Coats & Ats
Garfer asked in a recent comment - "Why bother with abroad?". He proceeded to give a compelling argument against it. Well - yes - I have enjoyed cocktails for breakfast (and many other delights) in Wigan. But, surely we go abroad to see things we couldn't find at home. The Pyramids in Egypt or the Prado in Madrid.
I don't need to visit Paris to see the 'Tour Eiffel' because we have our own in Lancashire.
But the one experience you can't have in good old UK any more is........... a visit to C&A.
Come on - who remembers Man at C & A?
Well he's still alive and well in central Barcelona.
Yessica, Clockhouse, Angelo Litrico, Canda, Sixth Sense - all the labels are still there and the clothes haven't changed one bit. So tell your auntie, grannie or Mr. P to nip over on Ryanair for a wallow in sartorial nostalgia.
I also saw a shop named after me. Good clothes too.
KAZ P.S. Kev wondered why I was taking photos of C&A - he'll know now.
posted by KAZ at 7:01 am
30 Comments:
Oooh, I'm first.
I think I bought a jacket at Man at C&A once.
I was young and foolish.
OOh, Clockhouse. Now that brings back dark and black moody memories of the early '80s when most of my wardrobe came from there. The shame. Still, I thought I looked cool at the time.
I've just got visions of C & A still stocking the kind of clothes I remember them displaying in the 1980's - racks of luminous t-shirts and stone washed denim jackets with loads of zips and pockets. Ye gods.
It stands for Coats 'n 'Ats, you know.
How do the Spaniards get on with Cavalry Twill and Gaberdine?
Dave:
I bet you could cut the mustard.
Nora:
Don't we just love those 'moody memories'.
Betty:
I've just checked and they didn't close until 2001. I'm amazed as I though it was much earlier. This explains why I still have a wearable pair of Clockhouse trousers (high waist - in fashion again.)
Murph:
It seems that Kev has a new post...but then you might know that eh?
Did you notice the title of my post.
Any orders from Mr P for my next visit?
C&A used to be the place to go for ski wear.
Apart from that it was just endless vistas of polyester.
one of my favourite shirts ever came from C&A, pale rainbow coloured striped - cotton - cheesecloth
(Per Una stocked a very similar once last year, with heart shaped pearl buttons)
I shall put a RyanAir return trip ticket at the top of my xmas list forthwith
Ah yes, I have a very nice jacket that I bought in the Paris C&A a few years ago. When folk admire it I say "Yes, I bought it in Paris," occasionally I add, "In C&A's" as a the punchline.
It wasn't actually the reason I went to Paris, however. Their tower is closer to me than your one though I think Kaz.
Wasn't Garfy really asking, " "Why bother with a broad?"
When we went to Barcelona my case went missing and I had to buy a pair of Spanish men's chinos in M&S. I'm not built the Spanish man way.
I bet you don't get the same problems in C&A.
I was very excited to see a C&A in Toulouse. So excited I bought a pair of black leather opera gloves. Cos I'm always at the opera in Austin Texas, loik.
Garfer:
I'd forgotten the fab ski wear - it was C&A introduced me to 'Thinsulate™'
View:
I've always loved pearl buttons - now I want some heart shaped ones.
NiC:
As the song says -
'Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone'
.....but I don't think she meant C&A did she?
mj:
Judging from his previous post I think he should be bothering with a broad.
Geoff:
M&S, C&A is there a B&Q in Barcelona?
From what I hear you're more built in the French way.
Arabella:
A true poseur does not need the opera.
I have no idea about most of that, being the naive naif that I am, most unworldly.
But I can see most of the sights and wonders all in one place by simply going to Fabulous Las Vegas, NV.
I'd forgot all about them.. I got my first Crombie from there in the early 70s.. ha!
No need to book a flight look what I found.. http://www.c-and-a.com/
It right at the top of my favourites list now.. ha!
Did you know C&A stands for Coats & Ats Kaz? Ah yes, I see you've changed the title of this post to confirm that.
Lefties looks a bit gauche. Mr P. uses their other arm - BuyRite.
So, you all seem pretty fashion forward. Do I break down and get a pair of Chelsea boots?
Rimshot:
Las Vegas eh?
I think mj went there.
Perhaps I'll start a rumour.
Wom:
So - thanks to the interweb you could start a new fashion for Man at C&A.
But my advice is to stick with the crombie - a true classic.
Murph:
You little divil you.
Tony Benn was serving in Lefties - I suppose you got IDS in buy Rite (I'd completely forgotten him but he was in Manchester today with Dave.)
Rimshot:
Love the phrase 'fashion forward' - my commenters can be very 'shallow'.
Are Chelsea boots what Hilary's daughter wears?
I believe several people got IDS in Buy Rite. They don't was their hand you know!
i always wanted to be The Man @ C.& A. Perhaps i still have time.Did you notice if they had string-vests?
Murph:
It serves them Rite.
There's no clostridium difficile in Lefties.
Tony:
Man at C&A? According to the BBC website he lookes like Alan Partridge.
String vests - which colour would you like?
Ah yes, the Nevada bordello tour.
Good times.
mj:
Aha! So the rumour is true.
I'd love to be able to make a meaningful comment, but clothes shops are a foreign country to me. (There's a M&S in Rhodes, though, and a Tesco in Kuala Lumpur.)
I've still got two Crombie's Kaz, but alas they won't fasten now.
Do you remember 'Harrington's Jackets... I'd quite like one of them now.. I had Docs' but would also wear Monkey Boots. The worst thing my mother every did was get me a 'Jaytex' shirt from tesco's and tried to tell me it was a new brand from Ben Sherman. ha!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_boot
Stitch:
'Meaningful comment' on this bog - don't be daft! But surely you remember C&A.
And KL (as I believe it's known) is seriously 'abroad'.
Wom:
2 Crombies - Hey you were obviously very sharp back in the day.
Was a 'Jaytex' from Tesco a bit like those Embassy records from Woolworths?
Rimshot:
Hope you don't favour the cuban heel style as mentioned on the link.
that Kev, he's quite funny isn't he?
Ziggi:
Yes - but don't you think his sense of humour is spookily like that of our mutual canine friend??
have you ever seen them together in the same room??
Hmmmm:
Smart thinking young Ziggi ...
Can't say that I have.
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