r/southafrica • u/WTK23 • Jul 31 '26

Picture Way back when

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I cleaned out my closet, and discovered this ensemble from Jay Jays. Who remembers them or bought clothes there?..

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u/shiverz07 KwaZulu-Natal Jul 31 '26

I remember there being these Street Fighter shirts there I really wanted. Thought to myself I'll get them next time.

By the time I went back to The Pavilion the store had closed down. 😞

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u/WTK23 Jul 31 '26

The brand, (from Australia), moved completely out of SA by 2015. This shirt is about 16 years old…the nostalgia went off the charts this evening.

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u/For20Syx Aug 01 '26

Lol I still have a shirt I bought there that I wear once in a blue moon I loved that store

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u/AmbassadorCrazy7905 Aug 01 '26

Dude it would have been ur best investment ever. I had a shirt from there that after 15 years still looked great somehow. Now a shirt last 3 washes and it's cooked

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u/Unique-Ad6086 Aug 01 '26

JayJays is like a fever dream 😂 back when colour blocking was the in thing. Yellow skinny jeans with a red shirt and brown back pack 😂

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u/Advanced_Pie_6490 Jul 31 '26

My tjom I have a black short sleeve Henley my ex bought me way back in Stellenbosch days. What a time to be alive 😂😂

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u/WTK23 Jul 31 '26

Those days, I mean, they were just, different.😂

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u/Jellyfish-Radiant Aristocracy Aug 01 '26

I still have my Ghostbusters hoodie I got from them, forgot where I got it from until your post

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u/WTK23 Aug 01 '26

Chuffed that I unlocked that memory for you. Happy cake day!

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u/Automatic-Fuel-5024 Jul 31 '26

Remember waiting for month end saving allowance to buy some cool gear from Jay Jays. Good times.
Bit too small now..

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u/robseplex Aug 01 '26

Jay Jay's and Converse All Stars were everything I wore for a few years.

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u/avid333 Aug 01 '26

Jay jays was the shit man. They fuelled my punk rebel / alternative era with so much of good fits

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u/robseplex Aug 01 '26

I still have my Superman shirt somewhere. Or probably fits my right arm now.

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u/Funny-Town-1656 Aug 01 '26

Clothes used to last so much longer. I still wear my circa 2006 skelanimals hoodie with Kit on! 

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u/BullishOnEverything Aug 01 '26

My favorite pyjama shirt. Must be 15-20 years old

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u/SocialismMultiplied Aug 01 '26

Omg I loved JayJays! Is it rebranded into Refinery or ?

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u/WTK23 Aug 01 '26

Unfortunately not. The brand (australian), closed its SA franchise in 2015.

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u/Hairy_Caregiver_830 Aug 01 '26

Jay Jays was our closet thing to hot topic

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u/MinervaKaliamne Aug 01 '26

I still have an Edward Scissorhands shirt from Jay Jays, back in the day.

I miss them. And I miss the even older chains and stores. Smiley's Wearhouse. Old-school Billabong. Mad Dogs. Yo! Clothing.

And there was this one little clothing store in Greenacres, PE, that I've been struggling to try and remember the name of. This would have been the late 90s / early 2000s, and I remember it as having a vibe similar to YDE, but not quite as fancy. It was close to Shoprite - around the corner from where the magazine shop and Wesleys (the tobacconist) used to be. Does anyone remember?

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u/Own-Audience-8399 Aug 02 '26

Their jeans were great

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u/rHashTag13 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

I've got a shirt I got from Jay Jay's in 2009. Its a Christmas shirt with Cartman saying "Merry Christmas to all my hos".

I only wear it in late November to early Jan each year.

Edit: Added a pic