The Thousands

Hands up who has tried to take their boyfriend to the Gilles Street Market? How many stalls did you make it past before the feet started to drag and the answers to questions like ‘ooh, this is cute, what do you think?’ changed from ‘yeah that’s nice, buy it’ to ‘mnh’? Don’t even get me started on how hard it is to get the boys to look at things for themselves…

Lads are not easy to outfit well in this town, and there are certainly slim pickings when it comes to men’s vintage. A few stores do it quite well, but only for impossibly slim hipster boys or lads with penchants for leather jackets in all shades of black, grey and brown. And really, leather jackets were more from The Strokes era anyway – we’ve moved on, haven’t we?

That’s where Red House Vintage comes in. Not only do they have a nifty little eBay store with some nice selections for the lay-deez, but they are also promising a men’s vintage bonanza at the Gilles Street Market on September 19. Go on – give your boy once last chance to redeem himself as a good Gilles Street companion, or remain forever dressed like it’s 2002.