All Saints

I kept hearing, “you don’t know All Saints?!”  I’d go on the website of this British High Street clothing company & didn’t get what I was missing.  But then I was stopped short in my tracks while walking around SoHo in NYC, when I came across a dramatic storefront window displaying a massive grid of antique sewing machines.  I walked inside All Saints to find a jaw-dropping space, filled to the brim with industrial eye-candy!  It’s really over-the-top … sewing machines as far as the eye can see, walls of old spools, thousands of cobbler’s shoe forms, huge industrial textile mill machines, great vintage worktables & steel shelving.  It was chock-a-block with clothes, too (which is what they sell), but I was blinded by the decor.  I don’t know if all the stores are this extreme, but with over seventy stores worldwide, I can’t imagine that there’s an antique sewing machine left to be had anywhere else.  A must see for any industrial design lover!