I’ve been going to Pop-Up Flea since 2010. Can you believe it? I sure as hell can’t. I’ve been doing The American Classic for over 5 years. Man, how the time has flown. So many public-focused “buying shows” have shown up over the years that this one feels almost like a reunion of sorts, though it seems the only people who have stuck around since the beginning are the dudes from Billykirk. During this sweltering heat wave in LA, Pop-Up Flea managed to rear it’s head in it’s first West Coast showing at The Grove, of all places, here in Los Angeles. Outdoors, and held on top of a parking garage just 8 stories above the same spot where Unionmade closed their flagship LA doors just a few weeks ago carrying many of the same brands. The dudes working the Tanner Goods booth sure seemed a little shellshocked by this.

Despite the heat, the brand turnout was nothing short of excellent. Our pals from Teranishi, Wittmore, Bison Made, and 3sixteen were there in addition to plenty of folks we respect but don’t know personally along with some newcomers, namely Corridor, that we were super excited to find out about. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves but in case you wanted to see some earlier tomfoolery, here’s the link to our 2011 and 2012 posts. Apparently I was too bashful to shoot the 2010 iteration. Credit, as always, due to Michael Williams at A Continuous Lean and, somehow, I’m sure the fine folks at Paul+Williams were involved. Click here to view the photos.