A few of Dublin’s fashionable men will be upset to hear that legendary men’s clothing shop Gentlemen Please in Blackrock has shut its doors after ten years.
The Irish Independent reports that last Tuesday morning, Alan Kelly, the owner of the store, put up a notice on the door of the well-known shop which read:
“I closed the store on Saturday, 17 March, after 10 years. It was a gut-wrenching decision and one where every possible alternative was considered. I’ve been thinking what I would miss the most about owning a men’s store, so here it goes.”
In the notice, Mr Kelly describes how he will fondly miss the men who always brought their wives or girlfriends with them to help them pick out some new clothes.
“I hope one day they’ll have confidence to buy a shirt on their own…and that their wives, girlfriends and partners will be proud of them and happy too when they choose to wear it. After all it is just a shirt.”
Alan Kelly has dressed some of Ireland’s best-known men and was the first port of call for many men who needed something new for a special occasion or to just update their wardrobes a bit.
“I’m devastated,” Mr Kelly told the Irish Independent last week.
“I am hoping with all the contacts I’ve made over the last 10 years that something will come up and I will be able to stay in this country,” he said.
This story just goes to show that every single industry is being affected by the current economic state of the country. With the closure of Gentlemen Please, Dublin has lost a little bit of style.
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