Om Diva

Hands down my absolute favourite shop in Dublin. Every time I go past there, I can’t help but walk in, and I never leave empty handed. First, there’s the new clothes. They change every 6 weeks or so and they have the prettiest, cutest, most unique outfits and you know you won’t see any other store selling them. They are all sold in small quantities so you really will stand out around town for your unique, adorable outfits bought there. Second, there’s the vintage collection. Extensive and some real gems there. Then, my favourite: the Jewelry. OMG the Jewelry! They have a mix of their own sourced stuff which is always exquisite, unique and reasonably priced. Then there’s the upstairs with Irish designer stuff — clothes and Jewlery. I almost always leave there with at least a ring or new earrings or barring that a pretty new dress or cutesy top or skirt. My favourite Irish designer there is Aliquo — have a few pieces of Jewlery now which I just love and have received SO many compliments on. And did I mention they have great accessories too?
Lastly, there’s the staff. Yes, Ireland is known for its friendliness, but the staff at Om Diva take the cake. They are just the loveliest, from the owner, to the retail staff to the designers who pop in now and then. All so lovely, helpful and because they are not pushy, you feel great leaving part of your paycheck with them.
As you can see, I spend a lot of time at this place and it’s worth it every time.

Ein MUSS für alle Shopping Queens, wenn sie in Dublin sind.
Eine Shopaholic-​Freundin von mir, die auch eine Bloggerin UND Unilocalerin ist, hat mich auf diesen Vintage-​Store aufmerksam gemacht. Wir hatten etwas Zeit bevor wir uns wieder auf den Weg zum Flughafen machen mussten und sie bestand darauf dass wir hier shoppen müssen. Also, auf geht’s, dachte ich.
Ich bin normalerweise etwas skeptisch mit Vintage-​Stores, da ich nicht sehr gerne Vintage Shopping mache. Ich habe leider Vorurteile, da die meisten Vintage Geschäfte irgendwie nicht mit ‘Liebe’ behandelt werden, in meiner Hinsicht. Man läuft rein und es gibt immer einen ‘ich wurde benutzt und nicht gewaschen’ Geruch. Bäh, da bleibe ich normalerweise nicht sehr lange und laufe schnell wieder raus. Aber als ich vor Om Diva stand, blieb mein Herz stehen. Das Geschäft sieht von außen aus wie ein Zuckerwatten-​Laden. Sehr, seeehr kitschig aber irgendwie sehr einladend und super süß!
Als ich reinlief merkte ich schon den Unterschied zwischen den Läden wo ich Vorurteile hatte. Alles ist sehr überschaubar, obwohl der Laden sehr klein und auf 3 Stockwerke verteilt ist. Die Kleider und Schmuckstücke sind sehr schön präsentiert, so dass man sich wie in einem wunderbaren Kleiderschrank-​Raum fühlt, so wie ein ‘walk-​in-​closet’.
Glitzernde, schimmernde, kunterbunte Teile… große Hüte und wunderbare Schmuckstücke…alte und neue Taschen! :)
Nicht alles ist hier Vintage, es gibt auch neue Sachen von Dublin Designern also ist es ein Misch-​Masch an allem.
Ich kam natürlich nicht mit offenen Händen raus und kaufte mir einen neuen Hut, zwei paar Ohrringe und eine Vintage Abendtasche! Win win!!!

Hach, ich liebe Vintage-​Stores über alles — vor allem solche, die wunderschön eingerichtet sind und gut duften, entzücken mich!
Diese wunderbare Boutique ist schon von aussen ein absolutes Zuckerlein, da sie rosa ist und ein unglaublich schönes Schaufenster hat.
Schon als ich das erste Mal in Dublin war, kam ich bei Om Diva nicht mehr aus dem Schwärmen — welch eine exzellente Auswahl an neuen und Vintage-​Sachen! :)
Der Laden überzeugt jedoch nicht nur mit dem Sortiment, nein, sondern auch mit der detailverliebten Dekoration und Aufmachung der Kleider, Taschen und des Schmucks. Überall hübsche Deko, Perlen-​Kleiderbügel und vieles mehr.
Die Sachen sind übrigens sehr gut erhalten und die Verkäuferinnen sind ein Traum! Sehr nett, hilfsbereit, hübsch, perfekt angezogen und gestylt — sie erinnern mich an meine Freundinnen und geben dem ganzen Ambiente noch einen tollen Touch zum Wohlfühlen und sich über Mode entzücken und unterhalten.
Definitiv mein liebster Shopping-​Stopp in Dublin und auch ganz bestimmt nicht der letzte. Seit kurzem haben sie auch einen Online-​Shop — huch, das wird wohl mein Ruin sein! :)
Dieses Mal schenkte ich mir zwei Perlen– und Pailletten besetzte Täschchen und ein Top mit Wasserfallrückenausschnitt.
Schaut euch die Fotos an, ihr werden den Laden lieben! :)

Vintage Laden für Bekleidung etc., nicht gerade preiswert.
Die nette Verkäuferin offerierte zu Beginn eine Art Tombola und ich zog ein Los mit 10% Rabatt. Die nächste Kundin hatte ein Los mit kauf 2 für 1 — nicht schlecht, wenn man fündig wird.
Es gibt ein paar nette Stücke, jedoch fand ich sie nach wie vor zu teuer: z.B. ein plissierter Rock für 60 €.
Im oberen Teil des Ladens gibt es Neuware, die ich aber nicht weiter interessant fand, da ich Naturmaterialien bevorzuge.

So it turns out I’ve been shopping in the wrong shops my entire life…
After reading Unilocal reviews I just HAD to experience this place for myself.
This shop is just filled with fab fab fab pieces, from vintage bridal wear (beautiful) to glitzy sequin jackets, floral silk blouses, gorgeous never been seen bags with beautiful little clips and straps and pure wool vibrant in colour hats.
I absolutely adore this place and I highly recommend everyone to check it out!!!
All affordable this is my new favourite find!

Om Diva: wonderful store run by an amazing lady who see’s & nurtures new talent… Keep up the good work

I just can’t keep myself away from this store, vintage shopping at its best! I have found some of the most beautiful, unique dresses and statement pieces here and the staff are such sweethearts. Be sure to sniff about upstairs for some wonderful Irish designer collections and in the basement for fabulous vintage dresses, bags and shoes

Om Diva is less a shop, more a pillar of the community. The clothes and especially the accessories are beautiful, yes, and, indeed, I have lost a good few hours in this store, not to mention euro; but what I love about this place is the ethos. Atelier 27, the upstairs bit, focuses on selling clothes from Irish designers. The money goes to the designer. That’s why when you buy something from this section you must pay in cash (at least last time I checked) and that’s then handed over to the designer.
The service here is near unbeatable. I saw a dress I really loved but it wasn’t in my size so Ruth, the owner, put me in touch with the designer, Shelly Voom, and Shelly agreed to alter the dress to fit me, charging only a nominal fee for doing so. Ruth let us use one of the upstairs rooms for the fitting.
My personal style has altered quite a bit since I first stepped into Om Diva and I don’t come out with purchases quite as often as I used to but that will never stop me from walking in most every time I pass. It’s a gem of a place in which to find a perfect little gem to wear.

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I like this place a lot. Like it so much I love it.
Why? Well, here’s the deal, it pretty much embodies everything I would want in a shop of my own. (Oh how I want a shop of my ooowwwnnn!!!)
— Great location — Drury St, just off Grafton St — actually on the outside of Georges Arcade
— Fab window displays — mucho enticing
— Upstairs; their own quirky clothes label. They look like those clothes in those random pretty little Asian shops, but not as tiny.
— Also, a great selection of fashion-​y shoes, bags, jewelry
— Downstairs; Vintage extravaganza. All neatly displayed and easily browsable
— Amazing merchandising — whoever does the visual merchandising for this place deserves a pat on the back — they have a great way of showing you how to mix and match random stuff in the shop for maximum effect
— Cute and comfortable dressing rooms, with vintage posters, lamps, and chairs
— Gorgeously unique décor throughout. (Check out the photos posted by Unilocalers!)
— Super friendly staff
— Excellent prices — most dresses are in around the 30 euro mark, although there is a sale in there at the moment, so lots more available for less.
— Super friendly staff
— Workshops! ‘How to Sew’ and other random classes!
All in all, a great spot to spend a bob or two, or just casually peruse!

Om Diva, my new find, my new love…
I was invited to a hen party at Om Diva on Saturday night. I’d seen the storefront, but had never thought to go inside. «Oh another vintage shop,» I thought, «whoopie…»
Whoopie indeed. This place is fantastic. I walked in and was immediately greeted by the owner. Usually, I find aggressive customer service to be offputting, but she was so welcoming, I felt very comfortable looking around and asking questions about the unique pieces surrounding me. The clothes are a blend between the international, the vintage, and the up-​cycled, but it’s the jewelry that got my attention. I love quirky jewelry, and the jewelry cases dotted around the shop were filled with high quality, funky pieces: a Twiggy brooch, a bracelet with diamanté mask detail, a necklace made of big, black, lacey heart beads. Lucky for me, the hen party was about to begin upstairs, so I didn’t have enough to time drool over the jewelry.
The owner took me upstairs, past rooms she described as studios for young, fledgling designers, and led me to the craft/​sewing room. This room is usually home to «Sip and Stitch» classes, which focus on teaching pupils how to revamp their wardrobes and up-​cycle their clothes, while teaching the basics of sewing… all while sipping a little wine, of course.
For the hen party, the space was transformed into an accessory workshop. The large table in the middle was filled with scrap fabric, boxes o’ buttons, hairbands, clips, pins, old earrings, neckties… you name it. The owner and the workshop instructor patiently showed us how to put together a fascinator, brooch, and ring, but encouraged us all to bring our own creativity to the table. I left with a fascinator, a brooch made of a button and feathers, and a necklace made with an old necktie hot glued to a pendant — all made with my own hands.
The wonderful staff and community awareness left me very satisfied… the quirky jewelry and the fun classes will bring me back!
Recommended to anyone with a hint of style or a taste for getting in touch with their creative side!

A friendly, funky little shop in Georges Street Arcade, Omdiva offers a good selection of clothes and accessories that you are unlikely to find anywhere else.
Downstairs are the new or recycled designs — think dresses created from 80s t-​shirts — while upstairs you will find more second hand and vintage. One word of advice — wear light layers, particularly if you are shopping in summer, as it gets very warm on the second level and it’s considered bad form to mop your brow with the couture.

Om Diva knows how to draw in the shoppers. It has the most wonderful dresses and decorations on display in the window. Everything is very girlie, from their pink exterior paint job to their elegant wardrobes and dressers inside.
I love coming here because all their stuff is neatly tucked away either in shelves, on racks or on counter tops. Their arrangement requires you to dig but when you find something good, you feel rewarded.
Like their name indicates, the shop caters to spiritual divas, meaning that there’s feminine dresses and yoga inspired accessories. It has a fabulous selection of scarves and incense. It also sells those wonderful yoga pants that originate from Thailand. You know the really baggy one

My friend and I were really taken with Om Diva, and spent a large part of this afternoon trying to one-​up each other’s findings in this store.
There is so much to look at, so many colours, so many gorgeous self-​indulgence gifts to be found on the shelves that it is impossible to go there for a quick shop.
We found such an array of precious treasures that I’ll be sure to hit this place up for a massive shopping spree, just as soon as I cash in my lotto ticket. Not that the merch is overpriced at all, it’s just that I want to buy EVERYTHING in the store.
There are some amazing vintage dresses upstairs (I’m not much of a goer for the newer clothing downstairs) but it’s the accessories that make this place as special as it is! Awesome bracelets, the funkiest rings, cute hair clips, lovely scarves, shiny shoes… it’s all here… a dress-up-aholic’s dream I tell you!
The girls who work in the shop actually seem to enjoy working there and they get along with one another, which always improves the vibe of a store. They were playing some great tunes until their iPod carked it.
All in all a lovely place to shop — the staff are friendly but don’t follow you around, and you could do worse than to buy your friends’ birthday presents from here. And Laura’s right about the coathangers — they are a sight in themselves (check out my pic, or check out the store itself!)