Portabello Road Boutique

On Sunday afternoon, I went to Portabello Road Boutique off of Eltoro Road with Omar.  I had never been there before so I was excited to see what it was going to be like.  It was much larger than I imagined and much cleaner too.  There were about 20 racks filled with mainly womens clothing.  The mens clothing was in the back right of the stoor in front of a giant british flag.  There were only about two racks of that.  We asked a woman working there what sold the most and she said a bit of everything (aside from mens) and that the hunt for 70's abnd 80's clothing had been big lately.  Omar took particular intrest to a pair of womens shoes that were some kinda of swiss leather for only $100...WHAT A DEAL?!?!......

My only complaint would be that some of the clothes were clearly worn and made them less attractive.  Overall though, I was pleased with the experience and would go back there again if I wanted/needes some vintage clothing. 












What a happy camper.

Avant-garde for the market.

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Website Reviews- Premiere Vision/Expofil

Premier Vision-This website was difficult to navigate to say the least.  The avatar looking woman on the front screen is anything but inviting as well.  The language barrier wasnt even the problem..I speak french. The entire set up was difficult to follow.  The pages took their sweet time to load and werent even worth the wait.  The one thing was was interesting was that I actually got to bone up on my french for a little bit.  Some of the photographs were also interesting but the overall information was nothing too useful.  Overall, I do not think that I would use this website to gather forecasting information.  If i was forced too though, the one thing that this website might provide is a view at European fashion and a different perspective on the coming trends.

Expofil- This website was MUCH easier to navigate than the last one...in part because it was in english.  Maybe there was an english button for the last website too? Anyway, the information here was much more thorough.  "Expofil places special importance on the services it provides visitors. In particular, the show offers complete and high-performing trend information in terms of colours, yarn choices or ideas for new developments".  This statement really invites and draws in website viewers and makes them want to explore more of the website.  I would absolutely use this website to see future trends or to gather fashion information.  The knowledge and information about various textiles provides a large database of information about a multitude of textiles.