A Dorchester-born ski instructor forced to return home from Japan by the pandemic has found a new calling – selling vintage and retro clothing in Bridport.
Charlie Scott, 29, had a ball teaching skiers in Japan, where the -25 temperatures and powdery, fine snow made for perfect conditions.

But when covid started to take hold around the world he flew back – arriving the day before lockdown to stay with his parents. “I was so, so lucky,” he said.
He started trading in second-hand clothes a while ago, and enjoyed it so much that when he identified a need for a preloved men’s clothing store in Bridport and an empty shop in South Street he went for it, opening in September this year.
This being his first business, it’s been a learning curve. But his shop, Chapos, is proving very popular indeed. Charlie’s chatty and engaging nature pulls in the customers, who for their part get to choose from a large array of designer labels, from Nike and adidas to Wrangler, The North Face and Carhartt.

The walls are bustling with pop art, there are cool tunes to enjoy and the stock is ever-changing. Charlie, who before going to
Japan worked as a documentary researcher in London, said: “There seemed to be so few places for men to shop in Bridport and the UK is terrible for fast fashion. I wanted to offer somewhere men can buy clothes that fit – they can come in and get their old clothes valued, exchange clothes and buy clothes in a kind of circular economy which benefits the environment.”
Pop in Weds-Sat 10am-4pm or WhatsApp any clothing or pop art or vintage posters you’d like to be valued to 07850 969894.