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The Evening Standard notes a potential harbinger of commercial conformity on Portobello Road, as chain retailer AllSaints opens a new store on that most ramshackle of markets. The 'street where the riches of ages are sold' is a place of barrows and stalls, of small independent shops selling 'anything and everything a chap can unload'. It is a linear circus where tedious dance numbers assemble at the drop of a hat (according to this documentary). Can it absorb large stores and keep its character? Did it lose its ragamuffin way years ago, with the opening of Starbucks, Tesco Metro and American Apparel (oh the irony, for anyone who's noticed our sidebar these past few weeks)? Discuss. more ›

In fairness to All Saints, the London-based company boasts a flagship store on Commercial Street where it is the only chain store (and though not exactly comparing like for like, Fopp was a chain itself). The space had originally been purchased by Somerfield -- who had planned to turn it into a massive off license, thus providing a solution to the shortage of cheap booze in Camden -- but the plans were scrapped in May. more ›

Jayne Mansfield, living in London while making the film Too Hot To Handle, was invited to the All Saints church in Haggerston in September 1959 to help judge the East London Budgerigar and Foreign Birds Society show. Michael Allen, son of the society secretary, knew of the actress' ornithological interest, and she was asked to be guest of honour. To the amazement of locals, Mansfield and her husband showed up, and hundreds of people clamoured for a glimpse of genuine Hollywood glamour in the East End. In modern equivalent, it's probably something like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt rocking up unannounced at the Hackney Wick Pigeon Fancier's Collective on a wet and windy Tuesday. more ›

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As far as comebacks go All Saints making their mark back on the pop scene is our favourite. Yeah sure, we were there at Milton Keynes screaming along to Take That back in the summer, but when we're talking new material our favourite fighting girl group have taken the edge with . more ›

To tell you the truth we're getting a bit bored of 90s pop reunions. Take That - yes that's quite funny. All Saints - hooray, their 2nd album was fab. East 17 and the Honeyz? No there is no need! more ›

Ok, we think it's safe to come out now, we think they've all gone. Having so many of them congregate in the one place was always going to be a problem. Where were the police when we needed them? But it's all clear now. You can send the kids off to school, but be sure to warn them of the dangers of anyone who looks a little foreign... and by foreign we mean white faced, green haired, red nosed and long footed. Clowns, man. They creep us out. more ›

Back in those heady days known as the nineties lurking behind the Spice Girls and the All Saints, was a much quieter, melodic, band formed by two sisters from Barking. Discovered by Dave Stewart, Shelly & Karen Poole became Alisha’s Attic (named after their imaginary childhood friend) and went on to have 8 top 40 hits between 1996 and 2001. Since then both Shelly and Karen have been writing for other artists such as Rachel Stevens, Janet Jackson & Liberty X. more ›