VINTAGE PLUMS - UNWORN VINTAGE
LA BABALU THE COMPANY BEHIND VINTAGE PLUMS OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1964 IN A LESSER KNOWN AREA OF BELFAST CALLED CHURCH LANE. WITH THE 'SWINGING SIXTIES' AT ITS PEAK, OTHER BOUTIQUES QUICKLY FOLLOWED AND THE LANE FAST BECAME KNOWN AS "THE CARNABY STREET OF BELFAST". IN COMMON WITH THE ORIGINAL LONDON VERSION THE AREA WAS CHOSEN FOR ITS LOWER RENTS.
IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE LEASE RAN OUT ON THE LAST LA BABALU STORE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THROUGH THOSE YEARS THE WAREHOUSE HAD ACCUMULATED A GREAT DEAL OF STOCK. THESE INCLUDED PIECES FROM MANY FOR THE LAST CENTURY'S LEADING DESIGNERS SUCH AS ANNE BRUH, NOLAN MILLER, OSSIE CLARK, FRANK RUSSELL, NORMAN HARTNELL, MARC BOHAN AND MANY MORE...
UP TO 60 YEARS FROM MANUFACTURING, THESE GARMENTS SUSTAINABILITY IS ALREADY PROVEN. BUT UNLIKE SECOND HAND VINTAGE YOU ARE PURCHASING PREVIOUSLY UNWORN GARMENTS FROM THE MID CENTURY ONWARDS. BACK THEN, LOVING YOUR CLOTHES WAS NOT A HIGH PRIORITY IN FASHION, WITH TODAYS CARING SOCIETY YOU CAN BE THE FIRST TO WEAR A VINTAGE PLUMS ITEM, LOOK AFTER IT AND THEN OBTAIN A TOP SELL-ON PRICE.
IN MOST CASES YOU COULD BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WEARING ONE OF OUR UNWORN VINTAGE PLUMS