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Vintage shops in London
- Thread starter Ritchy
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johnwayne
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Lived in London all my life and cant think of any ‘military’ shops as such, however, vintage shops are numerous. Brick Lane and some of the side roads is a good starting point. Son of Stag in Dray Walk near Brick Lane does great gear inc ELC stuff but new gear and, pricey! On Thursdays in nearby Spitalfields Market between Bishopsgate and BL there are a lot of stalls selling vintage gear (missed out on an original SAT A2 there once!) and there are one or two vintage places near Covent Garden, Exeter Street I think, but might be wise to search online!!
colekwok
Active Member
Wow, good to know. I haven't been to Covent Garden for a long time. In fact I am trying to avoid going to central London unless if it is necessary. TFL is bloody expensive and even if you drive, you still need to pay for the stupid congestion charge during the weekends, which makes no sense except that it is daylight robbery.
Oh, there's also Lewis Leathers near Tottenham Road, and next to it, Rivet and Hide.
Ritchy
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bn1966
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Was down at American Classics in May, days before their move. Should now have improved foot fall and more room. Previous location around Covent suffered from being a little out of the way and constant roadworks. Well worth having a butchers in the Brick Lane area as suggested, several vintage shops nearby.
stanier
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Clutch cafe in Great Portland Street and Vintage Showroom in Covent Garden can be interesting and Camden Stables may have something to interest you, particularly at weekends, but all these places demand deep pockets and only you know if that works for you or not. The London markup is alive and well be assured...
MikeyB-17
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I was in the Covent Garden one a few years ago. Was considering picking up something small, hat or something, but there wasn’t anything that wasn’t a ridiculous price. I think they wanted £100+ for a watch cap, even a Buco tin mug was about £50. There was a B-7 on the wall, shudder to think what that would have cost. Places like that cater for the sort of folk who won’t be worrying about turning their heating on this winter.
colekwok
Active Member
The Vintage Showroom has moved to somewhere near Notting Hill. Yes, I agree, they are a good showroom but the prices are just ridiculous.
269sqnhudson
Active Member
What about Rokit, Covent Garden? Real McCoy, American Classics etc aren't really vintage shops. I've bought good stuff from Rokit, nice condition M65s on occasion some lovely 80s choch-chip jackets, that kind of thing.
colekwok
Active Member
That's true, the shops that we mentioned are more like Vintage fashions.
