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Hollister now open in Kingston

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deaddei · 17/12/2010 12:22

The queues were immense at 9.30 this morning.
Looks as gloomy as ever.
What will it be like this afternoon when the schools break up???

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HowsTheSerenity · 17/12/2010 12:24

Awful!
The DC's are heading in after school to drool over the clothes.
Bentalls is bad on a good day. Stay away during the holidays, far far away. Unless of course you have a cattle prod.

berri · 17/12/2010 12:37

When I walked past earlier there were loads of security managing the queue, and it was 1 in, 1 out!!

TrillianAstra · 17/12/2010 12:38

I went into the one in New York, walked right out again. It was dark. And all the t-shirts were on shelves behind counters. I just want to look at and feel your t-shirts, I don't want to have to ask for one.

TheNextMrsClaus · 17/12/2010 12:39

I think my kids are too young - what's Hollister? Is it in the same vein as Jack Wills, Superdry and Abercrombie?

jonicomelately · 17/12/2010 12:41

Take a torch Grin

floozle · 17/12/2010 12:55

DD bought a red hoodie in our local Hollister only to get it home and found it was blooing pink. Looked a proper red in the shop.

floozle · 17/12/2010 12:55

Sorry 'blooming' pink!

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deaddei · 17/12/2010 13:21

NextMrsClaus- it is known as the seventh circle of hell on MN.
Miners' headgear with torch necessary to see anything.
Bloody big potted plants for us to fall over.
Beautiful vacant assistants.
Irony is, it's got lots of bright colours but you can't see them.
The joy of wandering round Esprit instead.

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Cyb · 17/12/2010 13:26

Howstheserenity are you Kingstonian too?

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deaddei · 17/12/2010 13:29

I went for a nice coffee in Patisserie Valerie again and had a cake as well.

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Cyb · 17/12/2010 13:36

I've yet to frequent Valeries-is it down by Laura Ashly furnishings? If I hang around outside for long enough and someone with enormous feet comes by, will that be you?

foxinsocks · 17/12/2010 13:39

I am going to be there (not hollister I hope but Kingston) doing last minute Xmas shopping this weekend as lots of online deliveries never arrived. I already feel like I need a stiff drink! I never do actual shopping this close to Xmas normally, bleeding snow .

titchy · 17/12/2010 13:44

Msrclaus - yes same vein. Hollister is made by A & F, but aimned at a younger age group.

The one in Kingston (conveniently next to superdry...Hmm) had semi-naked men being bouncers earlier this week. Biscuit

TheNextMrsClaus · 17/12/2010 15:07

Thanks, titchy, I won't be rushing there, then. Luckily ds1 at age 11 is totally uninterested in label clothing, went to the school disco last night in his trackies.Xmas Hmm

Good luck, foxinsocks, Kingston will be rammed this weekend!

HowsTheSerenity · 17/12/2010 15:13

Cyb - Richmond but do like the shopping in Kingston

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deaddei · 17/12/2010 15:36

Yes that will be me, but you will notice my great beauty first. Wink
Then my feet.

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deaddei · 17/12/2010 15:37

I do like a coffee in Richmond as well- Cafe Paulo is lovely.

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Cyb · 17/12/2010 16:56

Sounds like all you do is swan from one coffee shop to the next Wink

HowsTheSerenity · 17/12/2010 17:19

I like Pazza Idea though.

Menagerie · 17/12/2010 18:05

Blimey, I was in Bentalls today and didn't notice a thing. Where is it?

Engels · 17/12/2010 18:12

where is cafe paulo?

I'm a Richmondite too.

Will probably be venturing to Kingston myself this weekend. Jo Malone, somewhere that sells naice scarves and wherever I can get DVDs cheapest.

Will add the naked boys and patisserie valerie to my route as a treat Grin

foxinsocks · 17/12/2010 18:41

south west trains have just announced they will run an emergency timetable tomorrow, the lazy buggers. Nothing wrong with the trains now at all of course, but nothing like cancelling half a service just for fun. So if you were planning on going on the train, I would check the timetable first!

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deaddei · 18/12/2010 16:24

Cafe Paulo is near the Gourmet Burger Kitchen-lovely LebAnese place who do great crepes
Cyb, it's my mission in life to test out these places and report back to you all. I feel ridiculously grown up when I have one. Just been to Truckles on the Coombe flyover for a nice cup of tea.

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Engels · 18/12/2010 17:23

Ah thank you! I do know where it is - just hadn't connected the name. We refer to it as "£3 for a juice!" whilst making this face -> Shock Is lovely juice mind.

Didn't get to Kingston. The banks were closed and needed to get shopping money. Obviously there's no commercial pressure on hsbc or Santander to open the Saturday before Christmas. Grrrr Angry

Can only dream of Hollister boy-models and nice cakes at Patisserie Valerie...

CristinaTheAstonishing · 19/12/2010 09:26

I didn't notice Hollister yesterday. I was just toing and froing between Game and HMV to compare prices on still eye-wateringly expensive PS3 and DS games. Just as well DS (11) isn't into clothes. Although he did buy himself a vile 59fifty cap with some birthday money.

I'll be the one in Kingston town today with 3 kids and trying on trainers (for me!).