Glamorous Glasgow , Is the city the fashion hub of Scotland ?

The City of Glasgow is situated in the Central belt of Scotland allowing easy access of Scots from all over , from South Lanakshire to Ayr and to city Rival Edinburgh. The Bonny capital of Scotland is and hour and a half away from Edinburgh but the style of their residents and their shopping areas are significanlty different and reflect the heart of the two different Scottish cities. The main Shopping street in Glasgow is the iconic Buchanan street nicknamed the "style mile" which boasts department store House of Frasers , Princess Square which is brimming with designer shops like Karen Millen and Ted Baker ,Buchanan Galleries which hosts a fantastic range of stores such as Levi's , Next , River Island and much much more. Last Spring Glasgow's Buchanan Street welcomed new shops at the top left hand corner of the style mile known as Buchanan Quarter which consists of American high street store Forever 21 ( a 3 storey fashion treat) , Fat Face , Paper Chase , Gap , Office and Watches of Switzerland. Glaswegians and the general Scottish public are spoiled for choice when they come to Glasgow for a day of shopping as the City is full of high street stores and designer labels so the city caters for shoppers on a budget and shoppers out to flash the cash.

Buchanan Street welcomes New Ted Baker Store :)

At the end of March 2014 , Ted Baker opened its brand new stores doors to the Scottish public and has created a quirky , cool and exciting shopping experience for style conscious men and women. The new store is simply stunning with amazing in store atmospherics and even its own Glasgow individual style with a very cool desk that has the map of Glasgow city center on the front.  The Ted Bakers are effectively laid out in store and the new spring collection is stunning , fresh , innovative , colorful with some prices comfortable whilst other products may put a dent on the credit card. What i found most interesting was a beautiful black Ted Baker satchel names the "Glesca" 












Ted Baker in store style mannequins








Miss Selfridges has recently moved from Buchanan Galleries and is now next to Topshop on Arygle Street which has created a double shopping experience for young stylish fashionistas. Both stores are brimming with the latest stylish , trendy clothes for young women at reasonable prices. 


Edinburgh has a different shopping scene than Glasgow which allows them to stand out from their rivals. Edinburgh's most iconic shopping store is Jenner's which is situated on Edinburgh's Princess Street which sells a great range of clothes , beauty products and accessories for women and men. Edinburgh also has a massive Primark for shoppers on a budget , Debenhams and has the designer department store Harvey Nicholas. The fact that Edinburgh has Harvey Nicholas shows that Edinburgh care about their shoppers by setting up camp in Edinburgh in St Andrews Square , a beautiful part of Edinburgh. Edinburgh tends to have more designer shops than Glasgow because Edinburgh tends to be more affluent than Glasgow. It took Edinburgh a  lot longer than Glasgow to add Primark to its shopping street as they didnt want to lower the shopping tone of Princess street but they gave into customer needs and knew that it would help attract even more shoppers to the famous Edinburgh shopping street. Edinburgh is very easy to access with trains to Waverly station and buses from Glasgow leaving Buchanan street station every 15 minutes so a day of shopping in Edinburgh isnt out of reach.