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11 years ago
Super cool little second hand fashion, furniture, book and bric-a-brac shop tucked into the side of a housing estate in Pimlico
9 years ago
Good, nice place to look for fab gems...or useful furniture. If my memory serves me well, they also do cake and tea for passer byes and visitors. read more
Pimlico
81 Tachbrook Street
London SW1V 2QP
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020 7592 9155
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As a woman it's very rare that I get to feel the child-like excitement I did as a girl but as I…read morewalked through the Chelsea Hall doors and down the long corridor seeing what was ahead of me, I felt those emotions streaming back (it was like discovering and exploring your mum's wardrobe and make up for the first time - you understand ladies?) You literally can't help but be wowed by the grandeur and history of the building, the wall to wall beauty, the bright and dazzling colours, the array of materials, the sparkle, the smells, the shapes - it's literally jaw-dropping, and I loved every minute. One thing to note about Frock Me Vintage Fashion fair is that it only takes place once a quarter, but boy oh boy, do they make the most of this fantastic location and gathering of fashionistas! No corridor is left unattended (there's a lot of corridors), no wall untouched, no free spaced not filled! There are so many truly wonderful pieces of clothing, jewellery, and bits and bobs to discover you need a good few hours to truly make the most of the experience! I began looking at some items and then I realised the reason that this fashion fair is located in Chelsea. These unique and beautiful items are not cheap by any stretch which you do kind of expect for vintage but I wasn't expecting prices to be this high - around £150 plus for the majority with a few hidden gems for a lower price. I found the most stunning dress (blue silk with delicate cream lace - just beautiful) but sadly it was £180 so I had to settle for the dream of what would have been! I did however purchase an angelic, flower printed hand mirror (the kind you see in Pride and Prejudice or image Snow White to have), sure I didn't need it but the little girl in me was screaming out, so I spent the £17 and I believe it was £17 well spent - it'll definitely be something I pass on to a daughter or god daughter - but for now It's taking pride of place on my dressing table. The only other slight negative I have is that some of the vendors were quite grumpy but it was later in the day so they may have had a very busy morning and long day! The vendor who I brought my mirror from however, June, was lovely and even gave me a voucher so that I could come for free next time! Overall, the experience is just wonderful for anyone who has even the slightest interest in fashion and for just a £4 entry fee it is more than worth a visit. I will definitely be back!
From the owner: Frock Me! is the original London vintage fashion fair with a huge cult following, established in…read more1997. Held at the historic Chelsea Old Town Hall on the King's Road (and at Kensington Town Hall for our larger events), it is widely regarded as the best event dedicated to vintage fashion in the UK.
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Circa Vintage is a great vintage shop in Fulham…read more.. They sell really top notch vintage clothes. I got a really gorgeous 20s style dress here. It was a little over-priced but I love it to pieces. It's a really small shop, very boutique like. I like the feel of the place, it's a little independent shop and they change their stock every few weeks or so... I'd definitely check this out if you are a proper vintage lover, it rocks!
Beautiful shop, beautiful windows and incredible vintage womes clothes and accessories all high end…read moreand the best vintage website http://www.circavintage.com . Also stocks wedding dresses http://www.circabrides.com and really nice staff. i love watching the windows change from the bus.
Exploring London via Chicago. I love second hand shopping and this is definitely a hidden gem! Not…read moremuch clothes although I found 2 items in the limited selection which is pretty spectacular! So many little treasures in this tiny shop and I was in there for over 45 mins!
Everything ,about this store excellent. The owner, the merchandise, the layout, the music played to…read moreoriginal displays, a brilliant place to but original , one off bargains!
Quaint charity shop near Norwich Castle. Clothing selection…read morewas quite good, and had a changing room, with other nearby didn't offer. Little of everything you might need. Friendly staff too. I didn't buy any treasures but I didn't have a lot of room in my luggage.
What do an astronaut and this Trinity Hospice have in common? Read this review to find out…read more I went here twice. The second time was immediately after the first because I'd dropped my mitten and had to go back and fetch it. This charity shop has got a unique characteristic that may be of interest to some people, but it hammered no nails for me. About 1/4 of this shop is chock full of yarn. Perhaps people buy it for knitting, but I'm inclined to think the the workers at this shop like to twine themselves into different colored balls and run around the streets saying "boo!" If you should ever need yarn for that purpose, you could definitely find some there. Besides yarn, there are the usual charity shop staples - clothes, shoes, house goods and cheap (in both senses of the word) jewelery. Where as I value charity shops for the awesome finds they can turn up once in a while, this one was no treasure chest. Captain Jack Sparrow must have rummaged through first. A.k.a, nothing super exciting. Maybe something good pops up here once in a while - I'm sure it does - but it was not an on day when I went there. It was clean and bright, nice wooden floor, and voila. So you want to know about the astronaut? Eh ? Eh? Well both the shop and Saturn have rings some times. Don't get it? Me either.
I'd loved the store first off they work with nonprofit so why are you spend your money? You also…read moreare helping others. The selection was great. They had a wide variety of items and they had stuff in size!!! The cost or value was definitely great and the items had carefully been selected. I truly enjoyed the checkout clerk. He was so kind and helped us out as my friend had bought some shoes and just chatted us up while we were in the store making us feel even more welcome to continue shopping and spend some money kind of sad I didn't get this red full length faux fur coat, for 50 pounds. I should've got it.
It's an undeniable fact that not all Oxfam's are created equal. And this one is arguably top of the…read moreheap. It is also a fact that charity shops in salubrious areas generally turn up the best finds, and Oxfam Kensington High Street goes a long way to proving this supposition. Vintage seventies Balenciaga sunglasses for £20, second hand Dior and Yves Saint Laurent pieces and some great premium high street clothes, I've found them all here. This is one of my favourite Oxfams in the capital, a place where charity shops are generally so popular and talked about that by the time you get there all that's left is the Dotty P. Go and go regularly. You never know what you might find.
What the Butler Wore is a great vintage shop. They carry beautiful old school pieces. What is up…read morewith vintage high heels though? Why are they so small? Did women have super petite feet in the 1960s or do I just have gigantic bear paws? It's just so odd. If I could fit into a pair of one of these gorgeous shoes then I would be out £20, £30 maximum. They carry awesome coats and beautiful dresses. I found a bowtie selection that would make any swing dancer weep. Men's clothes are abundant in this store as well. There are lots of really suave jackets for male hipsters. The woman that runs the shop is lovely. She helped me through the whole shopping experience. If I needed any information from her she was quick to provide it. This place is just a great experience.
What did the butler wear?…read more Well if he dressed himself in this shop, he'd be wearing a lot of uninteresting vintage. Some people like 80's vintage with its loud sequins and copious ruffles. Some people like 60's vintage with its flowing skirts and bohemian prints. Some people like the emperor's new clothes which gets quite risque. Some people like to ride Bengali tigers around town. What the Butler wore like mainly dull 40-60's clothes that don't much hold my attention. Nor do they hold grudges, which is always appreciated. Someone somewhere sometime someplace will like this stuff, but it's not my style. I want color and pizazz and fitted pencil skirts and 20's flapper dresses, not much of which I saw here. (I saw not, but nor did I chainsaw. Good thing eh? But if you know of a good see saw in town, we should talk). There's a lot to look at in the store and the staff seems nice enough, but if this store were a magnet, I wouldn't be a metallic product. I'd probably be plastic, or cellophane or just walnuts and peanuts and nuts nuts nuts.
Now this is what a decent Charity shop should be like! A mixture of vintage and modern styles,…read moreclean, displayed well and with changing rooms so you can try stuff on. They only thing that fails is the price, £15 skirts, £17 for dresses, it just seems a little steep for a second hand store. Also, can you haggle in a charity shop or is that rude? I went here with Larissa D and we questioned this as the skirt she wanted to buy was missing a button. Anyway, it seems to be that Brixton's hipsters have forgotten about this gem as it stocks some awesome 60s and 70s clothing, leather bags and quirky shirts. I just wish it was a little cheaper!
This does the job, as a charity shop should-- it's cheap, generally decent, and all that…read more HOWEVER, I really want to see more from it: They promise they've got all sorts of things running, including reconstructing (fugly) vintage garments to top style. But when you go in there? It's all just the same. Hint, though: Hit the branches in posher areas of town, and they're filled with new/tagged suits and much nicer stuff. This is definitely noughty-Lambeth-style shab. Which is OK. I just want the store to live up to its claims.
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Its pricey but fun for a browse, just to look at random stuff to add to your house for a fun…read morechange, or to get an eccentric present. That should sum up the variety of stuff that you can find in the store. I went furniture shopping with a friend, and we stopped by just to have a look as they had a wide range of furniture just outside the store front. We walked away with a small bamboo coffee table, that looks great to this day. It was a great buy, and there are many more to be found here. Something for everyone, like s suitcase for Felix, a mannequin for Prudence, or just some chutzpah for yourself.
Past Caring is a surprisingly cool vintage store on Essex Road, just a short stroll from Angel Tube…read moreStation. Filled from floor to ceiling with nick nacks galore, it boasts a great range of crockery, cutlery and other bits and bobs for your home. But it's the furniture out the front which always draws my attention - cane chair, awesome old chests and glass coffee tables are just some of the pieces you'll find out the front - rather reasonably priced too.
OMG, this place is just brilliant! I've been looking for a reliable source of no-nonsense…read moresecond-hand furniture for ages, when I finally got around to checking this place out I was not disappointed. Here, you'll find "all sorts" of second-hand and vintage furniture to help give your home some character and style. Most of the pieces are in good shape but not in such amazing condition that you'll pay above the odds - just well chosen pieces that are honestly priced. Yesterday, I was told the shop was under-stocked following the xmas period, it was still crammed with tables, chairs, picture frames, shelves and trunks. I ended up buying a large solid oak bookshelf for £45 and it's made me so much happier than anything from IKEA could ever do! Best of all, the shop's owner will deliver on the day, accepts cash on delivery and does not charge for the service. A real bonus for a non-driver like me, and he even ventured out to sunny South Tottenham. Yay!
On any given day as you approach Mr. All Sorts, you find yourself walking up to an eclectic…read morecollection of second hand and vintage piece of furniture and decorations. - It's a small store so don't expect you'll find everything. One week Mr. All Sorts may have a healthy collection of chairs, the next week a surplus of tables. - Most things are reasonably priced, and to be honest, I feel good when you buy something from a hole in the wall compared to any of the larger auction houses and stores in Angel. - You end up paying the same if not less than you would for ikea furniture and there you are with a lovely solid, beautiful antique wood table.
Small store but beautifully organised by colour. Good brands too…read more Didn't find anything this time but will definitely check it out again in the future.
Beautiful displays, nicely organized. High quality inventory. Mostly women's clothing, but some…read moremen's and children's, too. Friendly service.
Lovely store, it smells of countryside and good taste. They carry a full range of furniture,…read moreinteriors and accessories. Also they have a service where you can talk to a team that will design glass buildings. So if you are planning to build a study or a nursery they are specialists. This cool store has rooms with furniture and accessories that perfectly go with your new glass house. Cinderella eat your heart out.
To say I am a fan is actually a wild understatement…read more I couldn't be MORE of a fan of this place if I tried. The entire experience has been nothing short of absolutely incredible, professional, cool and collected. This is as indie as it gets folks. A beautiful shop in Shoreditch run by two artists (Richard & Robin) with a real passion for not only reclaimed vintage pieces and sustainable function, but in welding these elements together to create beauty. They do custom work as well, are extremely skilled with iron (check out the fixtures in the store -- and they can customise anything), and a keen eye for eccentric pieces. Now, I know what you are thinking: "must cost a fortune." AND, you'd be wrong. I was shocked too at how reasonably priced their pieces are. We purchased a coffee table (an old kindergarten school table) for 45, a storage trug for 45 and the crown jewel: a salvaged steel table (HEAVY) with custom built wood slat top for 475. Compare that to the junk you can get on Tottenham Court Road, no contest. Better looking, cooler, independent business and...cheaper. What's the risk!? None! Richard and Robin delivered it to my home today (obviously this costs a bit extra) and managed to get this very heavy and slightly awkward shaped table into my kitchen. I don't even really know how they did it...but they did so and with grace. Barely a nick on a wall...if it had been me, the whole building would've been banged up after that job. They were polite, professional, and genuinely so cool to work with. We'll be coming back, signing up for the mailing list and shouting it from the rooftops...I also love their typewriter keychains and they have 2 old Stik (graffiti artist) doors that are on sale (a bit worn), that I so wish I could buy. My roommate is not in agreement, but please...go own an original! (orange background). Their website is also a good resource -- they have almost everything listed on there. *accepts credit cards. *open Sundays. Super fan girl, right here.
This place is a real hidden gem... tucked away in Shoreditch. They make their own furniture out of…read morereclaimed items and seem to stay as true to their typewrite theme as possible... key chains, etc. I found this place while I was wondering around my neighborhood and soon came back to look at furniture. Many of their pieces are made of steel & old growth wood and they have a gritty industrial feel to them. Richard, the co-owner was gracious on each of my visits and explained enough about the pieces to give me a quick anecdote if i needed to boast to my friends (this one was in vogue uk, this one is made from floorboards, etc). What is great though, is how well these pieces are priced. I love looking for furniture like this and tables like these can go for thousands, instead you get them for hundreds. Very good deal at the price point. They also offer delivery and can build custom pieces. The typewriter may be obsolete, but if Richard & co can keep finding, making and selling furniture at such realistic price points, I think Type will be around for a while... ...maybe long enough to be in business when we all are using typewriters again... trust me.. I watch enough scifi to know that big changes are coming
I really loved the Made showroom near Notting Hill Gate...I like that the staff are so friendly,…read morethey have a good selection of furniture ...and that you get beautiful views over west London! So I was happy to see this new branch pop up on Charring Cross Road last month... This is a showroom, rather than a shop, so you can look at the furniture, and then use their computers/ipads to buy them online. They have a tag on each piece that you can scan with the ipads to take you to the right online page to purchase it. Or you can take a postcard with the information about what you'd like to buy (or a colour patch to check if everything will go with the rest of your furniture) and buy it online later. The designs are lovely. The prices are pretty reasonable (similar to habitat...so more than ikea!) and the quality seems pretty good. I'm just surprised no other yelpers have added it already!
The company MADE have great furniture stuff for a really good price. But they should put some more…read moremoney into their Service in Germany ! Because they do not have a function Servicehotline here. You have to write them an email. It takes mostly 9 days getting an answer. On the other hand their furniture is awesome !! I have ordered several products. Really good quality. Thank you!
My absolute favorite on Pimlico Road. This interior design, furniture and art shop has a trendy and…read moremodern feel to it and the merchandise they carry is a testament to my words. In a street that is clammed with rather old-fashioned styles and slightly up tight attitude, Howe is a breath of fresh air, they offer furniture and lighting traditionally handmade in England, as well as a range of lighting. Also they usually do events that are mostly related to what they have in store, but that non-the less are really interesting and educational. Weather its a lightning exhibit, where they show the most relevant pieces that have illuminated us for centuries, or as they did in November, they held an exhibit curated by the owner of the shop. Cool stuff.
Love love love this place! I have a beautiful, reclaimed wooden bench table from this shop, costing…read moreabout £500. We were able to pay 50% the begin with, and then the lovely lady drove it to our flat within half an hour, helping to assemble it for free. I also love the choice of ornaments and trinkets in this shop, as they keep me preoccupied from all the amazing options for custom-built furniture on display! Definitely think this shop deserves more footfall from the wider London crowd.
Stromboli's Circus is a shop for the consummate vintage lover, selling not just fashion and…read moreaccessories but furniture and collectibles to boot. Despite the occasional gem from the seventies Boutique Movement to be found by the likes of Biba and Jean Varon, Stromboli's Circus lacks in its sartorial focus what it makes up for with its sometimes brilliant homewares. I'll forever regret not snapping up a strawberry icecream coloured fifties glass chandelier I spotted at Stromboli's last year, a relative snip at £150 considering you'd pay more like £250 at one of East London's vintage boutiques. This is Stromboli's strength and I'd recommend regular visits to find the best pieces. That said, prices for clothing and accessories can be on the silly side. I spotted a pair of eighties snakeskin courts at £120 which would retail at nearer £45 in even Blondie, East London's chicest vintage boutique. Central London is probably not the most economical place to find your vintage but if you do happen to find yourself on Carnaby Street Stromboli's Circus is, if not 'The Greatest Shop on Earth' then nothing if not an experience.
From the outside, this place looks really great. The window display is fantastic and always…read moreinspires me to take a little look inside. The shop itself is a lot bigger than it's vintage neighbour in Kingly Court, Sam Greenberg Vintage. They sell vintage furniture, clothes, accessories and other little bits and bobs. I'm a huge vintage fiend but, although this place seems to have an abundance of choice, I'm yet to find anything worth actually purchasing here. The dresses aren't out of this world and the shoes are pretty mediocre, although I must say everything is in pristine condition. I much prefer the furniture, housewares and accessories here. They are, again, in great condition and seem affordable enough too. This place is OK but nothing special at all. A nice addition to Kingly Court's slew of vintage stores but a little bit disappointing compared to the rest...
I once found a copy of 'Elle Decoration' on the train and asked my friend whether we were too young…read moreto care about the interior of our - rented - flats. Her response? An unequivocal yes. After visiting Heals on Tottenham Court Road, I'm afraid I'll have to agree to disagree. If expensive furnishings are your thing then you needn't look further than Heals. A more upmarket version of both Ikea and Habitat with a slightly different design sensibility and a lovely selection of beauty bits and bobs encompassing products by Korres, a natural beauty brand whose tinted lip balms are gorgeous and Diptyque, whose Fig perfume is to die for. The lighting section is divine, with gems including chandeliers rendered in everything from perspex to lead crystal; some rather lovely floor lamps with pure silk shades in de rigeur jewel-tones; and Tom Dixon's popular copper light shades which seem to grace almost every one of London's gastro pubs.
It has always been a bit tricky to figure out where Habitat ends and where Heals begins seeing as…read morethey often share a similar design strategy. Heals however, is decidedly more expensive and tinted with undeniable glamour. Heals houses designs from some of the biggest names. From Alessi to Phillip Stark this shops contains the finest of the fine. When walking in this shop you will find that everything from the beautiful golden globes, the comfy towel robes, the natural soaps and perfumes, the unconventional lampshades and the gorgeous stylish coffee machines will become an absolute necessity rather than a treat. As a lover of all gadgets, designer objects, storage devices, and glamorous furniture, I find myself wanting to wrap every object in store into a neverending Mary Poppins-style bag and immediately head home to live forever happy with my favourite objects. This store will probably bring out the worse of your materialistic nature, but after seeing these 3 floors of materialistic bliss, trust me it will be worth it.