Odell Est. 2014

Tue to Sat 10 to 5.30 · Thu till 7 · Sun 11 to 4

No. 06, the loden jacket in green loden, hanging from a brass peg on the shop's paper-coloured wall in afternoon light

Clothes for women and men · Ambleford

Fourteen pieces on the rail. One or two of each.

I'm Frances Odell, and I choose everything on it. If it's your size, I'll hold it till Saturday.

See the rail

14 Bridge Street, Ambleford · Tue to Sat 10 to 5.30, Thu till 7

No. 06Loden jacket£285 · Hallam RowMedium left

New in

This week's rail.

Every piece hangs at a number. When it sells, its number stays on the rail, empty: No. 04 went on Thursday.

  1. 01
    A cobalt blue wool coat with an off-centre zip and a high funnel neck, worn over a grey knitted snood

    Funnel-neck coat

    Hallam Row£395

    8 10 12 14 16

  2. 02
    Hands doing up a grey shawl-collar cardigan worn over a dark green shirt

    Shawl-collar cardigan

    Slitrig£185

    S M L XL

  3. 03
    Hands doing up the top button of a plain white cotton poplin shirt

    Poplin shirt

    Hallam Row£95

    S M L XL

  4. 04

    Linen shirt
    Sold Thursday

  5. 05
    A rust brushed-cotton overshirt worn open over a white T-shirt

    Overshirt

    Hallam Row£120

    S M L

  6. 06
    A long single-breasted jacket in dark green loden with a flap pocket, hanging from a brass peg

    Loden jacket

    Hallam Row£285

    S M L XL

  7. 07
    Black cropped flared trousers and pale suede Chelsea boots, mid-stride

    Cropped flares

    Urajiro£110

    W26 W28 W30 W32

  8. 08
    An olive lambswool jumper worn loose over faded jeans

    Crewneck

    Slitrig£145

    S M L XL

  9. 09

    Lambswool tank top
    Sold Saturday

  10. 10
    A long cream wool cardigan tied with a tan leather belt, worn over a printed dress

    Long rib cardigan

    Slitrig£195

    S M L

  11. 11
    A navy and pale grey striped jumper in a waffle knit, folded, on the paper of the shop's back wall

    Striped jumper

    Slitrig£165

    XS S M L

  12. 12
    A long black crepe dress with a low, wrapped back

    Wrap-back dress

    Perrin£155

    8 10 12 14

See all 14 pieces, by size

A woman in a long brown tweed coat and a dark scarf, looking back over her shoulder in coastal dunes The herringbone cloth of No. 18 seen close: brown and camel wool yarns in a twill that turns back on itself

The cloth, close

  1. No. 18

    A herringbone coat by Strond. £420.

    One left, in medium.

  2. Herringbone

    A broken twill: the diagonal turns back every few threads.

    The name is from a herring's spine. Leggings woven this way have been found in the Alps from 800 BC.

  3. Harris Tweed

    Woven by hand, at home, in the Outer Hebrides.

    That's the law, since the Harris Tweed Act of 1993. The yarn is dyed and spun on the islands too.

See No. 18

Labels

Six labels, all of them small.

I buy from people I can phone. Four of them make their clothes in Britain.

The counter at Odell: this month's magazines on the wood, the shirt rail out of focus behind

The shop

I buy twice a year and never reorder.

When something sells I let it go. The next delivery brings something else, so the rail is never the same two months running. F.

  • Since2014, in the old draper's on Bridge Street
  • BuyingFebruary and August, one or two of each size
  • AlterationsHems and sleeves in the back room, usually within a week
How the shop works

Visit

Open six days. Late on Thursdays.

Opening hours
Tuesday10 to 5.30
Wednesday10 to 5.30
Thursday10 to 7 late
Friday10 to 5.30
Saturday10 to 5.30
Sunday11 to 4
MondayClosed

14 Bridge Street
Ambleford AM4 2BX

On the left before the bridge, two minutes from the Market Place.

Map and directions 01632 960418

Hold a piece. Ring or email the number and your size. It waits behind the counter with your name on the ticket.