Showgirls

Despite its location on the Holloway Road, Showgirls is known by some as ‘the Harvey Nicks of fetish shops’. With its stylish collection of couture fetishwear – delicately lace printed or perforated – it’s definitely more high fashion than down and dirty. Resident designer Atsuko Kudo is famed for her chic rubber dresses and lingerie and has recently created pieces for Grace Jones, Eva Mendes and countless stylists and photographers (on our visit, staff were busy wrapping samples for top fashion photographer Stephen Meisel and Italian Vogue). To complete your ensemble, Showgirls offers a small but striking collection of high heels, rubber ties and must-have accessories – tiny top hats and berets in slick, shiny rubber.