Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Style and beauty

Looking for style advice? Chat all about it here. For the latest discounts on fashion and beauty, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

Original poster

Old people!!! Guess what's back?

116 replies

gramercy · 01/04/2011 17:56

Went into River Island today (because I saw they had a 3-10 years section) and there, in front of me, was a big sign saying CHELSEA GIRL.

And there was the same logo with the girl with curly hair looking downwards (like sort of coy Dr White's advert).

I was transported back to my youth going round Chelsea Girl on a Saturday with my mum... I actually had teary eyes. The shop girls must have wondered who this mad old bat was who was sullying their trendy emporium.

OP posts:
SchnitzelVonKrumm · 01/04/2011 17:57

Eeeek!

SandStorm · 01/04/2011 17:58

I hated Chelsea Girl cos that's where all the trendy girls went and I wasn't one of them :(

gregssausageroll · 01/04/2011 18:01

I never did Chelsea Girl I don't think. What was the teen section of etam called?

Sariska · 01/04/2011 18:04

Snob.

Teen section of Etam, that is.

WhatsWrongWithYou · 01/04/2011 18:05

Aah - yes, I braved CG a few times, was mainly wishful thinking as I never had money to buy anything from the trendy shops.

I remember Clockhouse at C&A as well.

Pagwatch · 01/04/2011 18:06

Chelsea girl!

gregssausageroll · 01/04/2011 18:12

I've remembered - tammy girl!

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 01/04/2011 18:13

Tammy girl greggsGrin

Blimey, I remember Chelsea Girl and Clockhouse! I was more a Clockhouse girlBlush
Never was very stylish!!

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 01/04/2011 18:13

X posts

Tillyscoutsmum · 01/04/2011 18:13

I had a saturday job in Chelsea Girl. I was very popular with "friends" wanting to use my staff discount.

Also remember Clockhouse and Tammy Girl in Etam (I think its now in BhS ?)

I never shopped in these places until I earnt my own money though - it was always Bewise, Changes or Peacocks (which wasn't remotely trendy then)

KenDoddsDadsDog · 01/04/2011 18:14

I wasn't allowed to shop in Chelsea Girl as my mam said it was poor quality Sad

AintMissBeehiving · 01/04/2011 18:15

I had a really minging fab batwing sweater from Clockhouse.

bigTillyMint · 01/04/2011 18:54

Tammy is now in BHS - got DD a nice little bikini in there!

MissRead · 01/04/2011 19:01

I was really hoping this would be about something I couldn't remember but sadly I remember Chelsea Girl all too well - I really am old! My Mum wasn't keen on it either but I did escape into the store occasionally - one particular jacket I got there stands out in my memory as having been especially hideous, it was turquoise jersey with patch pockets and big shoulders. Think I may also have had a bright yellow one. I'd be very surprised if there weren't matching plastic shoes/belt/beads/bangles/earrings as well. Lovely!

TheVisitor · 01/04/2011 19:04

Yay!!!!!!! I loved Chelsea Girl. Grin

BelleDameSansMerci · 01/04/2011 19:06

I loved Chelsea Girl too... Can't imagine they'll be reviving the white stilettos I bought there though Blush

foundwanting · 01/04/2011 19:08

My mum wouldn't even go in Chelsea Girl. It was 'common'. Sad

mrsravelstein · 01/04/2011 19:09

i coveted things from chelsea girl... can remember buying stuff there with my first saturday job money...

piratecat · 01/04/2011 19:11

got my oversize' Relax 'tshirt girl, it was £12, a bloody fortune back then!

I used to get a few bits in Clockhouse in C&A in Lewisham up til when it closed in late 90's.

saggarmakersbottomknocker · 01/04/2011 19:12

I used to spend whole Saturday mornings in Chelsea Girl. Ours was pretty dark inside iirc and had communal changing rooms.

I loved the fact they did mid/odd size jeans; size, 9, 11 etc

Takver · 01/04/2011 19:13

I had a batwing sweater from Clockhouse too.

But a cheap-off-the-market 'I don't give a f* what frankie says' tshirt Grin

NettoSuperstar · 01/04/2011 19:16

I love Chelsea Girl, and Tammy Girl.
I had a great skirt with braces from Tammy GirlGrin

1944girl · 01/04/2011 19:17

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

WhatsWrongWithYou · 01/04/2011 19:46

Last thing I remember from CG was a khaki jeans-style mini skirt, not a million miles from the denim pelmets the girls wear today. It had a split up the front seam [blush. Bought it when I was 19, so it must have been almost in its last throes.
Wore it with a khaki and white striped t-shirt and canvas ballets.
Plus ca change!
< how do you do those squiggly cs? >

Mirage · 01/04/2011 19:50

I bought some ribbed leggings with little zips in the ankles in Chelsea Girl,back in 1986.I worked opposite and used to go in a lot.Also worked opposite C&A too and had some ski pants [shudder] from there.