Clothes shops that disappeared

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Was just googling "petite maxi skirt" (seems to be a rarity) and Pilot came up as an option. Remember pilot?! Didn't know it was still going. Which then reminded me of similar store Bay Trading which I used to love as a teen. And etam!

Any others you lot remember?

Oh and if you know any good places to get a petite maxi skirt for a wedding do let me know, I'm really struggling here.

Saxone
Wallis feels like it doesn't exist but maybe it does.
I remember when Next, Oasis and River Island were all posh. Ted Baker shirtd were about £70 apiece which was extortionate in thr 90s.

Bloody LOVE Esprit, they still have shops in France but closed them here so I order online now. They're like you wish M&S was, I recommend!

Geordie jeans??? 😂😂 Hahaha

Joe Bloggs

I loved Geordie Jeans when I lived in the toon. I had a very tall bf who maintained that they were the only place he could get jeans long enough. I had a slightly shorter (but still about 6'2" and very well off, well spoken colleague who reckoned that Nicole Fahri was the only place he could get his jeans. .

I still moss Owen Owens in North Fnchley. Last time I went there the high street was full of charity shops and nothing really that I recognised.

Moss? Miss!

Mourning the loss of both Kew and Esprit. I bought so many clothes from those two shops - hard wearing, classic clothes rather than "fast fashion".

Is there no Esprit in the UK now?

I live abroad and it's one of my staples! You can still buy it online though?

Esprit has concessions in stores...I bought 3 items today

Still got stand alone Benetton, C&A, Naf Naf, Esprit where I am....yay

Pumpkin Patch is a kiwi brand....still in Westfield I think.

i live near Watford and my dad still calls john lewis trewins

Esprit closed it's flagship store in Regent St a couple of years ago. I really miss it :( still available online. but I haven't ordered for a while from them.

Liz Claiborne and the concession

Not read whole thread so someone else might have already said this.
Bay trading became Oasis trading
Which then became Oasis.

I don't exactly miss them but remember the novelty of tie rack and sock shop. I think they might still be online.

Nostalgia makes me so sad....

Faith (shoe shop)
The Sweater Shop
Sock Shop
Tie Rack

This makes me feel so nostalgic/sad!

I don't think Bay Trading became Oasis. I had a going out outfit which consisted of black Bay trousers and a pink Oasis top.

I remember Turret.

Is anyone else old enough to remember when BHS sold food?

Tatlas

Yes, used to get my lunchtime jacket potato from there back in the late 90s.

Yes, I remember BHS food! Also remember when Next started and it used to have cafés. I remember thinking it was super cool because you didn't get crisps on the side with your sandwich, you got actual tortilla chips .

Also remember that when River Island started out it was all dark wood polished floors and really quite classy (in my memory, at least).

I was in a Benetton outlet in Spain last year and got the most perfect plain super-soft lambswool jumpers for 10 euro each. Result.

I also have a vague memory of Primark in the 1970s/early 80s as a really small-town unstylish little shop full of crimplene A-line skirts. I think it must have been bought out but they kept the name.

Has anyone mentioned Aubin & Wills, the sister brand to Jack Wills for an older customer. Fantastic quality, lots of natural fibres, mostly made in GB or Europe.

It closed four years ago, and everything I have from there still looks as as good as new. I have a particular grey sweatshirt, which of course can be bought everywhere, but none fit like this one, it's perfect. Thankfully it is still going strong but I will probably cry if it ever does start falling apart!