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David McLean

The lost Edinburgh women's clothes shop that teens couldn't get enough of

For an entire generation of fashion-conscious young women it was the place where they shopped till they dropped.

The mere mention of ladies' clothing store Chelsea Girl is sure to spark pangs of nostalgia among Edinburgh women of a certain age. In the 1970s and '80s, the much-loved fashion chain, which had shops in Princes Street and the St James Centre, was very much the place to be and to be seen on a Saturday.

With a name that evoked visions of the boutiques of London's King's Road in the 1960s, Chelsea Girl - which was a forerunner to River Island - was known for its eclectic styles, eye-popping colours and patterns and new age attitudes to women's fashion.

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