All Things Considered
Online journal by St. Jude's – British printmaking and textiles designed by printmaker Angie Lewin, painter printmaker Mark Hearld, British workwear designers Old Town and others.
Laundry Room
Posted by Simon Lewin
One of the noticeable side effects of setting up the gallery is a sort of obsession about how shops 'work'. Whether they're big or small you find yourself analysing the bits you like and the bits you don't. And a night out with Marie and Will from Old Town will often end with a discussion about the highs (and lows) of being part of this nation of shopkeepers.
Whilst pottering around Norwich on Monday I caught up with twins Oli and Alice Pointer at the Laundry Room. As I've said before, I struggle to stay out of my Old Town clobber but was delighted when Laundry Room opened in 2005.
It's small but perfectly formed, selling a really focussed range of clothes - mixing English made shirting with cult Swedish denim (I'm rather attached to the Acne jeans illustrated here) and artisan sportswear.
Visit the store at 18 Pottergate, Norwich NR2 1DX - see the website for full details and online shopping.
Posted by Simon Lewin on May 15th, 2007
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