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New Look Women's Department!

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:36:00 GMT

So as you will have seen over the past few months we have been going through huge changes and our new brands, products and items have been attracting a really exciting and positive response. Due to pre-orders in retail, we buy almost a year in advance so we have been working on re-branding ourselves and transforming our site and store for the last 2 years but only now are we nearing completion of the 'new us.'

Our men's section has seen the most changes of recent and the addition of new brands. Our women's section took more time and needed more work on perfecting our current brand stock too, focusing on buying with a female eye with our new female buyer and also increased amount of female staff. We are so excited and confident you will be too with our latest drops and offerings for women.

We aimed to represent all shapes, sizes, looks, identities and presentations of women and girls and really provide a wide range of options, sizes and designs to try and cater to everyone.

With this, we took on several new brands, namely Rebel8, Volcom, Get Cutie, Rock Steady, Vacant, Insight 51 and we also progressed with our current brands such as Famous Stars and Straps (FSAS), DC Womens, Criminal Damage and Iron Fist, ensuring we are up to date with the hottest styles and designs and operating on the forefront of women's fashion progression.

The drops have started to arrive to complete our transformation and we will feature new brands as they drop, picking out all of our favourite key pieces, staff picks and brand introductions etc.

Right now, there are some sneak peaks of the new sections in our store on facebook. We'll also post some product links to our site for the key items shown too on there!

http://www.facebook.com/thealternativestore

Alternative Store videos of the day...

Mon, 16 May 2011 13:05:00 GMT

One question we're asked on a regular basis is "Why isn't there any video on www.thealternativestore.net?" and the simple answer is that we've never made inroads to create our own videos. This is set to change soon as we've got plans for specific product videos, as well as staff picks, profiles and other bits.

Until then, we've gathered together a few of our current favourite videos that are doing the rounds on the web...

Here's Mike Giant, artist and one of the talents behind Rebel8, talking influences and such...

Chances are you've seen this one but if not, it's a middle-aged woman trashing a bar much to the disgust of fellow patrons and staff. Except the patrons and staff are all puppets, and the middle-aged woman is a two year old. Ace.

Travis Barker is something of a legend around these parts, largely due to his association with Blink 182, Famous Stars and Straps and more recently Lil Wayne. We're currently loving this clip of him soundchecking for a show on his recent tour...

This is absolutely fantastic. Don't be alarmed, there's no animal harm in it, just watch it til the end and follow the onscreen instructions. Very clever stuff...

A selection of our fave videos wouldn't be complete without something from The Lonely Island. This one is taken from their new album Turtleneck and Chain.

We'll be updating our blog and our website soon with our own clips along with some more of our current favourites from the internets, so check back here soon...

Travis Barker's 'Give The Drummer Some' Release Party (via Rebel8)

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:32:00 GMT

Our friends over at Rebel8 posted some awesome photos from FSAS supremo, Blink 182 drummer and all-round awesome fella Travis Barker's record release party for GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME. Check out our ranges of Rebel8 and Famous Stars and Straps at The Alternative Store.

Thanks to Rebel8 for the photos (original post here)

Famous Stars and Straps X Mishka has arrived!

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:27:08 GMT

UPDATE: THE KILL EM ALL SHIRTS ARE GONE. DAMN THAT WAS FAST...

We've been waiting for the arrival of the collaboration between Famous Stars and Straps and Mishka for a while now, and we're pleased to tell you that the FSAS X Mishka collection is now in stock at The Alternative Store.

Check out the pictures below for a closer look at the collab...

We're going to be stocking a wide range of Mishka clothing in the near future, so this is merely a taste of what's to come. Grab the Mishka X Famous Stars and Straps Collection here.