I've read the thread to remind myself of what I may be missing! Someone up thread mentioned MacFisheries, I don't miss them, but I remember being very young and out shopping with my mum and that would be one of the places she'd shop at, along with Sainsburys when they were small grocery type shops with marble counters. Again, from early days, getting kitted out in new clothes from St Micheal, it didn't happen that often so it was kind of thrilling when it did. Later on as an early teen it was C&A, Chelsea Girl and Richard Shops and when I went to work in London, Biba, just loved the uniqueness of the store and the clothing, nothing else quite like it, also Habitat, young and innovative and great to hang around in. Many of the big London stores of yesteryear, Derry and Toms, Swan and Edgar, Simpsons of Piccadilly disappeared a while back, there was always somewhere to lose yourself at lunchtimes and after work back then.
Moving on to more recent times, I did like East and was sorry to see them go, although I agree 52bright, they were a bit pricey, I generally waited for their sales. I also quite like Shoon, but Fit Flop on line has filled that void for me now.
A perfume I loved was Jolie Madame by Balmain, it seems a lot of discontinued perfumes are available on line, have bought Femme by Rochas for instance not that expensive.. Prices quoted for Jolie Madame are sadly an arm and a leg otherwise I'd have bought it.