Urban Outfitters

in general the shop

16 Jul 08, 11:47 As expected

I remember going into this shop last time i was in london,i like the sort of clothes it sells and i will pay it a visit again in august.it may be quite expensive but you know if you have not got the money there is plenty of other shops you can go to in london,if you have got the money,well thats what this shops for.

too old for this place!

16 Jun 08, 13:33 Well below expectations

As I begin the steady roll downhill into old-age, shops like this seemt o be standing on the sidelines, flicking the Vs at me and yelling obscenities at me, safe in the knowledge that I lack the necessary energy to do anything about. Fake vintage clothes at non-fake prices, 'cool' stuff that clearly isn't cool, piles of plastic tat which is meant to be ironic - wind up plastic grannies, god-awful overpriced kitschy plastic picture frames, strings of fairy lights with plastic flowers attached. Obligatory collection of cool music, includingt vinyl, so you can buy it, take it home, play it on one of your technics, once, then ignore it. Shops like this have been a portent of the incoming credit crunch for sometime, when we have enough money to piss away on the stuff shops like this sell, we clearly have too much easy credit. Right, back to Countdown....

Urban Extortion

15 May 08, 09:53 Below expectations

Urban Outfitters has an excellent range of retro and vintage clothing and accessories, but as other reviewers have touched upon, items come at a price.

The whole essence of buying vintage/retro clothing is to wear something that nobody else has. With Urban Outfitters mass produced t-shirt lines, don't be surprised to see someone else wearing you £40 Kellogg's Corn Flakes or Disney designs, making you wish you'd splashed out £3 on something more unique in a charity shop.

Over-rated and over-priced.

Shop

30 Apr 08, 00:28 Above expectations

Smaller than the Oxford Circus branch, the range in this UO is obviously not as big but is still great. The main difference is the size of the vintage area.

Clothes are of a really high quality, but the price reflects that. The turnaround of styles and designs is also pretty quick.

Expensive

25 Jun 07, 20:45 Below expectations

Sometimes I wonder why people shop here. It's pretty expensive for what it is - fake-vintage t-shirts for 30 quid, jeans that cost over £100 that aren't as great as the price tag suggests, trendy CDs with excessive mark-up. Being in Covent Garden, you can get everything at Urban Outfitters at a cheaper price in shops very nearby.

The quality of items at Urban Outfitters does tend to be pretty high, I've got things that have lasted ages, so you do generally get what you pay for.

However, the range of products at this store is always pretty small, so it's pretty hard to find something nice. There are other Urban Outfitters around central London which are larger so have better ranges. If you can't find much in this place, either go to another Urban Outfitters or there are enough shops around Covent Garden to find exactly what you're looking for.