Shops We love and Hate.

[Chelsea]

Okay, I'm bored and have nothing to do. So walaa *drumroll* heres a thread to say which shops we love and hate.

Love: Primark, its soo cheap and loads of colourful skinny jeans!

Hollister, It smells really nice and it looks cool. One down side is that you have to be a supermodel to shop in there and in the shop im a large in women clothes.
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Any game shop! Leave me alone, i love my videogames!

WHSmith, its the only bookstore close to me without having to trawl to town.

Hate: Claires, its too girly-trying-to-look-non-girly.
John Lewis, Old womans store, I only go in there when im forced to be my auntie.

[catwolf]

I like wee independent shops There's loads in Edinburgh - i love going shopping there. There's a shop which seems like it's made for me - it has loads of colourful big/interesting jewellery (i love colourful things and jewellery) ;D I also love Accessorize for jewellery. Claires was my favourite shop for years, but yeah i've grown out of it now.
And i love second hand CD shops. And Fopp, i've always liked it better than HMV (not really sure why, maybe because it's cheaper and a bit less mainstream). But i was quite amazed by HMV in Oxford St when i was in London - it's so big And i love David and Golliath in London. And Paperchase (it sells really cool stationery and bags and stuff), there isn't one in Glasgow but there's a Paperchase section in Waterstones and i always get so excited when i find an actual Paperchase shop in another city (I'm so sad, i know ) And Papyrus as well - i don't know if there are any in England but it sells gifts and stuff - it's sort of quirky and there's loads of cool jewellery and funny books and stuff.

I can't really think of any shops i hate (probably since i don't go in shops unless i like them ).
I can never find anything in John Lewis, i barely ever go there but i remember a couple of times i was looking for something (i can't think what it could have been, maybe black tights or something) and wandering around every floor for ages and not being able to find it anywhere.

[Elderberry Fucking Fanta]

absolutely love TK Maxx

[newslang]

Love French Connection, although I can never afford anything unless it's on sale (and they really only have a big sale twice a year).

Basics are best from H&M (tights, leggings, tanks, etc...). Although to be honest their collections in the last year or so have been pretty ho hum, or maybe I'm just getting sick of all my clothes being from H&M haha.

Home stuff from Anthropologie! SO kitchy and interesting. Often useful, as well, but not always. Their clothes are my style, but definitely WAY overpriced.



Not really any stores I hate, per se, but I guess if I'm going to say anything it'll be Urban Outfitters. It's not really my style anymore, but whenever I do go in I'm put off by the horrible quality of the clothes. Which is funny because it's the same company as Anthropologie (which I love)

[patty (candelia)]

LOVE:

the kooples www.thekooples.com
it's french, there are 2 shops (plus a corner in a big store) in toulouse my hometown, i think there are now boutiques in england as well, at least in london

sandro us.sandro-paris.com
french as well

le 66 www.le66.fr
it's a big boutique on les champs elysées, quite expensive but you can find comme des garçons or jc/dc stuff that you can't find anywhere in toulouse...

rice & beans www.riceandbeans.fr
a boutique in toulouse and the owners are great people, you can find some great brands there such as bérangère claire ( berangereclaire.com/ ) there and vivetta

département féminin (even though it's super expensive) www.departementfeminin.com
it's a boutique in toulouse where you can find haute couture brands

surface to air www.surfacetoair.com
another great french brand, but this year the last collection wasn't the best, s/s 2009 was a blast!

opening ceremony www.openingceremony.us
i've never been to any boutiques in the usa or in tokyo but i've already bought online and in a store in paris and i <3 this brand maybe cause i heart chloë sevigny and she does some collections collab.

for jeans mainly: cheap monday www.cheapmonday.com and april77 www.april77.fr (and the kooples but see higher)

then as always, for online shopping: asos,
and topshop and h&m for basics



HATE:

any camper store (hate camper shoes)

h&m sometimes cause everybody has the same clothes on so i try to avoid it now

zadig & voltaire

all saints (it doesn't exist in france, but i was in some stores in england and really, some of the stuff there are so horrible well maybe some of you like it but sorry i'm not into it)