ALICE COOPER Opens Alice’s Attic Thrift Store In Phoenix
September 21, 2014, 10 years ago
According to Azcentral.com, hard rock legend Alice Cooper has just cut the ribbon on Alice's Attic, a thrift store he recently opened in the same Phoenix building that houses his Rock Teen Center on the southeastern corner of Thunderbird Road and 32nd Street.
"I'm a flea market guy," he says. "I love going to flea markets and thrift stores."
So what does he look for when thrift-shopping?
Cooper smiles.
"You never know," he says. "I wait until something jumps out at me. And usually, it's something from your childhood. You're going through and all the sudden, 'Oh! I had that cap gun! I've gotta buy that.' Or you'll see a Fonzie T-shirt and go 'Oh I've gotta have that.' I think there are certain things that turn the corner and become cool again. Like, if you found a Spice Girls T-shirt, that would be cool to wear. But not just that. It's things that you pick up and think about a friend of yours and think 'Oh, that would be perfect.' As a joke or something."A lot of the items in Alice's Attic are from Cooper's personal collection.
"I'm a shopaholic," Cooper says. "When I'm on tour, I come home with 10 suitcases full of clothes. So I just go through and say, 'OK, store, store, store, store.' A lot of good labels."So there are items at Alice's Attic that have actually been worn by Alice Cooper?
"Everything that's mine was worn," he says.
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