Wednesday 1 July 2009

Pop (up) Store

Today I was in Brent Cross, a shopping centre in north London, and was suprised to find "Pop Store" in place of Fat Face. I had a look inside and discovered that it was a pop up shop, or the first "Pop Store." I spoke to the owner, a lovely Australian who was happy to tell me about this, the first shop, and of his plans to set up others, in greater London, then move down to Bristol.

Inside, it was quite a bare space, with a few graphic art pictures on the walls. I loved the changing room door, which was a car door. It stocks quite kitsch, cute clothes for guys and girls, and isn't really in keeping with the rest of the shopping centre, but I really liked it! The owner told me of his plans to turn the shop into a forest in its next locations, and buy more art for the walls.

All in all, it was a really cute shop, with a few designers I hadn't heard of. I liked the stock, and even persuaded the owner to take a trip up to Leeds to see if it would work up there! Its only open for another 3 weeks so go have a look whilst you can!

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