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As well as customising vintage garments and making pieces from scratch. Lisa Carr. pictured below, stocks clothes and accessories by local and international designers

Something old, something new

Anne McMeekin visits Raw Vintage in Glasgow where the owners specialise in reinventing the past

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So \he got the idea ol‘ hringing some \ intage st) le to the southxide: "l'here “as just nothing here helore. l’eople \\ ere led up tt'ooping o\ er to the \Vext lind and \traight aua} etrstomerx started eoming in to hum se. Initiall} the} new eurioux

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\Uttlll\ltlL‘t'\ passing h_\ htit tio\\ people are \ ixiting lrom all o\er.'

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lhe \tore \toekx \inlage gear \otireed l't'om all ox er the world inelttding suppliers l‘rom Mal} and .-\meriea. hut the shopping e\perienee in no \\;t_\ ends there.

‘VINTAGE CAN BE HARD TO WEAR. WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THEIR CLOTHES, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT'

"\Ve \\ant to eneourage people to look at \\ hat the_\'\e got and re\amp it] e\plain\ (’arr. ‘htit \\ e tll\ti alter items in store We all knotx ho\\ hard it ean he \otnetinies to tit into \intage dresses so \xe‘re here to help otit there too. lzxen it the pieee doe\ lll. \otliellltie\ )titt \xant it in a shorter length or \xith a tlll-liL'l'L‘lll \lL‘t'\ e. ll.\ l‘L‘L'll ti l‘ettll} popular \er\iee and it‘s heen great to see euxtomers i‘eall_\ thinking ahotit what the} want and eoming tip \\ ith their o\\ n ideasf

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