Splatter T-shirts! Tank tops! Skirts with geometrical patterns! Flip was early-80s cool clothing headquarters. And the late great Postermat was on the same Village block.
This ad appeared in the August 1984 issue of the East Village Eye.
Tags: 1980s clothing, 46 West Eighth Street, Flip clothing, New York in the 1980s, Postermat, West Eighth Street shopping
June 3, 2009 at 6:59 pm |
hey they leave their telephone number (minus the area code) but no URL???
June 3, 2009 at 9:15 pm |
URL in the 80s? Weren’t invented yet…And area codes? C’mon, man, that was 8th Street in the Village, we weren’t so programmed back then…
June 4, 2009 at 1:22 am |
“(minus the area code)”
hey – if you have to add the area code, you’re not manhattan!!
November 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm |
Actually, all of New York City was 212 until 1984, when 718 started getting phased in in the other 4 boroughs. However, the 212 area code still worked at the 718 numbers until December 31, 1984. So technically, people had 2 phone numbers in the boroughs, ie 212-555-5555 and 718-555-5555. On January 1, 1985, you needed to dial 212 to reach Manhattan, and 718 to reach the other boroughs.
You also didn’t need to dial the area code if you were in your own area code (not like now where you have to dial 212 even though you are calling from 212.) Plus long distance cost an arm and a leg back then, no 10 cents a minute!
June 4, 2009 at 1:44 am |
There was a FLIP on west 8th St next to the 8th St. Playhouse, and another on St Mark’s Place next to Trash & Vaudeville. Actually the backroom of Ray Pizza (originally VideoPop, the new wave pizza/music video joint) on the corner of St Marks and 3rd was part of FLIP’s space.
FLIP, sold mostly UK clothes, cheap stuff from Carnaby St at vastly inflated prices, which was funny cuz the FLIP in London sold thrift shop clothes from america at vastly inflated prices. But back in the day it was THE place to go to get that authentic UK fashion look.
August 13, 2009 at 10:38 pm |
Just thought I’d back that up by saying that I used to frequently buy American clothes in the three London shops which Flip had (Curtain Street – cheap: Covent Garden – medium price; and Kings Road – bloody expensive!) back in the 1980s.
Really miss those times…
June 4, 2009 at 9:53 am |
At the time all of NYC was 212, changes came about in the 70s…
June 24, 2009 at 1:32 am |
I shopped there! I kept a pair of capri length leggings for years out of sentimentality. Just kept it for the tag.
Why put the area code? Manhattan = 212 in the 1980s.
August 24, 2009 at 11:37 pm |
I love looking at the old ad’s from the 80′s. Brings back a lot of memories.
November 26, 2009 at 6:24 pm |
I wish I had the Village Voice ad for the 1983 SLEAZE FESTIVAL @ the 8th Street Playhouse—saw some real gems there.
October 5, 2010 at 5:18 am |
I still have some pants from Flip. Leopard spandex lol
August 3, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
I remember Flip like it was yesterday.
September 22, 2011 at 11:42 am |
I have still have buttons from FLIP! (and Antique Boutique, Unique, Cheap Jack’s, Zoot) On the cover of his debut album Valotte, Julian Lennon is wearing a FLIP button on his shirt. Ah, the 80s…
December 17, 2011 at 1:45 am |
man… i bought the coolest sleeveless leather jacket from there! kinda like a destressed looking brown (circa 1983?) i think i had it on lay-away for months… i was so broke back then! miss those daze!!
July 6, 2012 at 9:48 pm |
i worked at Flip! the owner was a horrible cokehead, possibly mafia. what a freakshow.
January 20, 2013 at 4:10 am |
I worked at Flip too in 1987/88. The owner WAS a raging coke head and a freak! I’m actually surprised I was never sexually assaulted there!!!
September 26, 2012 at 3:47 am |
I did work there too! in 1993 Covent Garden, London!! One of the owners was called Touria, she was in charge of that store, but the big boss was the older brother , the cokehead with a ponytail! When did you work there?!
October 7, 2012 at 8:35 pm |
I worked at flip in kings road and the bosses name was wolf and his wife or girl friend went to st martins and was a coke head and closed the biz because second hand jeans could give you aids yes he was mad and he banked in India so the people that took over where india he. Lost it in 1984 -5