Change keeps Plum thriving
The Vancouver-based retailer, which started on a $5,000 budget, is marking its 25th anniversary with a new collection of flirty dresses
Joanne Blain
Vancouver Sun
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Excerpt:
Just about the only thing that has remained the same in the past 25 years for Vancouver-based fashion retailer Plum is its name.
In 1982, Kate O'Brien started selling vintage clothing out of a 750-square-foot store in Kitsilano on a shoestring budget of $5,000. Friends and family pitched in to paint the walls and put up fixtures, and O'Brien crossed her fingers that she could make a go of it.
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