Every week, we take to the streets to find a start-up business right here in Islington. This week, we spotted a new designer outlet shop in an unlikely location.
The Upper Street area – with its boutiques, artisan bakeries and expensive restaurants – is probably the last place you would expect there to be a designer outlet.
But to Eve Francis, owner of Eve’s Designer Outlet in Islington Green, it makes perfect sense: “With the climate at the moment, no one has money for clothes.”
Eve opened the shop in June because she was “sick of working for other people”.
With her background in sales, she used her supplier contacts to stock last season’s designer clothes, shoes and accessories.
Though there was a scary moment three months ago – “There was a hold-up: a guy came in with a machete and hammer” – she reports business has been going well.
Eve is also happy with her shop’s location outside a bus stop: “You can’t buy that sort of advertising.”
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here