Wanting Tie-Dye!
Posted by Rebekah Roy on April 9th, 2013
I have mixed feelings about tie-dye. Sometime I love it and sometimes I can’t stand it. It really depends on how it’s done and the colour. I’m loving this sweatshirt at Blitz London - I like the bright colour and that the tie-dye isn’t too uniformly done.
JUMPER - BLITZ
The flowery skirt I found at Brick Lane in London, at a vintage store called Blitz.
I especially recommend Brick Lane and Covent Garden. Camden Market is, obviously, a market full of different things; chinese food (as you can see pictured above) and a lot of clothing stores with really intersesting and rather usual stuff. Brick Lane is a really cool place, the bit rougher part of London, but yet so cosy and they have huge and amazing second hand stores, one of them is the great store Blitz. You should check it out!
Sunday in the courtyard of Somerset House in a vintage cape from Blitz London, Topshop boots and The Radio Emily bag by Lulu Guinness.
Kate Nash - LFW 2013
"London is awash with vintage, a craze that became a trend that grew into an immovable fixture in the lives of the sartorially aware. If one had to put their finger on the capital’s vintage Mecca, they might dangle it above a map of the city, idly dragging it from west to east and then back again. However, you needn’t even be in the know to be clued in on the fact that Brick Lane and its neighbouring streets remain the heart of the phase turned permanent style movement. The finger rests here and we tear up the map.
Every movement needs a leader and when Blitz opened its doors in early 2011, the retro revolution had reached its peak. Hanbury Street was Downing Street and Blitz its Number 10.
London’s first Vintage Department Store, Blitz is a behemoth in the scene, a one-stop shop for all that is old and cool. Split across two floors, the shop has taken every element of vintage and combined it to create a superstore capable of stealing hours from even the most reluctant shopper.
Clothes: Trend forecasters on the staff roster beaver away to make sure they purchase the garments that will make up the looks that will take the streets by storm. So expect dedicated ‘fashion sections’ where the likes of wool blazers, full camo coats and plaid shirts compete to become this season’s staple.
Elsewhere, there are more clothes – obviously, this is a department store after all – that sit alone from the forecasted trends. Menswear includes braces, dress shirts, sportswear, brogues, sunglasses and varsity jackets and the strict quality control means most items are near mint condition.
Women have a bigger range to choose from and if you can’t find what you’re looking for at Blitz then it just might not exist. When you didn’t know where you were going to find that array of rainbow dyed denim jeans, Blitz had them. When you wanted an original 80s Swatch watch, Blitz was there. When you needed a one-of-a-kind ball gown to wow a Christmas party, Blitz swooped in with the goods and it did it all at an agreeable price. Not at a snip but this is vintage rather than thrift.
Blitz is worth visiting solely for the clothes but to simply mention the soft good on offer would do the Hanbury Street department store a disservice, because there is much, much more. A large coffee bar offers sustenance; there are vintage town bikes and racers, a bookshop filled with secondhand titles and a space dedicated to vinyl. There are also late night openings with live bands and – whisper it – free drinks.
So instead of heading to the West End to traipse from shop to shop, next time head to Blitz, the Selfridges of retro, the Harrods of vintage, one of East London’s most original shops."
Every movement needs a leader and when Blitz opened its doors in early 2011, the retro revolution had reached its peak. Hanbury Street was Downing Street and Blitz its Number 10.
London’s first Vintage Department Store, Blitz is a behemoth in the scene, a one-stop shop for all that is old and cool. Split across two floors, the shop has taken every element of vintage and combined it to create a superstore capable of stealing hours from even the most reluctant shopper.
Clothes: Trend forecasters on the staff roster beaver away to make sure they purchase the garments that will make up the looks that will take the streets by storm. So expect dedicated ‘fashion sections’ where the likes of wool blazers, full camo coats and plaid shirts compete to become this season’s staple.
Elsewhere, there are more clothes – obviously, this is a department store after all – that sit alone from the forecasted trends. Menswear includes braces, dress shirts, sportswear, brogues, sunglasses and varsity jackets and the strict quality control means most items are near mint condition.
Women have a bigger range to choose from and if you can’t find what you’re looking for at Blitz then it just might not exist. When you didn’t know where you were going to find that array of rainbow dyed denim jeans, Blitz had them. When you wanted an original 80s Swatch watch, Blitz was there. When you needed a one-of-a-kind ball gown to wow a Christmas party, Blitz swooped in with the goods and it did it all at an agreeable price. Not at a snip but this is vintage rather than thrift.
Blitz is worth visiting solely for the clothes but to simply mention the soft good on offer would do the Hanbury Street department store a disservice, because there is much, much more. A large coffee bar offers sustenance; there are vintage town bikes and racers, a bookshop filled with secondhand titles and a space dedicated to vinyl. There are also late night openings with live bands and – whisper it – free drinks.
So instead of heading to the West End to traipse from shop to shop, next time head to Blitz, the Selfridges of retro, the Harrods of vintage, one of East London’s most original shops."
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