C & A Modes

I envy those of you able to still shop there.
Gin I worked there 1963ish

I bought a hoodie and a velour lounge top from C & A in Budapest in November

Some of the Dutch C&A family used to live near here, and several of their children attended the same junior school as dds.
It was a catholic school, the head was a nun, and it was very noticeable how each year at prize giving, the headmistress’s prize for each year would go to one of the (long distinctive Dutch name) pupils.

I was naive enough to be shocked at first by what was evidently blatant sucking-up to obviously very well off parents, until an Irish friend told me that was Irish nuns for you, always sucking up to what they saw as the ‘gentry’. 😂

Used to go to C&A in Edinburgh it always seemed huge. This was 60s and 70s. Those were the days Woolworths for the cafe, BHS, M&S, Jenners (very upmarket) and Littlewoods, and Saxone for shoes. Had a walk around C&A in Funchal Madeira when we were there on holiday.

My friend and I went to C &A most Saturdays. One time we both bought dresses for a party that night. I met my husband to be at that party. My friend had her heart set on him too and sadly our close friendship ended.

joannapiano 😂

My going away outfit was a bright pink wool suit, the same kind of colour as in Chestnut's photo. It was a lovely suit but what was I thinking to buy bright pink?

It was from Richard's Shops as far as I remember.

I shop in C & A regularly, love it. My first teenage 'reefer jacket'
came from them (in England) and they've never failed to
clothe me since.

Chestnut

Just looked at C&A online and although they ship to China and Brazil they don't ship to the UK!!

sitting on hands!

I bought a trendy mini PVC Mac in pink, from C&A in Oxford St. while I was at College around 1967. My boyfriend said I looked like a giant condom, which put me off wearing it for a while. Still married him, though.

I remember buying clothes for the whole family in the 1980s and early 1990s when they were making children's clothes in really vibrant colours, pink, yellow, green, purple. My most vivid memory were the shell suits in those colours. We all had one and sometimes wore them together, so I suppose we were the Shell Suit Family! It didn't last long though, probably just as well.

Just looked at C&A online and although they ship to China and Brazil they don't ship to the UK!!

Tannith, I also worked in the Marble Arch branch in the late 1950s, on Saturday Morning ( the West End closed on Sat afternoons then) and Thurs evenings for late night shopping when we stayed open until 8 pm. I was still at school. I moved from the ‘bargain basement’ to the Green. Room upstairs where they sold more expensive clothes because I spoke nicely!
In the holidays I worked in the offices adding up all those little cardboard price tags on an adding machine. No computers then!
I still buy clothes from C&A when I go back to The Hague on a visit.

Callistemon21

Oh! Shows my size 😁

It was always on the sloppy side
😁

Yes it was and still is Sixth Sense, I recently bought a blouse from that range from the store in Limoges.

I got my “ going away “ suit there ! It was hanging in the wardrobe a year ago , daughter visiting took it down . The skirt was moth damaged but the jacket was like new , she took it and wears it !
It’s at least 56years old !

I remember C and A when I was a teenager. I wish there was something like it now. I suppose H and M are a bit similar but really, not a patch on them. They were cheap but reasonable quality and great to browse round.

Oh! Shows my size 😁

Wasn't one of their labels 'Canda' ?
Yes, I'm sure it was.

The Sixth Sense label was blue and gold.

Thecjumper and label look faded in the picture, but they're not - it's just the light!

Whenever I was in Berlin, I shopped in both C&As and never came home empty handed. I loved it.

When I was sixteen, my mum bought me a brown maxi coat for £10, from C&A in one of the Glasgow branches. I knitted a yellow cloche hat to go with it, I thought I looked wonderful!!!

Wasn't one of their labels 'Canda' ?

I worked at the Marble Arch Oxford st branch as a teenager it was great as i got a discount on my clothes even got my wedding dress there. I had such a great time as a teen having access to all the new styles. Working there i earnt £4.10s a week.

C&A is still going strong in most European countries.

Yessica?

Opus label is coming to mind now. I wonder if that was a C&A name or perhaps my other favourite shop BHS?

Bought my “wardrobe “for college at C&A way back when. We had to go to Leeds which was an adventure as I had never been before. I got some trendy wide leg brown trousers, a blue check shirt and a yellow Orlon jumper. My Mum insisted that I got a very “smart” (in her eyes) checked coat, that I hated, because she wanted me to look like a teacher as she put it. The Orlon jumper stretched beyond wearing the first time that I washed it as the water was the wrong temperature!

When I lived in Holland ('60's) there was a wonderful C&A in my local Centrum. On the top floor was an aviary, full of beautiful birds. My little son loved to go to see them. The clothes were from Italy and France. Well made, lovely fabrics and excellent design.
In the' 70's, living near Chester where there was a C&A, I bought a cashmere and wool coat in navy blue. I still have that coat. Very smart and still as good as new.