Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

[stuckinthe80's]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

Still one is Newcastle

http://www.flip-clothing.co.uk/index.htm

It's not the same since it moved round the corner onto Westgate Road. IMO!

[KMaria]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

it was called "flip"

[Izumi]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

Yes I do remember FLIP UK and PAUL WOLF. Long Acre Store. Beautiful Bags, rock'n roll music, "Hello Flip" we used say........I will always remember FLIP and Paul. If you were once FLIP stuff, please contact me.

Very sad news
PAUL WOLF passed away in JULY 2011

[Trickyvee]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

I used to walk past the big grafitti Flip sign on my way to work along Grainger St in Newcastle but never headed up Westgate to find it. The website now advertises it as original American clothing so perhaps it has changed over the years.

[cockneykid1962]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

Yes I do remember FLIP UK and PAUL WOLF. Long Acre Store. Beautiful Bags, rock'n roll music, "Hello Flip" we used say........I will always remember FLIP and Paul. If you were once FLIP stuff, please contact me.

Very sad news
PAUL WOLF passed away in JULY 2011

That is sad to hear of Paul's passing...used to go to the Curtain Road shop in London E1 so many times in the early 1980s...great for Army Greens and Ivy League jackets...Covent Garden was a bit pricey ands the Kings Road one was even pricier...the real bargains were in E1...a sadly missed part of my youth...

[John Beach]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

Hi 80's girl, i don't know about convent garden but i know there was a Flips in Certain Road, Old Street near Petticoat Lane did you ever visit there. Or do you know if they still exist anymore!!

Paul Wolf was one of the most influentual extraordinary person I have ever met. He shaped and twisted me. I have stories that are beyond exaggeration that I will tell till I die. I always think of him he was a special man. RIP with love John Beach x

[ChristianRadio]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

I appreciate this thread is pretty dormant, but if anyone's interested I recently did an audio documentary feature on Flip Clothing Newcastle. Paul Wolf gets a mention too.

https://soundcloud.com/christianalle...-flip-clothing

Thanks.

[Naomi Walton]

Re: Does anyone remember vintage clothes shop, Covent Garden

Hi Izumi
Just Found on Internet.
How are you?
I still think of Paul.
Naomi

[Classix]

I've just found this site I got to know Paul Wolf at his Curtain road shop I got to know someone who knew his partner. What happened next I cannot say even today But Paul and me became The best of friends I was interested in selling his clothes
I made a great impression on Paul His large character came as a shock to me He offered me the post of manager Covent shop I didn't believe him on my next visit i was told he was serious
as i had my own shop selling his products
I visited his shop on Melrose LA Paul did visit my store in York On Xmas DAY I was closed he left a card next meet up he told me he had brought a new car and gave it a test drive to see me
I lost track of him Till now Am sad at his passing
Geoff

[Semi42]

I loved flip in Newcastle in the 80s, unique gear from the US .
prices were quite good as I recall.

[W1 Rover]

Hi 80'sgirl

I do indeed remember Flip in Covent Garden.
If you were walking down Long Acre in the direction of St Martin's Lane it was on the right hand hand side .
I bought two quite hefty fleecy lined lumberjack shirts in 1980, how much I paid for them I really can't remember.

They certainly stood me in good stead, we had a cold snap that winter, plenty of snow shortly before Christmas.
All very festive!

[BigDoog]

Great shop went there loads!

[ZigZagZig]

I remember as a kid having to drive to London with my family in the late 70’s and mid 80’s buying and selling clothes wholesale because my family were in the clothing business. Every shop and character that inhabited London between these two dates is planted in my memory banks I would have been roughly between the ages of 9 years old and 16. I’ve seen business done in Vivian Westwoods and Malcolm McLarens Shop on the Kings Road, been to do business with Biba on High Street Kensington all of the stores that are now part of contemporary history. But the one shop that stands out in my mind was Flip and Wolfy, if my memory serves me right he was from New York. I can still see his face in my mind. What a character, he was always racially abusing us calling my family ‘black *******s’ trying to haggle the best prices on wholesale. I dont think he ever meant it though, I’d been called that name before and believe me the people using that language meant it. The clothes in the store were excellent. Maybe it’s my memory as a child but the store seemed huge with its riquety wooden floors and i recall getting lost in its endless racks of clothing. One thing I always remember about Wolfy was his brown Leather bomber Jacket which I admired and always wanted one just like that.
I recently passed by Longacre in Covent Garden the first time in almost 20 years, or possibly more, as I live outside of the UK and have done for several decades. I was shocked to see it has all changed for the worst I used to have a family member that lived directly above the store as well but they recently passed away. And now they are converting the flats into luxury accommodation for God knows who.
i have many stories and anecdotes from my childhood that I have only just recently realized my be of interest to some people. If anyone would like to hear anymore drop me a line.

[Samhuinn]

Used to work in Flip Longacre 84-86ish.. wonderful times for a London teenager… good good people.. fun and so generous.. and cool as.. most of London nightlife passed through those doors.. I remember the night shift were completely nocturnal.. they used to turn up at about 17.00 work through till midnight and then just go straight out to the clubs.. and then do it all again the next day… lined me up good and proper for the shenanigans of the late 80’s and early 90’s.. here’s to Roberto, Charles, Fergus, Patrick, Russel, Damon, Paul, Chis Wayne, Willy and many more I unfortunately can’t remember their names… and of course the Wolf himself and all those sheep in Wolf’s clothing..