After 35 years downtown, Hughes Clothing has come home to Oak Bay Village.

And the community has given the owners a warm welcome. Hughes opened on Oak Bay Avenue in the former Maritime Travel space in Athlon Court.

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Both Burrows and Anderson are longtime Oak Bay residents. Burrows moved to Victoria with her parents as a 19-year-old, and started working for Anderson in her first job here. Burrows, who has a degree in business, owned both the Bleue Coyote Pub (Brewskys) in Brentwood Bay and Rod and Gun Bar and Grill in Parksville but has since sold them.

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But Burrows was never far from the family fashion business Anderson started on Yates Street in 1985.

The move to Oak Bay has been great business-wise.

B次元官网网址淏usier than weB次元官网网址檝e been in years,B次元官网网址� Anderson said. B次元官网网址淥ur feet are tired.

Burrows is confident that the hustle and bustle of Oak Bay Village equals that of downtown Victoria, where foot traffic has been slowing the past decade, she said.

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The fashion remains the same, with suits, jeans, casual tops, and outerwear for men, and business, casual, classic, and artsy styles for women, Burrows said.

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