Jean Genie

Ive been dreaming of Jean Genie! A little shop on trendy Beech Road in Chorlton Cum Hardy, it was conceived by two visionaries: Zoe and Vic and look how their baby is growing up!!!
Antique wardrobes stuffed with jeans call out your name. Now, I have always been turned off by shops selling a lot of denim– maybe too much blue puts me in a blue mood. This is not the case at Jean Genie as my denim phobia is banished by the brightly coloured t– shirts which punctuate the room. I saw a fetching red Superman retro design which my liitle boy would have pestered me for. Well established names such as Wrangler, American Appararel, Hilfiger and Levi link hands with less mainstream brands like Junk Food to which I am a complete convert!
I was in the mood for something a little different and Zoe showed me the Junk Food Alice in Wonderland t-​shirts which had just arrived. How very topical and truly tempting. Sizes are quite small, I am a 10 and need a medium but there are several styles of one genre. Men’s hoodies and tee’s paternally protect clothing for bambinos, OMG how cute, there are t-​shirts for little ones here.
Zoe explained to me how they operate a bespoke t-​shirt printing service and I think they are onto a winner. Starting from a reasonable £20 you can take in any design you wish, from a photo, to your 5 year old’s self-​portrait and Jean Genie will transform it into a t-​shirt that everyone will notice. Prices increase if the design is hand drawn as opposed to pdf, and also if you want them to use a variety of colours.
I left with my £32.50 and worth every penny, Alice in Wonderland top and with an idea for my fashionista daughter’s birthday. I was given the shop’s innovative flyer (a frisbee) which will give me 10% off my next purchase and as Arnie says…“I’ll be back!”