Vintage Market

The Resina market is perhaps the most famous of the markets for used things, second-hand clothes and military surplus in the entire south-central region. It takes place throughout the week, including Sundays, among the crowded alleys and squares around Pugliano Street in Herculaneum. It was born during World War II, in 1944, when items and clothes stolen from passing American convoys were sold in this Neapolitan town and grew in the following years to become an institution. Overcoming a moment of crisis after the earthquake in the 1980s, when the buildings on Via Pugliano suffered extensive structural damage, the market was reborn after 1996 thanks to an intensive renovation and redevelopment program. Resina is a vintage clothing paradise, and one can find virtually anything one has ever wanted there, from furs to Chanel dresses, from 1970s jeans to Manolo Blanick shoes, from bon ton patent leather bags to woolen hats from Afghan fighters.  In addition to vendors of what used to be called "pezze" (rags) and are now sought-after items of clothing, you can find fake and real jewelry, vintage costume jewelry, and cheap new goods. Much frequented by young people from all over Naples, of course, and by costume designers from Cinecittà: from Resina, just to name a few, come the costumes from such films as "The Hundred Steps," "The Best of Youth," and "First Give Me a Kiss."