth the trip!

I have a love/​hate relationship with Consignment. I love the store. I hate the fact that, once there, I cannot shop to my heart’s content. I enter the store repeating the number on my bank account balance in my head, well knowing I have rent to pay, birthday gifts to purchase, plane tickets to reserve, etc… And then I see that 3.1 Philip Lim jacket I so desperately wanted last season but am much too poor to afford. Only now it’s 40% off. Who cares if it’s a size big and it’s still $ 300-​something with the markdown?! I usually walk out empty-​handed (and give myself a big pat on the back) but I am sure I’ll do some damage there soon enough.
Oh, one Actual complaint: watching the overly-​smug sales people silently judge my outfit is more than a tad irritating. It’s so «Pretty Woman» without the prostitution bit.