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Vintage London

Discover the best of retro London – vintage shops, antique stalls and speakeasy-style bars

Friday 23 January 2015

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For a city at the bleeding edge of innovation, London’s got a lot of love for all things retro. Whether you’re looking for a 1920s-themed cocktail party or a vintage market packed full of old-school threads, you’ll find it all in our guide to London’s knowingly nostalgic venues and events.

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Vintage shops in London

We scoured the capital to find the best vintage shops, secondhand boutiques and antique fashion houses, including Camden's rockabilly stockists and east...

Bars and pubs

London's best speakeasies

Traditionally, speakeasies were places for illegal boozing that came to prominence during the Prohibition era in 1920s America. But ever since, they have taken...

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London's best car-boot sales

Whether its a high-end fashion steal or a cut-price antique, everyone loves a bargain. Thankfully, there are loads of great car-boot sales in London where...

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London's ten best thrift stores

Now that vintage clothes seem to cost more than anything on the high street, it's time to find out where London's fashion bargains truly lie. Between the...

The best vintage shops in London

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Blitz

Blitz opened in 2011, and instantly put the other vintage shops in the capital to shame. This is a vintage department store, covering all floors of a glorious...

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Beyond Retro

Beyond Retro's flagship vintage superstore houses a vast but well-edited collection of vintage and second-hand clothing for men and women as well as an on-site...

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Vintage Showroom

The Vintage Showroom is a retro haven for men, stocking basic items such as Pendleton shirts, Barbour jackets and vintage denim alongside more specialist items...

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General Eyewear

This well-established optical showroom provides vintage eyewear for the film industry, fashion editors and regular spec-wearers alike. It's a great place to...

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Couverture & The Garbstore

Husband and wife team Emily Dyson and Ian Paley opened their new venture Couverture & the Garbstore in March 2008; Emily’s Couverture shop was previously...

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Pitfield London

Stylish and accessible interiors shop Pitfield London is spread across a big double-fronted former office block, and is the retail arm of celebrated interior...

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Merchant Archive

Among a nondescript parade of shops on a rather scuzzy bit of Kilburn Lane stands Merchant Archive, an artfully crumbling old Lipton general store that’s been...

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Blackout II

Blackout II was peddling vintage threads long before it became fashionable. For some 25 years, the Covent Garden store has specialised in antique apparel...

Vintage food and drink

Restaurants

Afternoon teas in London

Recent years have seen an explosion of afternoon teas around the capital, but some are better than others. Having tried most of London's better-known afternoon...

Shopping

London's best traditional sweetshops

Cola cubes, Chelsea whoppers, blackjacks, rhubarb and custard... Everyone's got their favourite retro sweet. Here's our guide to the best purveyors of...