Haha, I had a Saturday job in the one on South Molten Street! I do agree, their shoes were brilliant, there's nowhere that actually competes with them nowadays. I do think that part of PaT's problem was that they overstretched themselves both in terms of stores and range - they had twenty stores, possibly more, three shoes ranges and the clothes - Karen Millen was their original clothing designer. Once she left to establish her own brand, their clothing took a major nose dive. Am sure part of the reason they sold was due to debt/lack of cash. Anita or maybe it was Nigel, went on to advise Jigsaw with their footwear for a time, but that was some time ago.
Occasionally I do spot a shoe that is identical to something PaT did. Such a loss.