STUDENT GUIDE 2017
SHOPPING
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Edinburgh and Glasgow may both be great for shopping but when loan day comes around, it’s the independent stores you’ll want to be hitting for all your music, art, fashion and bookish needs. Rowena McIntosh rounds up some of the best places to spend your cash, as well as online outlets worth checking out
EDINBURGH
GODIVA
ARMSTRONGS
GOLDEN HARE BOOKS VOXBOX MUSIC
RED DOOR GALLERY
Fashion boutique stocking vintage products, as well as collections from local designers. 9 West Port, godivaboutique.co.uk
Vintage emporium for everything from faux fur coats to handbags. 81–83 Grassmarket; 64–66 Clerk Street, 14 Teviot Place, armstrongsvintage.co.uk Independent bookshop stocking fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, art and design, and more. 68 St Stephen Street, goldenharebooks.com
Treasure trove of secondhand and new vinyl, where you can try before you buy. 21 St Stephen Street, voxboxmusic. co.uk
Shop for work by local artists and illustrators, as well as fashion accessories, jewellery and artist cards. 42 Victoria Street, edinburghart.com
GLASGOW
MR BEN RETRO
WELCOME HOME
VALHALLA’S GOAT MONORAIL
CLOTHING An emporium of retro and vintage finds from decades gone by. Kings Court, 101 King Street, mrbenretroclothing.com
A showcase of craft, design and illustration from emerging and established designers. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, welcomehome.bigcartel.com
Owned by the Williams Bros, of brewing fame, this shop boasts an awe-inspiring wall of beer. 449 Great Western Rd, valhallasgoat.com Long-established record shop stocking a great array of music genres and limited edition vinyl. Kings Court, 95 King Street, monorailmusic.com
FORBIDDEN PLANET Comic shop chain stocking graphic novels, comics, manga and action figures. 168 Buchanan Street, forbiddenplanet.co.uk
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LIVINGINLALALAND.CO.UK LITTLE-LIES.COM
La La Land is a Glasgow-based online shop stocking pop culture gifts, from Harry Potter make-up bags to Stranger Things badges and Star Wars notebooks. There are plenty of animal motifs across the range of clothing, jewellery and stationery, especially sloths, cats and alpacas. Fife’s Little Lies describes itself as ‘your worst kept secret of rock’n’roll inspiration’. It’s a music-influenced shop and blog where you can listen to playlists, read interviews with people in creative industries and shop for clothes and accessories. Inspired by 70s boho, Led Zeppelin and all things festival.
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