Thrift Shopping #TBT

Heyyy Everyone,

I was inspired by this song: Thrift Shop by Macklemore Ft. Wanz 

It's a Throw Back Thursday because I went on a quest a few months ago to actually go thrift shopping which is the equivalent of charity shops in the England, but it doesn't sound as cool. So instead I decided to go vintage shopping and near my aunt's house is Brick Lane, this is like a treasure chest crammed with cute little vintage shops. 

 This is the first one I went to "The east End Thrift Store" I was walking around for literally ages, in circles, trying to find this place! Basically, its down a little road (see above) and the door has the big shop sign on (also see above to see what it looks like.) The atmosphere in there was so cool like you have walked into some sort of secret garden. The shop was full of rails and racks of clothes all which were vintage and sorted by type of clothing. I was instantly attracted to the over sized bleached denim jacket with slightly "Aztec" detail on the front zip pockets and it was only £15! Bargain, however I didn't get it because i absolutely drowned in the jacket, it was huge.
I recommend this store if you are in East London and love searching for unique items, love vintage fashion or exploring the secret places within the city of London.

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Okai so everyone love MAC, but this MAC was different at first I didn't even recognize it. All of the stores on Commercial street has some kind of uniform to them, on the exterior they looks identical with the same minty green wooden look if i remember right and obviously the signs are different. Also what shocked me was, for once MAC wasn't packed like in Westfield, so the shop assistants were there to help whenever. 

I was so excited for the Lomography store and it was just amazing. The variety of different types of Lomogrpahy cameras was obscene, I was inspired by my discovery of Lomography in my previous post. I brought a mint green Diana F lomogrpahy camera!!! I'm well haps :) Also this is on commercial street like MAC the shop assistant was very helpful and advised me as I am a beginner.

Absolute Vintage was one of the shop which I came across on the internet, however I wasn't planning to go there. Although I saw it as I was making my way from the Lomogrpahy Store (Commercial Street) to Rokit (Brick Lane), so I popped in. i didn't really like the vibe that much as it was in a large warehouse with no lighting therefore on dark days, you wouln't really be able to actually browse thoroughly  The people who owned the shops seemed... a bit grumpy tbh and they were really stressy about no pictures but yolo. I quite liked this bag as it was a little tan brown leather vintage bag with a strap and intricate vintage detailing, i think it was about £20. 

Rokit is a small chain of vintage shops in the London Area, i really like the cool & funky atmosphere in there. It had loads of variety of clothing and accessories. They also sell upcycled things such as the jeans turned into slouchy denim bags with belts as a strap (see above) I thought that was very clever. My favorite is the Levi denim Shorts in size 6, perfect for petite me. FAB!

Website: http://www.rokit.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rokitvintage

 This is the actual route I took on my day Thrift Shopping

1. East End Thrift Store
2. Costa for a hot chocolate
3.MAC
4. Wonder around Spitafield's market
5.Lomography Store
6. Absolute Vintage
7. Rokit
8. Unknown cool shop
9.. popped into loads of other vintage shops on Brick Lane

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If you are in London or even live in London you should really check our some of these unique places or do some of your own exploration and find your own personal hidden secrets in the city.

Thank you so much for actually taking the time to read my blog posts.

Katherine xxx