PapillionWyngs Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 5-7-9Casual CornerI cannot remember the name of the store downtown that carried junior clothingFoley'sSakowitzJoske'sGapJC Penney'sMargo's LaMode in Almeda Mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Margo's LaMode in Almeda Mall Wow, another Houston mystery solved! Tks Papi! The pieces of memories puzzle slowly come together... PS, how can we ever forget the carousel turning around in the center court of Almeda Mall? I am pretty sure it has been mentioned on Haif-a-rama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I know I got the platform shoes to complete the outfit at The Wild Pair in the Galleria. Everybody wanting the most outrageous shoes did.I was at the Galleria this weekend, and was surprised to see that there's still a Wild Pair there - of course, it looks considerably different than the 70s incarnation. Perhaps it's always been there, and I just never noticed it before, but I thought all of the Wild Pair stores were long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefmonkey Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 This is more early 90s, but a place I liked to shop as a high schooler in the Willowbrook Mall was J Riggins. I guess they went out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 In the 1980s wasn't there an Aca Joe store around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 This is more early 90s, but a place I liked to shop as a high schooler in the Willowbrook Mall was J Riggins. I guess they went out of business. J Riggins was also discussed in detail on other mall topics but I was a regular American Gigolo was a smash at theaters & every guy had to be a Richard Gere clone (before the gerbil controversy a few yrs later). Riggins was later to be the Miami Vice - Don Johnson look-a-like clothing store. I will never forget the very light weight paperlike pants (light blue) and yep, light pink jacket. They even sold the varied coloered espadrille shoes! They only lasted for a few wks. Now you are Don Johnson just like that! The style would vanish by the next summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marketingwiz Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Wistfully, I remember the 5-7-9 Shop and my ability to legitimately shop there. Just add a zero to the end of each figure to calculate my current size. Did anyone mention Margo's LaMode? I actually had one of their credit cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) J Riggins was also discussed in detail on other mall topics but I was a regular American Gigolo was a smash at theaters & every guy had to be a Richard Gere clone (before the gerbil controversy a few yrs later).Riggins was later to be the Miami Vice - Don Johnson look-a-like clothing store. I will never forget the very light weight paperlike pants (light blue) and yep, light pink jacket. They even sold the varied coloered espadrille shoes! They only lasted for a few wks. Now you are Don Johnson just like that! The style would vanish by the next summer. It's actually J. Riggings, as seen here: (right click it to see) Picture taken by me at Mall of the Mainland... Edited March 19, 2009 by IronTiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e streeter Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 before my sister graduated high school, my mom would take me shopping with them and i would get to go to the fun stores. one was called dk's on hillcroft. they had great hip huggers (i didn't even have hips back then) and monogrammed purses.once my sister went to college, i started making my own clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 As most teens did in the 80's, I spent a lot of time trolling the mall! I'm trying to remember all those shops we used to love to buy clothes at. Here are some that come to mind:Wicks n Sticks Anybody else out there have memories of great shops in the malls of the 70's and 80's? I know there are tons more. Open your memories! I wonder if this is that store that featured rows and rows of really neat Wax candles ??? I do recall always seeing a candle shop that had really cool candles made to look like ice cream, ala Banana splits, Soda fountains, sundaes. They seemed very realistic from a distance and I think had scents of that specific flavor of ice cream. I also think they featured inscents? Another Houston Mall mystery question! 1st winner gets a banana split! Yumm! once my sister went to college, i started making my own clothes. Smart, smart, smart! Good for you! This is how some of the most famous designers started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhinoVP Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I wonder if this is that store that featured rows and rows of really neat Wax candles ??? I do recall always seeing a candle shop that had really cool candles made to look like ice cream, ala Banana splits, Soda fountains, sundaes. They seemed very realistic from a distance and I think had scents of that specific flavor of ice cream. I also think they featured inscents? Another Houston Mall mystery question! 1st winner gets a banana split! Yumm! Yeah Vert, your right that would have been the place. I remember the Wicks n' Sticks at Westwood mall back in the 70's which also had candles either carved or moulded like dragons and castles among other things. I couldn't imagine someone buying one of these, and then ever lighting it. They were not cheap! It was no Yankee Candle Company, for sure! Now if anyone else remembers Westwood...there was another store there (I think) called Pickwick records. They had so much stuff in this store! In the 70's they had records, black light posters, lava lamps, tie dyed clothing, you name it. One of the things I remember buying there was a beer can lamp. I know somebody else has to remember these. They sold them in all different colors, beer or soda cans, and they had this sort of flickering fillament in them that looked like a flame when you pluged it in. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world as a kid, but you can't find these anywhere now. Lava lamps, sure... but not those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Yeah Vert, your right that would have been the place. I remember the Wicks n' Sticks at Westwood mall back in the 70's which also had candles either carved or moulded like dragons and castles among other things. I couldn't imagine someone buying one of these, and then ever lighting it. They were not cheap!It was no Yankee Candle Company, for sure! Now if anyone else remembers Westwood...there was another store there (I think) called Pickwick records. They had so much stuff in this store! In the 70's they had records, black light posters, lava lamps, tie dyed clothing, you name it. One of the things I remember buying there was a beer can lamp. I know somebody else has to remember these. They sold them in all different colors, beer or soda cans, and they had this sort of flickering fillament in them that looked like a flame when you pluged it in. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world as a kid, but you can't find these anywhere now. Lava lamps, sure... but not those. The beer can lamps came in Busweiser, Coors, Lone Star, etc. That store did have major cool stuff! I bought one of those long rectangular glass enclosed things that contained BLUE liquid inside. As the casing tilted back & forth the blue substance would roll up and down like a real ocean wave, major cool! Most of the these shops had some of the newest, chrisp off the presses Rock n Roll band T-shirts too. I clearly recall Led Zeppelin, Bad company, Eagles (I still have a pic of me in y Hotel California T) The Who, Boston, Yes, then once New Wave became all the rage, those cool T's ala The Pretender's, Blondie, Devo, invaded the racks. Many of these stores were also allowed to sell "rocks" that really neatly psychedelic colored rock w/a hole thru it so people could place thier doobees inside & puff away?They even featured huge bong's I suppose for big parties, etc. What ? Ever notice the managers, and staff always seemed lind of hippish at these stores? Coincidence?lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 You mean nobody else here shopped at Kaplans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 You mean nobody else here shopped at Kaplans? i did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow, another Houston mystery solved! Tks Papi!The pieces of memories puzzle slowly come together... PS, how can we ever forget the carousel turning around in the center court of Almeda Mall? I am pretty sure it has been mentioned on Haif-a-rama. My kids LOVED that thing. They literally cried when it was taken out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe_1900 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 One of the things I remember buying there was a beer can lamp. I know somebody else has to remember these. They sold them in all different colors, beer or soda cans, and they had this sort of flickering fillament in them that looked like a flame when you pluged it in. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world as a kid, but you can't find these anywhere now. Lava lamps, sure... but not those.Memories of Spencer's Gifts.7Up started it with a TV commercial that had one of those oscillating filament bulbs in a 7Up can lamp. I had one around 1970 when I was a kid.You can find the 7Up can lamps on eBay, the colored oscillating bulbs are very scarce, though you can substitute one of these:http://www.kyp-go.com/products.htm Balafire bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdmalek Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Seems all my clothes came from Weiners, the Sears Surplus near Almeda Mall (same shopping center as Millers Outpost, incidentally), KMart and Target. When we left town in the 80's and dad got a better paying job, we actually shopped at JCPenney's sometimes!!! I recall being embarassed about this in junior high, but by high school I could care less. Mom and Dad buying me some jeans at Sears beat the hell out of me buying my own clothes! After I became responsible for myself, I realized that even Sears is out of their minds on price! Most of my clothes come from Sam's Club now. I can appreciate $15 slacks, $12 jeans and $15 shirts. I also shopped with my parents at the Sears Surplus store near Almeda. That strip center has changed a good bit over the years. If I remember right, there was a Woolco in the same center in the 70's....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimmerTX Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Not for clothes but a popular place I shopped as a teen was SOUND WAREHOUSE. I bought all of my albums & cassettes there and occasionally rented VHS movies. Occasionally used their Ticketmaster service for concert tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat51 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 On August 30, 2008 at 11:03 AM, jetbeetle said: We used to get music shirts from H&H music that said stuff like HAMMER GUITARS and D-DRUMS, we couldn't play a single note but the girls didn't know that. Parachute pants and Go Round are still things tied together in my mind and Chess King always reminds me of Michael Jackson's Jackets. HAMER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msmugler Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1) J. Riggings (the men's store that looked like a ship) 2) In Wear Matinique: where we bought our Z. Cavarrici and Girbaud pants! (The least flattering pants ever invented!) 3) North Beach Leather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiky80s Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 There was a clothing store in the Houston Galleria. Early 90s I'm thinking. It was tropical/surfer themed. I never knew how to say the name. Maybe started with an X but I could be wrong. It was in a small section of Galleria back then (I think Galleria 3) near Thirsty's. You had to walk through a long hallway to get there. Please help me remember the name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Go Round Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 8/29/2008 at 2:30 PM, srm said: As most teens did in the 80's, I spent a lot of time trolling the mall! I'm trying to remember all those shops we used to love to buy clothes at. Here are some that come to mind: Clothing: County Seat Jean's West Merry-Go-Round Dejaiz Chess King Foxmoor The Gap (when it was strictly jeans and t-shirts) Judy's Some other mall stores that are now defunct: Kinney's shoes Thom McAn Wicks n Sticks Morrow's Nut House Art Standing Hickory Farms Woolworth's Baker's Shoes The Wild Pair Anybody else out there have memories of great shops in the malls of the 70's and 80's? I know there are tons more. Open your memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefmonkey Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) This one was mid-late 80s, into the 90s, Babbage's computer software store. My younger brother and I frequented the one in Willowbrook Mall in the late 80s-early 90s. I remember wanting to get Leisure Suit Larry there, and my mom read the back of the box and said "uh, no, you're not buying this, not even with your own money." We bought some of the first LucasArts (back then LucasFilm) games there, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Secret of Monkey Island. If you remember Babbage's and are asking yourself "I wonder what happened to them?" the answer is they merged with another software retailer you might remember, Software Etc., in 1994, and became Babbage's Etc,. then launched the GameStop brand in 1999, which took off, with all the Babbage's Etc. stores being rebranded as GameStop in the next few years after that. I'm sure everyone is familiar with GameStop, you probably have a recently shuttered one just down the street from you. This picture is not of the Willowbrook location, I just pulled it off the internet. Edited December 18, 2020 by Reefmonkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgis Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Good post there about Babbage's. I completely forgot about that place. Definitely went there in the early days of computing (maybe at Westwood, Sharpstown, or Meyerland malls). I can't remember what I purchased, but probably was DOS books or early software. Edited February 9, 2021 by Gurgis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bugtoaster Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 3/21/2009 at 12:19 AM, RhinoVP said: I remember the Wicks n' Sticks at Westwood mall back in the 70's which also had candles either carved or moulded like dragons and castles among other things. I couldn't imagine someone buying one of these, and then ever lighting it. They were not cheap! The history of Wicks 'n Sticks is something I would like to find more of - did they have a catalog circa 1980 that illustrates all the crazy candle designs? Are there candle catalogs from this era, not necessarily from Wicks 'n Sticks, which include these sorts of candles? Is there anywhere on the web that showcases the candles of this era? According to their Wikipedia entry, the chain started in Houston in 1968. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicks_'N'_Sticks Does anyone know more about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsanctuary Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Memorial City was my 'main' mall...Esprit (I wish they were still in business), Foley's, Lord & Taylor, the Limited, Frost Brothers...other places we always checked out - the Hammond (?) Organ store, Cactus Records & Tapes, Spencer's Gifts, Wicks 'n' Sticks, Waldenbooks. A kiosk that sold little ribbon glass animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 We have a similar thread here, but, yep... Dream Merchant and Judy's... Judy's had some clothes for guys, I bought my first pair of Spandex there. The girl I was hanging around with at the time talked me in to getting silver instead of the standard black. This was 83? 84? i haven't talked to her in a couple of years, she went off the deep end when the T-Word won his election... Just the other day, I was thinking about a button I bought at Dream Merchant... It had five four letter words on it, it's something that will trigger and word filters we may have here, but it's euphanisms for feces, fornicate, damn, urinate, hell.... I wore that to school today along with the silver Spandex and a black and white zebra print shirt I bought at Dream Merchant.... I wonder how Sadie and JD are doing these days.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ4077 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Anybody remember Farrell's Ice cream parlor at the Alameda Mall? My main mall was Baybrook back in the 80's. During the summer I would hang out at Aladdin's castle to play video games then walk across the parking lot to Cactus records and tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Witch Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 My friends and I used to take the city bus downtown and shop at a store called "Three Sisters"...and of course ..."Foley's" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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