Eugene Choo

Never had a bad experience.
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Lines like APC, Native Youth, Steven Alan, Sunja Link, just to name a few. The aroma everyone is talking about is the Votivo candles, I find the smell very pleasant. I especially like the jewelry case filled with unique finds.

Customer service is less to be desired and more times than most none of the clothes fit me even though I am not huge but not skinny either. I did manage to find a little something for a friends B-​day, however, other than that this is not my go to place.

This is the strangest place. Very disconnected staff, too cool to smile and they ruin the clothes they want you to pay top dollar for by spraying cheap perfume all day long. Even the shoe annex they opened smells like a bathroom Glade product. Gross

It’s not fun when your hubby is skinnier than you are. But he reminds me that it’s worst for him because he can’t find clothes that will fit and not make him look like a kid wearing grown men’s clothes.
Thankful Eugene Choo has great styles and pieces that almost look tailored made on him. For example, he found this great sports coat with elbow patches that fits him in the shoulders and his damn skinny waist.
Yes it’s quite pricey, but my man’s fine and he deserves clothes that reflect that.
This shop is great for modern skinny fits with a twist of old school classic.
P.S.
We’ve had good service from salespeople who aren’t pushy but helpful when you need them to be.

Definitely my favourite Main Street clothes store. Not a huge range of menswear, but very well selected. I’ve always found Kildare (the owner) and sales assistant Ian to be very helpful, even if it means recommending another store.
I had the opportunity to take some photographs there and ask Kildare some questions for a blog post, which you can read here:
Looking forward to frequenting Eugene Choo for many years to come.

Love the 2 guys that work here. Love the clothes, can’t afford most of them but when I am rich I will buy everything in the store.

OH how I miss you Eugene Choo!
Why do you not have an online store?
I love this store… the unique labels they carry… and whoever is their buyer who clearly has a great editing eye.

I agree with all the others who commented on the weirdly disconnected owners, they are dismissive and a little rude, like you’re an inconvenience to them.
What I really dislike is the heavy perfume that they spray constantly. I bought a great shirt there once but could never get the smell out. I now know why Calvin Klein’s Eternity was given that name — you can NEVER get rid of it!
Great shirt but a waste of money. My gf won’t go there because the perfume gives her a whopping headache immediately. But the Choosies don’t care; they’re too cool for commerce.

Staggering between a 3 and a 4 star, I have chosen to give this a 3 ½ stars.
I enter the shop, and while the salesgirl was at the till helping someone, I was not greeted, and even after she was done helping him, I was still not greeted. This is not a big store and I feel that a simple hello would have done the job.
Very cute shop with lovely merchandise. Spring trench coats and dresses, and basics such as cardigans and hoodies, shirts, all selected carefully. Lots of APC and Noa Noa picks. Items are not cheap here, but the design and the quality of the clothing make up for it. There clothing selection extends into their mini backyard. which I felt a little weird when I had to walk outside. Men’s and women’s clothing available, although the womens’ far exceeds then mens’. Mens and womens shoes also available, many of them Jack Purcells in different materials/​colors.
A good place for browsing and purchasing some investment pieces, as long as I’m greeted the next time I’m here.

There’s something to be said for a good editor. Authors, magazines, newspapers and even websites will pay a small fortune to have the right editor nip, snip and chop the item in question down to a perfect, pared-​down version of its former self. So why not do the same in stores?
Eugene Choo does a fine job of editing (selecting and laying out) its merchandise. Despite a slim selection of eclectic and colourful clothing, the Main Street mainstay (in the same location for at least a decade now) has — just like a perfectly proofed publication — something for everyone.
The labels at EC aren’t just well-​known — they’re also well-​designed. My personal fave: Noa Noa (surprise surprise). These are displayed perfectly next to vintage, one-​of-​a-​kind and locally made pieces — obviously by an editor with an excellent eye!

I’ve lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Southern California and San Francisco and I will tell you that not one store I’ve shopped at in any of these cities has left as much of an impression on me as Eugene Choo.
Although the space and selection were spare at times, everything in it felt as if it was well curated. I can’t wait to come here again on my visits to the city.

I like you Mr. Choo, but I might never buy anything. My girlfriend brought me to this ultra-​hip place to check out art and accessories. The attitude is a bit lofty and very Main street, but the service was nice. I always feel a bit out of place, just because I’m not super-​duper hipster etc., but the clothes were coolio-​doolio and the art work was neat-​o! Good to peruse… have some fun and get lost in it all.

I would like to say that I really luved going here but now a days I tend to leave it off my list when I am doing my retail therapy.
I was in the other day and I am never blown away by the customer service. Most times they hardly even acknowledge my existence. Not that I expect them to fawn over me but at least say hello.
As for the mens clothing selection they hardly have a selection at all, sure they have some fun pieces but they tend to be the same kinda stuff, as most of the other retailers have for men. Maybe their demographic is not the male shopper but at least if your going to have the department you should make it interesting. One of the reasons I like going to main street is the vibe, and the people, and I would suspect the same from their clothing stores, but alas this one does not live up to this Unilocalers expectations! sorry guys

Amongst all the new brands, labels and faces eternally popping up on Main Street, Eugene Choo has almost become a landmark. Only a handful of stores in this area can boast the same kind of longevity. I think it’s the font. There’s something nostalgic in the way the ‘E’ curves. It resembles the childish cursive used in the opening credits of Sofia Coppola’s «The Virgin Suicides».
The boutique’s stock is very eclectic and unique with a good mix of both internationally renowned designers and local emerging talent. The pieces here were clearly chosen with practicality in mind. In search for the perfect romper for some Saturday afternoon playground fun? In need of a plaid number to go with your picnic blanket?
That said, though, sometimes the price points (particularly for some of the local designers) are a bit high and over-​ambitious for what they are.

I want to love this store, I really do, with their emphasis on Canadian designed and created clothing, but I never manage to fall in love with anything about it. There are some unique items here, and some labels that I really like (check out Imaginary Friend Apparel — definitely a stand out!), but what bothers me every time I come in here is the unfriendly and indifferent service. It all seems very precious and even pretentious, when the product just isn’t worth getting pretentious over. Really. It’s worth checking out if you want to see what’s going on in the Canadian fashion world for women and men, but don’t expect a feel good experience. And the prices are rather steep.

You suck… and you know what you did Eugene Choo. you know what you did…