Davina Boutique - 82 Lordship Lane

[Mark]

Has the sun just come out? Oh no, Louisa's walked in the room.

[Louisa]

Mwah.

Louisa.

[SeanMacGabhann]

and to think it was me who was called a prophet of doom on another thread!!

mind you - teh administrator should scold Mark for going off topic ;-)

[Louisa]

Yeah Mark :X

Louisa.

[Administrator]

Please stay on topic which is Davina Shoes - 82 Lordship Lane

[SimonM]

So have they any connection with the Big Brother lady or not then?! :))

[Spangles30]

it is just another friggin' pointless shop in Lordship Lane, esp if it really does sell such horrid shoes. There already are two shoe shops the area selling half reasonable shoes, do we really need another, particularly if it sells such vile artefacts - as has been alleged by Bob et al.

[Louisa]

Spangles30, how dare you suggest that these overpriced small shops are pointless. If you want to live in ED you have to like it or lump it, remember, there are scary places like Bromley and Lewisham where you can actually buy more for less and have a greater variety so be thankful you are living in such a nice sophisticated area such as this.

Louisa.

[RosieH]

not sure I'd call this den of monstrous shoes overpriced

[Marmora Man]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> The tyre place will be a permanent home for the

> bakers who currently sell outside Moxon's

>

> Glad to see the old Access sign is still up above

> the shop mind you!

I think the tyre place is becoming a greengrocers - possibly as part of Franklins. It's the Chicken Licken that's becoming the bakery.

[Amelie]

Mr Franklin's told me on Saturday that the former tyre shop is going to be a farm shop selling local produce.

[Muttley]

Yes, definitely not a rumour any more as I see the shop sign's gone up, Davina Boutique. Does that mean it's more than just shoes? I guess all will be revealed in the next day or two.

[Spangles30]

LOL Louisa, but actually RosieH is quite right some of the shoes appear to retail for about ?40-50 which is not that expensive for shoes these days. Having said that though, the shoes in said shop are rather unappealing - in my opinion.

[Jeremy]

It's overpriced if you're used to paying ?20 at Barratts/Shoe Express/etc. But generally it looks to be in the same price bracket as the existing shoe shop on LL.

I'm surprised, it's not like Louisa to pass judgement without checking out the facts first!

[RosieH]

actually I think I take back my earlier comment - while I don't consider these shoes expensive, I do think them overpriced - they're fugly in the extreme and I propose that even ?5 would be too much

what for, why, why, why they coming?

[dullwitch]

Well, I for one am pleased there'll be a shoe shop opening.

One can never have too many shoes.:)

If you look at the website properly, they appear to have a good variety of nice shoes, aswell as the dodgy ones.

Why don't we just give these places a chance, instead of beating them down before they've even opened?

[RosieH]

you're quite right and I'm sorry, in a really foul mood this morning and took it out on the shoe boutique. had a look through the site before commenting and they're very much not my kind of shoes (not just the bad ones posted on here), but hey, horses for courses and all

I'll keep shopping up west and wish them well with their venture

[BJL]

I like some of them - especially the more unusual designs. Beats the drab, dull and boring White Stuff ("lovely clothes for lovely people", indeed).

[Sue]

Some of us have taken to replacing the first letter of "White Stuff" with another (clue - it's a few places before the "W" in the alphabet).

:))

[Spangles30]

LOL Sue, and yes couldn't agree more. The clothes shops are awful in the area, just vile. Shame we don't have any quirky, bohemian vintage shops - have to go different parts of London for any tasteful stuff clothes/house wise.

[SeanMacGabhann]

does this make me look "vile" as I walk down the Lane these days? I really should take more care about how and who I offend....

[*Bob*]

BJL Wrote:

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Beats the drab, dull and boring White

> Stuff ("lovely clothes for lovely people",

> indeed).

Surely you mean "oversized clothes for overweight people". The Weight Stuff.

[Cassius]

Spangles30 Wrote:

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> LOL Sue, and yes couldn't agree more. The clothes

> shops are awful in the area, just vile. Shame we

> don't have any quirky, bohemian vintage shops -

> have to go different parts of London for any

> tasteful stuff clothes/house wise.

I'm not sure that is really fair - The White Stuff is not really vile, but safe and rather unimaginative, Petals and Mrs Robinson aren't really vile - just beyond my pocket, and Chichirarawhatever seems to be very popular (isn't that meant to be a quirky bohemian vintage shop?)

[Sue]

I do like the stuff at Sugar, but can't afford to buy much of it :)

[Brendan]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Surely you mean "oversized clothes for overweight

> people". The Weight Stuff.

I?ve noticed this about M&S too. I tend to buy my work clothes from them. I?m 6ft1 and I have to buy Small sizes to get clothes that fit.

Plus I have a beer belly. :-S