Wednesday, 2 November 2011

November Newsletter!

NOVEMBER

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Drifting through the wind? Wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin, like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep? Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing. Do you know that there's still a chance for you, 'cause there's a spark in you? You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine just own the night like the 4th of July. 'Cause baby, you're a firework, come on, show 'em what you're worth. Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh, as you shoot across the sky. Baby, you're a firework, come on, let your colors burst. Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh.. You're gonna leave 'em falling down. You don't have to feel like a waste of space, you're original, cannot be replaced. If you only knew what the future holds after a hurricane comes a rainbow. Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed, so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road. Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow and when it's time, you'll know. You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine. Just own the night like the 4th of July. 'Cause baby you're a firework, come on, show 'em what you're worth. Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh as you shoot across the sky. Baby, you're a firework come on, let your colors burst. Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh. You're gonna leave 'em falling down. Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the moon, moon, moon. It's always been inside of you, you, you and now it's time to let it through. 'Cause baby you're a firework, come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh as you shoot across the sky. Baby, you're a firework, come on, let your colors burst. Make 'em go, oh-oh-oh. You're gonna leave 'em falling down. Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the moon, moon, moon. Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the moon, moon, moon.


tales from shop

thREE THINGS WE'VE LEARNT THIS MONTH:

1. PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM ON A GINGER NUT BISCUIT is NOT A TASTY SNACK.

2. CHEAP HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS BOUGHT 3 YEARS AGO FROM WILKINSON'S aRE APPARENTLY MUCH MORE 'saleable' THAN VINTAGE CLOTHING AND HOMEWARE.


3. If you don't ask, you don't get.

NEWS

CHRISTMAS ARTISAN MARKET!
Christmas Artisan Market plans are well underway since last month and the pitches are filling up fast! It will take place on the first Saturday of December, that's the 3rd of December from 11am - 4pm. Get in touch if you would like a stall for just £5!

http://www.christmasstepsartisanmarket.blogspot.com

A LORI-LOAD OF NEW STOCK!
SHOP was very fortunate this month to have taken delivery of loads and loads of new stock! SHOP friend and hunter out of amazing vintage, Lori of Tenderfoot in Brislington provided us with homeware and women's clothes. After that we stocked on snuggly men's jumpers and shortly after that took possession of some truly amazing original 60s Chelsea and Desert Boots. They are dead-stock so are totally unworn!

Check out some of our blogs on the subject:

WOMEN'S AND HOMEWARE!
JUMPERS!
SHOES!

EVENTS


Exhibition: Red Door Collective
November 11th - 18th | 12pm - 6pm


A series of urban artists' portraits and prints from the Red Door collective. Ssshhhhh, rumour has it there will be a Banksy in the midst.

Exhibition: Shelley Davies
November 21st - 26th | 12pm - 6pm


Painter and Ceramicist Shelley Davis will be exhibiting some of her latest worK towards the end of November.

F.F.I Shelley Davies Website


COMING SOON!
The return of one of the Ulewicz brothers, this time it's Sam with a solo-show, starting on the 3r December, more details next month!

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

MORE NEW STUFF - Jumpers!

We've just received a little package of 20 or so Mens jumpers (although many of them I suppose you could regard as unisex), just in time for the start of Winter. Oh, got to go there's customers battering down the door...

Here some pics:






Monday, 24 October 2011

ORIGINAL 60s SHOESES!

SHOP was very lucky to come across a rich seam of amazing dead-stock ORIGINAL 60s Chelsea Boots and Desert Boots for men and women.

Moments like these happen rarely in the vintage world, when what's hot in fashion is a vintage design and then somewhere like SHOP manages to find the originals! Not only does this mean they are The Ultimate, the quality is much better than the modern mass reproductions. Even the soles are leather!

Furthermore, we're selling them for £25 which is cheaper than their newborn cousins! We're salivating over them (it's good for the suede).







Monday, 17 October 2011

SHOP's 5th BIRTHDAY

So Saturday was SHOP's 5th birthday! All our birthday parties have been along pretty much the same lines: childish and this one was no exception! We plied anyone who walked through the door with cake and sweets and Eddy played us some birthday tunes.

We had some lovely visitors and none lovelier than Danielle who bought us the crowning glory in any 5th birthday party: jelly and ice cream! Although this jelly was a bit special-er cus it was homemade cider jelly!

We're looking forward to our teenage years, so we can drink a ton of WKD, cry, then throw up, then cry again, then tell our parents they effed us up.



Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Haaaaappppy birthday ... oh hang on Eddy's playing Baker Street again.

What a loads of bunts.

Sugar, sugar and a bit more sugar.

Lychee cakes! They were yumtious.

What a mice party!

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

LOADS 'N' LOADS OF NEW STOCK!!

You know what Monday's can be like, right? A bit lacklustre, not always conducive to mass inspiration or epiphanies. Well, that's how SHOP was hanging this Monday just gone. We were discussing new stock and we just couldn't find a way to have all the amazing things we wanted for our lovely customers and ended up just feeling a bit sorry for ourselves.

Well, as actual proof that life can change in an instant, that very evening, a miracle was performed for SHOP courtesy of our very own goddess, Lori MacAlpine-Smith of the super handmade-haven, Tenderfoot! Lori gifted SHOP enough stock to refill the whole place, which as you can imagine is a lot of stock. In addition to the volume, Lori has excellent taste, is a vintage-lover of the highest order and not only that, she is American! Which all combined means we were given volume, quality and rarity! She was immediately promoted to head-buyer and general Goddess of SHOP.

Anyway, we'll stop making Lori blush now and show you some pictures of said wonderful stock which is now available to purchase at SHOP!

Oh hang on here's a picture of Lori with a rat-tail to prove her commitment to all fashions now long-gone. Only the very best of people can sport a rat-tail with such beauty and grace!



STOCK!

American, Like Lori.



The sleeves zip off this beauty!

Bookywookys!




Awww, look at his little face! He needs to be filled with biccies!

You can now get a nice rinse and a set whilst browsing! Tassly lampshade also new.











This is just a small selection, there are plenty more clothes of all kinds, as well as bags, purses, accessories homeware and books too!

Monday, 3 October 2011

ART FOR LOVE: REVIEW

That warm Friday just gone, SHOP was taken over by Italian art collective Art For Love.

The show - AFL's first in the UK! - called 'East Meets West' exhibited the work of two photographers, Javier de la Varga and Micheal Goggioli, representing East and West respectively.

The photos were taken during Javier's and Micheal's trips around the world and documented two very different cultural experiences.

The photographs were really spectacular and the show was a proper treat. Keep your eye on these lot!

FFI: Website
Follow: Twitter

Thursday, 29 September 2011

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER!


We had a little holiday last month, so we kind of missed out September, but October is making up for that with some lovely wee events for you and some to get thinking about for the coming months too.

NEWS

CHRISTMAS ARTISAN MARKET!
Christmas Artisan Market plans are now underway. It will take place on the first Saturday of December, that's the 3rd of December from 11am - 4pm. Get
in touch if you would like a stall for just £5!

ONE YEAR OF THE ARTS SPACE!
There's another anniversary for SHOP this month, one whole year of the arts space! Check out our blog below to read about all the wonderful artists we've had exhibit over the last 12 months.

WINTER OPENING HOURS

With summer away away, we are now open on Mondays again so you can shop with SHOP 6 days a week (again)!

EVENTS


East Meets West September 30th | 6pm - 10pm

Italian collective Art for Love are putting on a one night only exhibition
in the arts space. The show is the work of two photographers - Javier de la
Varga and Michael Goggioli, with photos from two very different worlds.

www.artforlove.net



SHOP's 5th Birthday Party! October 15th | ALL DAY

Unbelievably it's our birthday again and even more unbelievably than that,
it's our FIFTH birthday! We'll be celebrating all day with the usual
juvenile mix of cake, pop and silly hats.

Hash Tag Slags October 17th - 29th | 12pm - 6pm
Hash Tag Slags is a collaborative installation commenting on the use of
social networking (specifically Twitter) to create identities.