Jenny Blackhurst 😯

[Battiola73]

I used to buy Ravel shoes back in the day …

Me too. Used to go down the Kings Road and buy mine. They used to last years. Also used to buy shoes from Madrid Shoes down Brompton Road.

 

[candycane]

I used to buy Ravel shoes back in the day …

I had a lovely pair of dark green velvet shoes from Ravel that I had saved up for weeks to buy. Alas, I took a short cut home over a field after a night out and the next morning my lovely shoes had changed into two mud pies, thereafter consigned to the bin lol.

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[Grizelda]

I had a lovely pair of dark green velvet shoes from Ravel that I had saved up for weeks to buy. Alas, I took a short cut home over a field after a night out and the next morning my lovely shoes had changed into two mud pies, thereafter consigned to the bin lol.

CC

Green velvet shoes - how pretty.

 

[candycane]

Green velvet shoes - how pretty.

They were! Of their time of course (80's). Now I have a pair of green velvet boots from Joe Browns which live in a box in the top of the wardrobe. I should let someone else have a go at wearing them but they are so nice I can't bear to sell them.

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[Cashers]

Me too. Used to go down the Kings Road and buy mine. They used to last years. Also used to buy shoes from Madrid Shoes down Brompton Road.

In the early 70s I worked in Lilley and Skinner, which then claimed to be the biggest shoe shop in the world! ?? I wonder? I bought purple suede boots with my discount, thought I was the bees knees! In later years I too loved Ravel, and Dolcis.

 

[historymystery]

They’re still around now, one of the few .

Yes, it's amazing how many have disappeared, but R & B have stayed the course so must have been doing something right! I'm still mourning the demise of C & A - got some absolute bargains there over the years.

 

[merryone]

There's not so many standalone shoe shops any more apart from the awful "shoe save" which has bitten the dust in my home town, I think we've still got a "Jones's " in the posh area of town but I don't go down there very much if at all, Kurt Keiger's gone and apart from a shop that sells just trainers and an arty farty place that sells vegan shoes that's the lot but all the fashion shops sell them so you can still buy a pair of shoes in town. In the 70's and 80's every other shop was a shoe shop..we had Ravel, True Form, FHW, Faith, Lotus, Barratts, Stead and Simpson, Saxone and I've probably missed a few

 

[TheFamousGrouse]

And Richards Shops.

 

[mina]

And Richards Shops.

Great value.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I think part of why clothes lasted so long is that we had an ingrained habit of looking after them.
I had stuff I bought off market stalls which lasted years, and if I'd not piled on the weight, some of them would still be going strong.
Spot cleaning, prompt repairs, using good quality hangers, never putting away dirty clothes with clean ones. Not cramming stuff into the all ready full wardrobe. Protecting knitwear properly. Airing clothes after a night out. Reading the washing instructions properly. Not over-washing clothes. Not over-using laundry products. Hand-washing not just slinging things in the washing machine.

 

[Silver Fox]

Yes, it's amazing how many have disappeared, but R & B have stayed the course so must have been doing something right! I'm still mourning the demise of C & A - got some absolute bargains there over the years.

C&A still going strong on the continent, well in Switzerland & Germany certainly.

 

[Kit10]

Bally were my favourite, patent stilettos in every colour with matching clutch bags. I remember Richard’s shops and also Van Allen. In my teens it was Etam!

 

[Koala]

There's not so many standalone shoe shops any more apart from the awful "shoe save" which has bitten the dust in my home town, I think we've still got a "Jones's " in the posh area of town but I don't go down there very much if at all, Kurt Keiger's gone and apart from a shop that sells just trainers and an arty farty place that sells vegan shoes that's the lot but all the fashion shops sell them so you can still buy a pair of shoes in town. In the 70's and 80's every other shop was a shoe shop..we had Ravel, True Form, FHW, Faith, Lotus, Barratts, Stead and Simpson, Saxone and I've probably missed a few

Dolcis.
I briefly worked there one shift and never returned.
Got a job a few weeks later at Burtons which was far better.

 

[Cashers]

Bally were my favourite, patent stilettos in every colour with matching clutch bags. I remember Richard’s shops and also Van Allen. In my teens it was Etam!

We had an Etam in Liverpool, from memory it became Chelsea Girl, THE p!ace to shop!!

 

[Samki]

I also used to shop in Snob too

 

[Battiola73]

Bally were my favourite, patent stilettos in every colour with matching clutch bags. I remember Richard’s shops and also Van Allen. In my teens it was Etam!

I’ve still got a mock croc patent black leather evening bag I bought from Bally in the late 70s.
Used for weddings and any special events. Always stored in its cloth bag. Also loaned to my sister for formal nights when she cruises. Yes it was expensive £50 but its certainly had its moneys worth. Also had a matching pair of high heeled shoes, again worn for special occasions. Once I couldn’t wear them any longer (due to back problems) I sold them to a friend.

Also used to buy K shoes and Van Dam shoes.

 

[jayc]

I think in Yorkshire, that would have just been called a belt, and you're not going anywhere dressed like that, young lady...

Women seenm to have changed shape. A mini skirt or micro mini was short but never showed anything. If todays women wore the same you'd be able to see the carpet that matches the curtains