’80s Mall Store Heaven Is Back! Find Out Where You Can Shop It
What To Know
- The iconic ’80s mall store Heaven, famous for its two-toned logo T-shirts and pop culture merchandise, has made a comeback.
- Heaven was known for its retro goods, celebrity-endorsed shirts, and unique in-store luncheonette.
- The beloved Heaven T-shirt is now available again in various styles.
Heaven is once again a place on Earth. At least to shop.
The one-time mall staple, best known for its iconic T-shirt with the two-toned logo splashed across the front, has returned to claim a new spot in the cultural spotlight.
“Serving cool since 1979,” the store, once dubbed the “supermarket of pop culture,” launched in the Century City Mall of Los Angeles, where it offered retro merchandise to jazz up any home, records galore, a truly glorious candy selection, Halloween goodies year-round, and of course, T-shirts. By 1983, Heaven expanded to 25 stores across the United States, Japan, and Australia, with Southern California being home to six of the eye-catching stores.
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Though it offered a large selection of fantastic nonsense and retro delights, it was the shirts that made Heaven famous, though, as celebs began sporting the logo everywhere from music videos to red carpets, turning the simple design into a cultural calling card.
Its logo across the chest of such icons as drag superstar Divine, model and actress Brooke Shields (who modeled the Heaven shirts for Heaven ads), Journey frontman Steve Perry, Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Pee-Wee Herman, Morgan Fairchild, and Freddie Mercury, just to name a few.
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Heaven became the cornerstone of cool for many malls, and one even branched out into a luncheonette called Pop Cuisine, a small eatery tucked into the back of the store that resembled a 1950s diner. Serving burgers and hot dogs, the menu featured items named after pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, merging art, nostalgia, and Americana into one quirky retail-meets-restaurant experience.
Sadly, Heaven closed the last of its original stores in the 1990s, leaving the world Heaven-less for nearly two decades. But now, you can finally reclaim what has been sorely missing from your life: a Heaven T-shirt. Available in a multitude of colors and configurations, the iconic tee has officially returned. It’s the perfect holiday gift for anyone who still misses the magic of wandering through their favorite mall staple — or for anyone ready to relive a little pop-culture nostalgia.