Blitz feels like a little piece of New York City. I couldn’t tell you what it was exactly that makes me say this, perhaps it’s the sophistication and service? Excellent service! super friendly, American style, the store assistants look like an extras from a Russ Meyer film, where do they find these people? Best described [...]

The times when I seem to find the best places are when I’m killing time waiting for Rafael. This time we’re going to see a band. I rarely if ever go and see bands. My days of that are long gone unless I know someone in the band. These days I prefer to sit and [...]

Episode is one of the few remaining vintage shops in Camden, which not so long ago used to be little but vintage shops and grungy bars. These days however Camden seems to be going up in flames to make room for lots of glossy new businesses which you would think would kill off the hippies [...]

Pop Boutique has been around for a long time, it was one of the first vintage shops I discovered when I moved to London. I went to Central Saint Martins (school of art) in nearby Soho where I had a lot of free time and more money than I have ever had since, (student loan, [...]

In a city which is full to the brim with vintage and second hand shops it takes something to stand out. I have nearly gotten myself killed on numerous occasions cycling past Rospo craning my neck to see what exciting things they have piled up outside on the pavement. They usually have all kinds of [...]

There is little point really in reviewing vintage shops, (I might as well just list them) as they are more or less all the same and stock the same stuff depending on the trend. If leather jackets, lumberjack shirts or old t-shirts with baseball team logo’s on them ever go out of fashion most of [...]

When it comes to vintage I think London trumps any other city. (Apart from Tokyo perhaps) Well yes every vintage store sells the same stuff like it’s all sourced from some giant warehouse in the sky but at least it’s all somewhat affordable. LA used to be cheap, not any more, New York is so [...]

When I asked if I could take a photograph I got a grunted reply of “urgh people are always asking us that”, the main reason I think anyone comes here is for the super elevated gillie platforms with 9-inch heels and 4-inch platforms from Vivienne Westwood’s 1993 fall-winter Anglomania collection that Naomi Campbell fell over [...]

This is my main go-to place for bags, boots and shoes. They have a lot of shoes and this is when being arranged by colour can be useful. Despite the fact that slouchy leather boots your mother wore in the 70’s is a trend that I feel should have died out circa 2006, Absolute Vintage [...]

An awful lot of fuss is made about Beacon’s Closet in New York, it’s supposed to be a big deal that all the clothes are arranged in colour rather than style. I personally don’t know many people who go out shopping for something orange rather than those that say go looking for a dress or [...]