A fashion brand is returning to the Scottish High Street after closing all store a few years earlier.
The brand, Evans, was known for its womenswear in Britain for almost 100 years and once had hundreds of stores located throughout the UK. It closed shortly after the pandemic began, but is making a return to stores across the country.
Established in 1930, Evans became know for creating high-quality, women’s clothing for over size 14s.
View 3 ImagesLady shoppers queue outside the opening sale of Evans the Outsize Shop in Southwark (file image)(Image: Getty Images)
The plus-size brand was forced to shut down all physical store and concessions and cease operations in December 2020, after parent company, Arcadia Group, plunged into administration.
Evans turned into an online-only retailer and was bought by AK Retail in 2023.
The firm also owns Yours Clothing and M&Co, and bosses have agreed to Evans as an additional concession in Yours Clothing stores.
The brand has over 100 locations across the UK, and Evans will have concessions in 35 of them, these being:
- Belfast
- Bexleyheath
- Bluewater
- Bognor Regis
- Bradford
- Braehead, Renfrew
- Bromley
- Cramlington
- East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
- Hempstead Valley
- Hull
- Lakeside
- Leeds
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Meadowhall
- Merry Hill
- Metro Centre
- Milton Keynes
- Newry
- Nottingham
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Romford
- Skegness
- Southend of Sea
- Stirling
- Stockport
- Swansea
- Telford Uxbridge
- Wakefield
- Westwood Cross
- Yate
View 3 ImagesEvans will have concessions in 35 Yours Clothing and M&Co stores across the UK (stock images)(Image: Getty Images)
In Scotland, the Evans brand will be located in The Plaza in East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Braehead Shopping Centre near Glasgow and The Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling.
Evans will sit alongside Yours Clothing’s own range, which also caters to a plus-size audience.
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Yours Clothing told Fashion Network: “Plus-size women are among the most loyal fashion shoppers in the UK.”
“When a brand gets it right – when the fit works, the range is genuine, and the product reflects real women, they come back.
“Evans earned that loyalty over decades. And when the brand reduced its high street presence, its customers did not stop looking.”