Shopping in London for the fashionista

SHOPPING, LONDON Updated : Oct 17, 2016, 01.32 PM IST

Photo by:  Cristiano Betta, Creative Commons Attribution Licence

If you enjoy haute couture and like to keep abreast of international fashion trends, you’ll absolutely love shopping in London. One of the world’s biggest fashion capitals, the city is home to countless designers, labels and brands—both local and international—that are constantly innovating and pushing the envelope. Whether you’re looking for an outfit straight off the runway, or prefer to make a more subtle style statement; London is the place to do it.
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Fashion

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Beyond Retro

Petticoats of every colour hang from the ceilings, mannequins don glitter and masks, and the shop cat sleeps peacefully in a basket of vintage silk scarves. Beyond Retro is an emporium to bygone years, and the staff them...more

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Coco de Mer

A daring den in the middle of Covent Garden, Coco de Mer is like the boudoir of a 19th century courtesan with excellent taste. Delicate lace lingerie is strewn on silk hangers and antique horsehair whips sit beside eroti...more

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Fashion

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Deuxieme

This works out very well for high-end vintage shop Deuxieme. With a stunning range of second-hand designer shoes, handbags, accessories and clothes, they stock everything from Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs to unusual ...more

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Fashion

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Fabrications

If you're interested in contemporary textile practice, eco-design and sustainable thinking, Fabrications is a good place to go. Goldsmith’s textiles graduate Barley Massey opened Fabrications in 2000 on Broadway Market a...more

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Fashion

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Hub

Located on Stoke Newington Church Street and now just off Broadway Market, Hub stocks a well-edited selection of men and women’s designer clothes, accessories and footwear brands, such as Acne, Dr Denim and Something Els...more

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High End

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LN-CC

Hidden in the basement of an old warehouse in trendy Dalston, LN-CC boasts one of London's best collections of high-end, avant-garde fashion. Across three large rooms, carefully selected pieces from icons like Rick Owens...more

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Radio Days

This cool little shop on Waterloo's adorable Lower Marsh is packed with vintage clothes. The rails are so tight together you disappear between the skirts of fifties dresses and folds of forties trenches.

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High End

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Rellik

In the shadow of the imposing Trellick Tower sits what appears to be an unassuming shop lost in the outer reaches of Portobello. But ring the bell, and enter a fantasy land wardrobe, stocked with the sort of vintage desi...more

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Boutique

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The Village Bicycle

For many years Westbourne Grove has been the territory of that breed of boho banker and their Bugaboo-wielding wives, but this boutique is catering to a new crowd. The Village Bicycle counters Notting Hill twee with a do...more

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Fashion

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Topshop

Topshop is bold, creative and always ahead in terms of the latest catwalk-inspired fashion for the high street. The Oxford Circus branch is a five storey shopping utopia and you could easily lose the day here.

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High End

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Vivienne Westwood

The flame-haired grand dame of British fashion, Queen Viv has been rocking London since the 1970s, when her punk designs became hugely influential and the whole country coveted voluminous tartan, edgy corsets and ironic ...more

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