I frequented the Squire Shop , Village Gate, Thackerays from late '70 through to their demise ('82 ?), never bought anything Ivy in the early 70's, it was the ' Kings Road' Look as Uncle Ian mentioned recently, from memory most of the shirts, & some other items had the label ' Cassidy' in them, it seemed to be exclusive to these shops, (believe me I went into every menswear shop on the KR in the early 70's), does anyone have any background information on Cassidy ?, maybe TRS or RG have some inside info from working with guys who would have worked in these shops,

There's an Italian made shirt on Ebay at the moment: 'Cassidy'.  One wonders.

Quick turnover in the local pubs, then?

Oh and another couple of names to throw in the hat is Quincy, they had a shop KR and Brewer Street and Thackerays in Ken High Street

Oh and another couple of names to throw in the hat is Quincy, they had a shop KR and Brewer Street and Thackerays in Ken High Street

With regards to Quincy, it was or still is owned by Stuart Molloy who worked for JS at Squire/Village Gate.
@Woof, I think you may be disappointed with old location of the Ivy Shop Windsor, last visit it was a barricaded façade, no shops where it once stood.

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Some of these shops don't sound hugely different to those that sprang up in Midlands provincial towns.  Derby had 'His N'Hers'.  John Simons asked me more than once if they were still trading.  I'm pretty sure he did their windows at one time.  The town also had - although more downmarket - Big Six, Winston and Nixons.  In fact, the latter had three shops in the town, selling Levis etc.  There was also 'Man To Man'.  A lot of these places were frequented by soul fans from the early 60s onwards.  Oh, yes, and Harry Fenton had a shop.  I bought my first suit from there in 1977.  And very nasty it was, too.

Sad to hear about Stuart Molloy.  He was mentioned to me fairly recently.

'Stuart Molloy sadly passed away last month'
That's a shame, I didn't know him well but a real nice guy.

Quincy in Brewer street was run by a black guy called Tony Patterson, I used to see him on Thursday's upstairs in Ronnie Scott's.

Another shop that was trying to be Ivy or Collegiate maybe a bit later was Blazer, they had branches everywhere, some nice stuff and some very average.

So who ran/owned  the 'Ivy' shop in the Tottenham high road opposite the Tottenham Royal dance hall? I used to pass it on the way to White Hart Lane in the early 70s. Never shopped there as it was usually closed.
And who owned/ran the Bronx shop in Ilford near Ilford Palais? For me, this shop was the best 'ivy' shop I ever visited in the UK. I bought lots of clothes there. Two floors, full of American import clothing. Again early 70s.

Quick response from JS regarding Cassidy : "Cassidy was a follow shop to Village Gate which emerged in the 70s selling wide lapel fitted suits more connected to the hairy flairy than the Ivy though there may well have been some crossover".

Runninggeez- I remember two blokes working in the Bronx shop, a few years older than me. Are they still around and into Ivy clothes?

I was once buying shoes in there (first floor) when a girl came in to try on a top. As I sat down to try on the shoes she went into a cubical opposite, leaving the curtain open. As a 17 year old boy i was treated to a view that remains imprinted on my memory.

I don't remember Cassidy but I did buy a fitted suit from the Village Gate, with wide lapels, for my first office job in Notting Hill Gate.

Interested to know the location of an Ivy Shop in Wembley. Harry Fenton in the central square was the main shop I remember and another shop that was on the High Street for a very short while.

Maybe all these Ivy shops were after I had stopped looking. Early 70s I was getting three piece suits in the style Bob from ‘the Likely Lads’ or ‘Doctor in the House’ TV series from a shop called Gladstone in Willesden Green. I think they expanded into places like Ealing..