Hold Up

Specialties

Hold Is a small vintage/​rocker clothing company that caters to the working class. Keeping you up to date with the newest trends in resale clothing but still at an affordable price unlike most of our competitors. We also buy your old clothing by the piece or by the pound. We believe in recycling and reusing as much as we can. Through it all, the Hold Up philosophy has remained the same. We sell vintage and rocker wear items at a price that most everyone can afford. There is no sticker shock at Hold Up. From the first, Hold Up has been an outlaw in the industry. We were told we would not make it at the prices we charge. They were wrong. Stop by and check us out some time soon.

History

Established in 2007.

Hold Up made its debut at First Thursday on South Congress in August 2007. Ben and Annette (Hold Up’s co-​founder and co-​owner at the time) rolled out a blanket with some belts, buckles, and a few other items on the hood of Ben’s ’65 cherry red Mustang. We received a positive response and sold a few things until the cops shut us down in true outlaw fashion. Not bad for a first night.

We then found one of our homes in the parking lot next St. Vincent de Paul during the monthly First Thursday event on South Congress in Austin. Deciding early on to be mobile and only sell at events instead of opening a brick and mortar store right off the get go, we focused our energy on adding other gigs.

We have been street vending for the past 6 years now and we just opened our first storefront. We look forward to being able to grow more in the next few years.

Meet the Business Owner

Ben K.

Business Owner

Primary founder and owner Ben Kazda loves clothes and being fashionable, but shopping at vintage stores was nearly always impossible. Working hard at working class jobs, Ben didn’t have the money to pay for $ 200 used boots or $ 75 vintage pearl snap shirts or $ 175 previously owned motorcycle jackets like you might find at vintage stores on South Congress or North Loop in Austin, Texas.

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