VINTAGE CLOTHES SHOPS
INDEPENDENT SHOPPING GUIDE Words: Lauren Mayberry
VINTAGE GURU 195 Byres Road, Glasgow, 0141 339 4750, vintageguru.co.uk STARRY STARRY NIGHT 19 Dowanside Lane, Glasgow, 0141 337 1837
Existing as a web distributor for 15 years, Vintage Guru is now 3D, catering for the ladies and oft-neglected retro-hungry gents. Past List favourite finds include a white and gold 70s style romper suit (now property of The List; not for resale to readers). With lace, velvet and delightfully extravagant hats, this Glasgow hideaway is the ultimate dressing-up box. Perhaps too grandiose for day- to-day wear, you’re sure to find special pieces you’ll treasure for a lifetime.
BARNADOS VINTAGE 54 Wilson Street, Merchant City, Glasgow and 116 West Bow, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 0131 225 4751, barnardos.org.uk Looking for a specific vintage find? At Barnardos’ Edinburgh store the team will put it on their ‘want’ list and look out for it when bringing items into the store.
HERMAN BROWN 151 West Port, Edinburgh, 0131 228 2589, hermanbrown.co.uk A classy affair, with men’s and women’s fashions ranging from the 1940s to present day. Rifle through their impressive stock of jewellery or snap up a 1950s power compact for the ultimate in Joan Holloway chic.
WATERMELON 603 Great Western Road, Glasgow, 0141 334 3900 Started by a former employee of Edinburgh’s Armstrong’s, Watermelon helped revive Glasgow’s second-hand clothing market. Small but filled with wearable, reasonably priced pieces – well worth the sardine-in-a-can impression you’ll have to do to get in the place at weekends.
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1. 80s cashmere sweater Vintage Guru, price on request 2. Denim jumpsuit by Sessun at Goodstead, £129.95 3. Oblong dogtooth cape by Jenny Sweetnam at Technicolour, £90 4. Neon leather belts by sainthughsbones at Welcome Home, £45 each 5. Musical notes dress from Vintage Guru, no longer for sale (sold to Lily Allen.) 6. Peach and black triangle bag by Kate Sheridan at The Red Door Gallery, £55 7. Yellow beaded earrings at Welcome Home, £10 8. Navajo -Shirt by YMC at Goodstead, £69.95.
FOR YOUR BOOKSELF, page 16: Wrap magazine, issue 1, from The Red Door gallery, £7, Ross Christie zine, from Analogue, £12, CDs and vinyl, from Monorail, prices vary. FOR YOUR HOME page 18: Nest of tables, by Trash Furniture, price on request, Dressing table from Sam Burns Yard, price on request, Ceramic Pigeon, from The Made in the Shade Maisonette, £45.
SHOP: Technicolour JOB: Jewellery and clothes designer After a few weeks of DIY craziness, we opened up before Christmas. We stock bold, contemporary design with a graphic edge. I make jewellery and garments, and design colourful and geometric shapes that sit playfully on the body. I think of both clothing and jewellery as adornments – the forms of the body inspire my designs. We stock other artists’ collections – Jo Richardson makes jewellery with a contemporary costume aesthetic, and Magda Boreysza, an amazing animator and illustrator, draws the most mischievous monkeys you’ve ever seen. I’m currently running a jewellery exhibition of ECA graduates – I have these awesome silver wasp brooches by Matthew Brady and some fantastic installation works by ECA Intermedia student Faith Limbrick. My ‘oblong wrap jacket’ is one of our bestsellers just now. I love the idea of things that can be tied or pinned in a number of different ways to create sculptural shapes around the body. I have it in tweed, ikat, even Massai-print fabric. I love sourcing unusual, striking fabrics. There is a dogtooth cape which has been super popular too. Jo Richardson’s ‘handcuff pearl necklaces’ have also become a total classic. I studied jewellery at ECA, and graduated in 2009. I’d always dreamt of setting up a making / gallery space, and that’s kind of what Technicolour is. It’s a shop, but at the back is my workshop space. You see places like this in Europe and New York, and I’ve always been surprised you don’t see it so much here. It’s cool, as customers can speak to me, and we can work together to create bespoke pieces. I’d love to see more artist-run shops popping up – there is so much creative talent in Edinburgh. ■ Technicolour, 2 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, jennysweetnam.com, wearetechnicolour.blogspot.com. ‘Technicolour Spring’ a range of new jewellery and fashion will launch on Fri 1 April. There’ll also be a launch party instore for ‘The Exploading Car’, an exhibition of new graphic work by Chris Palmer, Wed 9 Apr. 31 Mar–28 Apr 2011 THE LIST 15