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Shops and Hobbies in Glasgow, Strathclyde*

Glasgow, Strathclyde Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• £ stretch and farmfoods r gud
• Forget d2 and try the huge wholesale outlets behind the St. Enoch centre, at the end of Argyle Street.
• for neds...sports connection where they sell BEAR USA and ECKO gear, also hat shops ...forge market where they sell 'SLASHER' hats!!!! they wear them
• All the ones on Buchanan Street!! Particularly Frasers, Diesel, Dune and Katherine Hamnett (when theres a sale on).
• Urban outfitters do a surprisingly good and reasonable second hand section, also bumbed into Liam Gallagher from Oasis in this section!
• CELTIC SUPERSTORE
• Princes Square and The Italian Centre for the more discerning shoppers. Dr Jives, Boardwise, Concrete Skates for the seriously fashion conscious. Countless shopping centres and famous high street names catering for a broad spectrum of tastes. Glasgow is undoubtedly one of THE best shopping cities in Europe.
• Tribal Junki has opened a great new shop in Candleriggs, Merchant City. The original shop in Flip Basemnet (Not Fopp!!!) looks to have gone hardcore skate.
• Internacionale - the best place to fill your pockets
• GLASGOW NOW RIVELLS LONDON AS THE 2ND BEST VENUE IN THE UK TO GO SHOPPING! WITH WEEKLY SHOPPING BREAKS A FAVOURITE WITH ICELANDIC PEOPLE, WHO ARE AVOIDING THEIR OWN COUNTRIES HIGH TAXES. DESIGNER LABELS LIKE VERSACE, CALVIN KLEIN, DKNY, EMPORIOR AMRANI, PRESS AND BASTIAN, DIESEL TO NAME ONLY A FEW OF THE SPECIALIST SHOPS WE HAVE. FOR DESIGNER CLOTHES CHECK OUT 'PRINCESS SQUARE', 'THE ITALIAN CENTRE' AND SOME OF THE SPECIALIST SHOPS ON BUCHANAN STREET. WE ALSO HAVE THE COMPLETE EXTREME FROMO THE SWANKY SHOPS, WE HAVE MARKETS, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BARRAS BUSTLING AT THE WEEKENDS AS WELL AS LOADS OF THE NORMAL HIGH STREET STORES. THERE ARE MANY LARGE SHOPPING MALLS, SOME WITH ICE RINKS AND ALL WITH EATING FACILITIES. YOU COULD HONESTLY SPEND DAYS GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS OF GLASGOW CITY CENTRE, WELL, THAT IS IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO COPE WITH YOUR SHOPPING DESIRES!
• there is a bib gap shop up the toon just at st enoch subway
• Tribal Junki (downstairs at Fopp) is soopoib. Great clothes at (not so) great prices. Flip is good for second hand stuff, as is Retro on Otago Street.
• The Virginia Galleries has now closed down, the building was deemed unsafe. Don't panic , however, MR BENN clothes shop has now reopened on Byres road (very retro gear, from pants to leather jackets).
• Dr Jives, 111-113 Candleriggs. THE clothes shop. Stocking the finest threads available, from American streetwear kings Stussy, Fresh Jive, X-Large to more homegrown stuff by Maharishi and Holmes. The Japanes vibes are evident from the smattering of companies like Goodenough and Very Ape to the selvage of the denim, as well as the minimalist design of the shop. Still going strong after ten years, Dr Jives remains on the cutting edge of street fashion. Good clothes, sneakers, bags, jewellery, male, female, young, old, baggy, chic... all present and correct.
• For second hand clothes go to Virginia Galleries off Ingram Street, De Courcy's Arcade for vintage American kitsch gear, or Flip in Queen Street.
• Clan, Dr. Jives at Candleriggs, and The Virginia Galleries stock some rad stuff too.

Arts, crafts and such (Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.)

• The wee alley already mentioned with the cute Hello Kitty shop is in DeCourceys Arcade on Ashton Lane behind Byres Road. All the shops in there are definitely worth a look, but some are a bit pricey.
• Cardmaking / Scrapbooking - the newly revamped Art Store in Queen Street now has a fantastic selection of crafting and paper supplies. Many scrapbooking tools, embellishments etc and more beads'n'glitter than you can shake a gluestick at !!
• Make and paint your own pottery plate/item.
• Cardmaking/Scrapbooking - city centre's best is Millers Art Store on Stockwell Street. Pricey but huge choice of everything !! Go to Borders for magazines - all the UK craft ones AND the US magazines.
• the 'wee alley' with the hello kitty shop is in the west end, i think
• again a few shops 1 in stockwell st,and 1 in queen st
• GOMA, CCA, McClellan, Where the Monkey Sleeps, Kelvingrove when it's open and there are various artists with showrooms across the city. Allare generally (& surprisingly) good.
• the lloyd jerome gallery - little bit unknown - a wee gem! oh and its a dentists waiting room!! pretty cool!
• Millers , but its a rip in there , ie yuo can buy an eisel made out of fire wood for £40
• Millers Art Store 28 Stockwell Street art supplier (they do a lot of workshops during summer)
• again decourcey's arcade in the west end.
• Try Woodlands Road in the west end. Then spend the afternoon in byres road - the posh shops of Glasgow
• Eurasia Crafts, Osiris, etcetc on Great Western Road near KelvinBrige Underground. Osiris also on Queen Steet and in Savoy Centre... -cool ornaments, candles, sculptures, HAIR DYE, clothes -Posters, Prints, etc etc etc!
• Kelvingrove musuem has a brilliant Dali painting of Christs cruficixtion and the CCA is arty drivel.
• chris and jen co as of summer 2002 , outside Kozi or the botanics
• Kelvingrove Art Museum and Kelvingrove Transport Museum are both really old, cool and big! and they are across the road from one another.. Buchannan Gallerys.
• I like Papyrus shops cos they have lots of little knick knacks, great cards and cool sliver jewellery. Urban
• LIGHTHOUSE, my names c. fraser, look for my exhibition! Jan - Mar, 2002
• The gallery of modern art. Used to be cool, until all these silver spoon brats from stirling or somehere else full of sheep decided they were into rock to rebel against mummy and father dear. DIE!!!
• fine glasgow art can be found on bus stops from homegrown talent codes such as BYT,CYT,EYT and BLT can be found here
• The gallery of modern art is pretty funky, as is The Kelvingrove Art Gallery - although not a lot hanges in their main displays.
• Oxfam Fairtrade, Byres Rd. is good for textile stuff especially... and yummy chocolate!! The staff are TERRIBLY helpful.
• Kelvingrove Art Galleries pulls in large crowds as does the Museum of Modern Art (yes..not only the Goths and skateboarders go there).
• Flip is the best designer discount store
• there is a wee alley way with cool shops selling weird clothes and funky music and has a cute hello kitty shop
• Dude, who cares??
• Modern Art Gallery. Royal Exchange Square. Absolutly gorgeous.
• Collins Gallery at Strathclyde University, free exhibitions, change monthly.
• Art exposure round the back of the Tron, very good local art, whole area has a mix of small art outlets, eg photo, print etc

Magazine and Comic Shops

• Borders has a large selection of many international magazine titles. Forbidden Planet for the trekkies and sci-fi lovers.
• R S McColl a.k.a R S Mcfill your pockets
• there is one specilist beside the Uni cafe sellind old n new mags
• The best selection of magazines out of hours would be the garage on South St, Partick.
• Forbidden Planet.
• Check out Decourcy's Arcade, Hillhead for some vintage and latest comic action. AKA Comics at the Trongate. Long established and richly stocked.

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