FLIP - Covent Garden

[Pocket]

Oh - lordy this thread has made me SMILE. I went out with one of the Long Acre Flip sales 'boys' back in 1988 for a very short time, when I was a London University student. He was called Ben, and he was absolutely drop dead gorgeous (spit of David Gandy). All very loose cut, worn Levis' 501s brought in tight at the waist with a belt. Ha!

[red devil]

You're all drowning in nostalgia...remember the reality!

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[Jah Lush]

I remember Flip very well. Had good stuff in there, mostly I bought 501s and army type shirts and maybe a Hawaiian number too.

Dicky Dirts was not so good but you could pick up a half decent pair of jeans for around a fiver I seem to remember.

[steveo]

But you could have drinks in Soho, a prostitute and a cab home for a fiver in those days

[Jah Lush]

Precisely.

[KidKruger]

Red devil - there was NONE of THAT garb there !!

[hellosailor]

I'm sure FLIP was still going into the 90s, I used to buy shirts and denim skirts, plus dyed army surplus tops there, loved it! My mum used to take me and buy stuff for herself too, you could spend hours in there.

[BJL]

As steveo said, the owner enjoyed the "high life" and while he certainly lived it to the full, he did have a great business in the early days until stock became harder to find and more expensive.

[Toooo nice]

I'm quite amazed that Flip remains in the memory

Of so many.

I use to work there part time and later

Full time when I left school.

I stood out a bit because I was a provincial 'soul boy/casual' from

Greenhithe village now ( Bluewater )amongst these wonderful

Eclectic staff which included rockabillies, boy George clones and the 501 , cowboy boot wearing crew.

I think the staff were as memorable as the clothing.

Charles,Patrick ,rick,roberto etc . I miss them all ....good times.

[Toooo nice]

hellosailor Wrote:

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> I'm sure FLIP was still going into the 90s, I used

> to buy shirts and denim skirts, plus dyed army

> surplus tops there, loved it! My mum used to take

> me and buy stuff for herself too, you could spend

> hours in there.

[Toooo nice]

The owner did live a ' highlife' his name was

Woolf. He came from LA . He owned the apartment directly

Above Flip. The 4 walls saw many debauched evenings when he was in town