Shoppers' Paradise - London
>> Thursday, November 5, 2009
Do you love shopping? Well I just love to visit all the shoppers' paradises and find out the exciting stuff that are available at these places. My idea of shopping does not only include the high end sophisticated markets but the street shops also find a very important place in my list of the best places to shop.
The sophisticated shopping centres and malls are a great place to do the purchasing but sometimes we get very attractive bargains for really nice things at the street shops. This is the reason why I love to find out the good street shops that offer good value-for-money for the products.
I am starting a series of some exciting places all over the world where not only you can great stuff at much affordable prices but also get the real feel of the local place. The first town in my list is London. Some of the top street shops of London are:
Topshop: Here at London’s sartorial mecca, first-time visitors can usually be spotted squealing with delight. The overwhelming choice of trend-led high-street fashion is right on the money, but for something a bit special go to The Boutique. There you’ll find collaborations with cutting-edge designers like Christopher Kane, Emma Cook and Jonathan Saunders.
Uniqlo: Last year London fell back in love with Uniqlo. Cleverly rebranded with indie celeb envoys, a Terry Richardson ad campaign, Nicola Formichetti and Katie Grand creating imagery and two new stores on Oxford Street (311 is the European flagship), there was good reason to return to this Japanese supermarket of cool. A recent gallery project with photographer Matt Irwin and the ongoing UT T-shirt project have kept up the momentum, but it’s the cut-price pure cashmere and achingly simple selvedge jeans that delight.
Primark: London’s new-found obsession with Primark began with the hallowed opening of its 70,000sq ft Oxford St store in April 2007. The shopping experience itself is somewhat chequered (with changing-room queues so long customers often strip off on the shop floor) but it’s the fashionable cheap-as-chips clothes you go for, not the genteel ambience.
The sophisticated shopping centres and malls are a great place to do the purchasing but sometimes we get very attractive bargains for really nice things at the street shops. This is the reason why I love to find out the good street shops that offer good value-for-money for the products.
I am starting a series of some exciting places all over the world where not only you can great stuff at much affordable prices but also get the real feel of the local place. The first town in my list is London. Some of the top street shops of London are:
Topshop: Here at London’s sartorial mecca, first-time visitors can usually be spotted squealing with delight. The overwhelming choice of trend-led high-street fashion is right on the money, but for something a bit special go to The Boutique. There you’ll find collaborations with cutting-edge designers like Christopher Kane, Emma Cook and Jonathan Saunders.
Uniqlo: Last year London fell back in love with Uniqlo. Cleverly rebranded with indie celeb envoys, a Terry Richardson ad campaign, Nicola Formichetti and Katie Grand creating imagery and two new stores on Oxford Street (311 is the European flagship), there was good reason to return to this Japanese supermarket of cool. A recent gallery project with photographer Matt Irwin and the ongoing UT T-shirt project have kept up the momentum, but it’s the cut-price pure cashmere and achingly simple selvedge jeans that delight.
Primark: London’s new-found obsession with Primark began with the hallowed opening of its 70,000sq ft Oxford St store in April 2007. The shopping experience itself is somewhat chequered (with changing-room queues so long customers often strip off on the shop floor) but it’s the fashionable cheap-as-chips clothes you go for, not the genteel ambience.
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