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Monday 12 April 2010

OVERGATE'S CLOTHES SHOPS - 1974

Here's the entire list of Overgate's clothes shops taken from the 1974 Dundee Directory.
 
Lower level - CLAUDE ALEXANDER - K.O. FASHIONS - BREAKOUT AT JACKSON'S - GREAT AMERICAN PANTHOUSE - STONE DRI - JOHN TEMPLE - DOROTHY PERKINS - SKIRT "N" SLACKS - SAMUEL PEPYS - VAN ALLAN - BOY MEETS GIRL - C&A.
Upper level - C&A - TIE & SHIRT GALLERY - KENDALL - VERNONS FASHIONS - BRENTFORD NYLONS - MR. BEAUJANGLES - VAN ALLAN.
 
Some fashionable, some not quite so!
 
The ads above are just 3 examples of shops on the list and all date from the mid 70's.
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8 comments:

  1. RETRO DUNDEE12 April 2010 at 11:29

    Robbies was upstairs in 74, but it wasn't on the go at the time the Directory was published.

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  2. RETRO DUNDEE13 April 2010 at 08:32

    2 things I can remember about K.O. Fashions.
    In 1973 I got a black dress blazer with shiny chrome buttons. Looking back you'd think it may have been for a wedding or something, but these were actually worn with jeans & Dr Martens. They were popular with the gang tribes at the time and were as common as Harringtons and Crombies.
    A couple of years later I got a shirt from there with a repeat pattern on it, with the image of a vintage car. Dozens of tiny wee cars dotted all over. When I got home I discovered the front left panel of the shirt was printed upside down! 75% of the shirt looked road worthy, 25% looked like a scrap yard!!

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  3. emma doyle29 March 2011 at 06:55

    Does anyone know anything about the Stone-Dri shop? I am trying to find out about the history of the brand.

    Anything would help. Good or bad..

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  4. Anonymous31 March 2011 at 08:48

    Hi Emma

    Stone-Dri is where I'm sure the Lochee Fleet boys and possibly many other gangs got their Staypress trousers to go with the Doc Martins! It also sold T-shirts etc

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  5. emma doyle4 April 2011 at 10:48

    Great thanks. Do you happen to know if I could speak to anyone that was a Lochee Fleet boy? Do they have a website or a blog like this? Excuse my ignorance, I’ve never heard of them before

    Also do you know what retailer is in their old shop now?

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  6. Anonymous9 October 2020 at 07:23

    Worked in Samuel Pepys shops in Dundee Glasgow Edinburgh and Birmingham .Great quality at the time ,with expert tailors based in Ruislip .

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  7. Anonymous7 July 2024 at 12:23

    loved it all

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  8. Anonymous7 July 2024 at 12:28

    worked in van allan great job

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