Octopus’s Garden

I was cutting through Wellington Street on my way to Upper Queens Street yesterday when I stumbled across Octopus’s Garden. Belfast used to be a wash with Vintage stores but over the years these have slowly become extinct so it’s always good to see a new one rise from the bottom of the ocean — much like an Octopus.
Octopus’s Garden has many strands or arms/​tentacles (may as well continue down pun street). It sells vintage clothing for both males and females, old school vinyl and various other retro artifacts. The main thing I liked about Octopus Garden was that their was a varied choice — the rails were jam packed with everything from flannel shirts, band T’s to leather jackets and potentially bum cheek exposing denim hot pants.
The prices were reasonable too — you often find that vintage stores inflate the prices of their stock but it seems that Octopus Garden have made a concerted effort not to extort their clientele.
I was only going in for a browse but I ended up walking out with a loud shirt that has already proved a controversial choice — but that’s the beauty of buying vintage items — they always divide opinion and create a talking point. I recommend popping in here for a wee duke round — you never know you might come out with your (not everyone’s) new favourite shirt.