Ferdinand

Portland


This funky shop sells well-curated vintage clothes and homewares, unique handmade crafts, limited-edition greeting cards and anything else management can devise in their imaginative brains. It's an oddball, but endlessly appealing store, and well worth a browse. Call ahead, as hours are variable.


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