What better way to celebrate spring than having a yard sale with friends, especially when those friends all own stores along Queen Street’s vintage row. Amanda Bulman, owner of The Attic: Vintage and Vinyl (1526 Queen Street) credits Sherry Lynn Jollymore and Amy Honey, owners of Fancy (1526 Queen Street), with the idea, saying they […]
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The Shop talk guided tour: Spring Garden Road
Without question, the Spring Garden Road area is the healthiest retail district in Atlantic Canada, forever recreating and transforming itself in interesting and positive ways. And right now, there’s more construction going on than ever before: Framed on the north by the pricey Trillium condo building, which will be a sure incentive for even more […]
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Fair leather
1. Chloé comme Parris’s fringe necklaces, coming soon to Clothes Horse. (More CcP leather accessories available at Lost & Found and Clothes Horse.) 2. Reconstructed leather bags by Naiad Clothing in a variety of styles, Boutique Joliette, Naiad Clothing. 3. Reconstructed leather with Orphanage Clothing, available at ProGirl, and for men through orphanageclothing.com. 4. Calfskin […]
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January sales continue…
As we mentioned last week, downtown retailers are offering all kinds of deals to get consumers back into their stores after the holiday season. Spring Garden Road (and vicinity) is a veritable sea of red sale signs, replacing the scarlet Santa-infused seasonal cheer. Here’s just a small sample: Chapel Hill (5307 Spring Garden Road, 422-7150) […]
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Go local on Spring Garden Road
Strolling down the most popular shopping district in Atlantic Canada, from Robie down to Brunswick—including side-streets bristling with boutiques—the sheer number of vital businesses provides an embarrassment of riches for Shoptalk. More than anywhere else in our fine city, we slam up against the limitation of space on this page. A street that provides a […]
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H&M opens and more fashion updates
A few weeks ago we wrote about Put Me On (upstairs, 1532 Queen), Pamela McInnis‘ new clothing shop. Now, local fashion and vintage hounds have more reasons to visit the stylish street. Clothes Horse, originally next door (1530 Queen) and upstairs from Elsie’s Used Clothing, has moved into the same building as Put Me On. […]
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Elsie’s expands and Clothes Horse moves
A few weeks ago we wrote about Put Me On (upstairs, 1532 Queen), Pamela McInnis’ new clothing shop. Now, local fashion and vintage hounds will have even more reason to visit the stylish street. Clothes Horse, originally next door (1530 Queen) and upstairs from Elsie’s Used Clothing, has moved into the same building as Put […]
