Jump to content


Photo

Interesting New WE shop

Started by rolo tomassi, Aug 24 2009 08:05 PM

  • Please log in to reply
42 replies to this topic

#1 rolo tomassi

rolo tomassi

    Joined the family

  • Members
  • 8,110 posts
  • Gender:Not Telling
  • Location:G12 DOH!

Posted 24 August 2009 - 08:05 PM

I'm no about to give it overt promo by naming it; but a new shop opened the other day on Byres down near Highburgh Rd corner.

Vintage clothing, bags, shoes and hats. For boys and gals. I'm pining already for the 70s maroon velvet jacket and black platform suede boots in the window. Total originals in great condition..

It's about time we stuck two fingers up at the homogenised fashion cloning of these times and rediscovered our style. Gents, there are some mighty Ben Sherman shirts and great leather and suede jackets.......and for rockers, some great cowboy boots, pristine and a lot less than at R Soles of Kings Road.... :rolleyes:
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

#2 Guest_westtender_*

Guest_westtender_*
  • Guests

Posted 24 August 2009 - 08:08 PM

And - Thank Feck!! - The Pants Shop Is Gone!! and good bluddy riddance. It was an abomination.

#3 Pat

Pat

    Sitting on my favourite seat

  • Root Admin
  • 17,927 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Glasgow West End

Posted 24 August 2009 - 08:30 PM

Had a lovely browse round Vintage Guru on Wednesday. It's excellent and was chock a block - I just love to see new shops opening. A little sparkle on Byres Road.
This is me since yistirday.

#4 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 24 August 2009 - 09:21 PM

Izzit cheap?
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks

#5 rolo tomassi

rolo tomassi

    Joined the family

  • Members
  • 8,110 posts
  • Gender:Not Telling
  • Location:G12 DOH!

Posted 24 August 2009 - 09:52 PM

Izzit cheap?


Ummm, depends.

Loads of things are 10-20 squid, the rarer stuff a bit dearer. Expensive compared to Pr*mark I suppose but cheap compared to Cru*se. Does that help at all? <_< ;)
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

#6 Guest_westtender_*

Guest_westtender_*
  • Guests

Posted 24 August 2009 - 10:49 PM

Had a lovely browse round Vintage Guru on Wednesday. It's excellent and was chock a block - I just love to see new shops opening. A little sparkle on Byres Road.


Isn't the pants shop now some kind of interior decor place?

And what's happening at the closed 'Lost in Books' shop? They didn't last long.

#7 Pat

Pat

    Sitting on my favourite seat

  • Root Admin
  • 17,927 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Glasgow West End

Posted 25 August 2009 - 08:10 AM

Isn't the pants shop now some kind of interior decor place?

And what's happening at the closed 'Lost in Books' shop? They didn't last long.


One of them, not sure which one, is now St Margaret's Hospice Charity Shop.

I expect it's hard for bookshops to compete against the large bookstores in town.
This is me since yistirday.

#8 Guest_westtender_*

Guest_westtender_*
  • Guests

Posted 25 August 2009 - 10:04 AM

One of them, not sure which one, is now St Margaret's Hospice Charity Shop.

I expect it's hard for bookshops to compete against the large bookstores in town.


Oh joy. Another charity shop on Byres Road.

#9 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 25 August 2009 - 10:20 AM

Ummm, depends.

Loads of things are 10-20 squid, the rarer stuff a bit dearer. Expensive compared to Pr*mark I suppose but cheap compared to Cru*se. Does that help at all? <_< ;)



It does. Thank you. Now all I need is a definition of 'vintage'. ;)


Posted Image
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks

#10 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 25 August 2009 - 10:22 AM

Isn't the pants shop now some kind of interior decor place?

And what's happening at the closed 'Lost in Books' shop? They didn't last long.



Good grief, you've really got it in for that underpants shop, haven't you? <_< I never visited Lost In Books. Was it any relation to the much-lamented and now somewhere online Lost In Music?
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks

#11 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 25 August 2009 - 10:24 AM

Oh joy. Another charity shop on Byres Road.


I'm heading that way this afternoon. I'm going to count them.
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks

#12 Guest_westtender_*

Guest_westtender_*
  • Guests

Posted 26 August 2009 - 12:59 PM

I'm heading that way this afternoon. I'm going to count them.

From memory, there are now 7 on Byres Road:
New hospice shop
Save the children
Barnardos
Oxfam music
Oxfam
Cancer research
Oxfam books

:angry:

#13 rolo tomassi

rolo tomassi

    Joined the family

  • Members
  • 8,110 posts
  • Gender:Not Telling
  • Location:G12 DOH!

Posted 26 August 2009 - 08:56 PM

So the conclusion is?

Rent and rates too punitive for small specialist shops to survive?

or

Too many shops selling stuff people don't need or want?

or

Big supermarkets selling loss-leading non-food items cheaper than specialist stores?
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

#14 Pat

Pat

    Sitting on my favourite seat

  • Root Admin
  • 17,927 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Glasgow West End

Posted 26 August 2009 - 09:06 PM

So the conclusion is?

Rent and rates too punitive for small specialist shops to survive?

or

Too many shops selling stuff people don't need or want?

or

Big supermarkets selling loss-leading non-food items cheaper than specialist stores?


All, or at least some, or the above. Still nice that we have the lovely vintage shop. I was in there again today. I think there are some real bargains, and lovely items, to be had.
This is me since yistirday.

#15 rolo tomassi

rolo tomassi

    Joined the family

  • Members
  • 8,110 posts
  • Gender:Not Telling
  • Location:G12 DOH!

Posted 26 August 2009 - 10:32 PM

Tell me you didn't buy the black suede 70s platform boots I had my eye on?

They're MINE I tell you, MINE!

:o
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

#16 Pat

Pat

    Sitting on my favourite seat

  • Root Admin
  • 17,927 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Glasgow West End

Posted 26 August 2009 - 10:36 PM

Tell me you didn't buy the black suede 70s platform boots I had my eye on?

They're MINE I tell you, MINE!

:o


No, I liked the black leather chisel toed ankle boots but only size 36 so too wee for me.
This is me since yistirday.

#17 Pat

Pat

    Sitting on my favourite seat

  • Root Admin
  • 17,927 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Glasgow West End

Posted 28 August 2009 - 11:08 PM

I think the 'pants' shop is now a lovely wee gift/interiors shop called 'The Wooden Heart'. Not had a look inside but the window is very nice.
This is me since yistirday.

#18 rolo tomassi

rolo tomassi

    Joined the family

  • Members
  • 8,110 posts
  • Gender:Not Telling
  • Location:G12 DOH!

Posted 29 August 2009 - 12:56 AM

I heard the former Whistler's Mother's about to reopen an all.

<It's next to where the much-lamented-by-people-of-taste-and-style Pants shop was...>
Pants are important, eh gals?.

More importantly WHO bought the black suede boots? I went in yesterday to get them and they were gone.

My money's on Millie B) :) :)
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

#19 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 29 August 2009 - 10:04 AM

Posted Image

Why, thank you, Sugar. They'll fit nicely into my Ace Frehley collection.

On the subject of underpants, I came across something that should send Westie into fits.


Posted Image

B) :) :)
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks

#20 Milligna

Milligna

    Comes in without knocking first

  • Members
  • 2,227 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bucking Follocks

Posted 29 August 2009 - 10:06 AM

Not had a look inside but the window is very nice.



Ooooooooh-kaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, so you couldn't see inside through the window, Pat? B)
The ladies brought you The Vagina Monologues; now the gentlemen bring you Talking Bollocks
Back to Out and About


0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

  1. Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End
  2. → Open chat
  3. → Out and About
  4. Privacy Policy