The Brick Lane & Shoreditch area has, over the last few years, seen a tremendous rise in its number of vintage shops, along with many new contemporary fashion stores.
These streets have become host to some of my newly found fave vintage shops.
I normally choose to go via Liverpool Street Station. The area has many good English pubs which serve hot food right through to the evening, so you can shop during the day, and wind down in one of the many pubs come dinner time.
By taking this route, you also get the chance to walk through Spitalfields Market. The market's in full swing on a Sunday, and on all other days, there's a small selection of stalls to look at.
Here's the run down of my shop visits:
Rokit – 101 & 107 Brick Lane, London
There were a few sales still on, the majority of the stock is still however Summer season, and I'm kind of already looking to buy for Autumn (or just because of the rain in both London & Bergamo). There are still lots of floral prints, culottes, jumpsuits (especially shorts), and there was a good collection of maxi dresses.
The clothing collection is particularly good here, and most of the items have already been altered & tailored to current fashion standards.
Absolute Vintage – 15 Hanbury Street, London
A shoe and bag haven, this store stocks hundreds & hundreds of pairs of shoes that you'll conveniently find divided by shoe number, with the majority of them on racks attached to the walls.
Here you'll also find many designer bags at oh so not bad prices.
Of course there are clothes and accessories, but here's a must for the bags & shoes!
Beyond Retro – 110-112 Cheshire Street, London
I've been used to going to the store in Soho, but gosh, there's so much of everything here!
I'd define here the place to head to for everything and anything, some of the items are really wacky.
What jumped out at me the most this time round was the array of swimming costumes, many from the 50s and those cute bathing caps.
Again, a lot of floral, lots of jumpsuits and maxi dresses, and I also saw a nice selection of 50s dresses.
And again, shoes, shoes, shoes!
The rain persisted the whole of my trip, and so umbrella-less, I ended it there this time round, but there'll be more to come next month. And in the meantime, here are my buys!
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