{"id":546,"date":"2026-09-04T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/inside-manchesters-1980s-fashion-hub-afflecks-palace\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:26:09","slug":"inside-manchesters-1980s-fashion-hub-afflecks-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/inside-manchesters-1980s-fashion-hub-afflecks-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Manchester’s 1980s Fashion Hub: Affleck’s Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designer Jeff Banks turned his attention to Manchester’s unique fashion landscape in a BBC report, visiting Affleck’s Palace. The indoor market, which opened in 1982, quickly established itself as a staple for university students and independent traders.<\/p>\n

The segment was originally broadcast on BBC One as part of The Clothes Show on November 17, 1986, capturing the vibe of the venue during its early years as a cultural hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC’s 1986 footage highlights Affleck’s Palace, the Manchester market that became a key destination for students and designers like Jeff Banks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1304,1303,92,1302,1301],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-afflecks-palace","tag-bbc-archive","tag-business","tag-fashion-history","tag-manchester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}