Holy Fashion, London!

I spent day two traversing the most fashionable markets I have ever visited! I started out taking the tube from the Victoria Station in Westminster to Piccadilly Circus and walking over to Liberty. I am a Southern California native. I have grown up going to the fashion mart and seeing high fashion, but I have never been to anything like Liberty before in my life! It is home to some incredibly beautiful pieces in a beautiful building. The entire place oozes haute couture! The building was built in the 1920’s in classic Tudor-inspired architecture and has been bringing stunning fashion ever since. The building and the fashion are a delight for all!

Then, I walked through SoHo over to Dover street Market. Talk about a place where fashion and art collide! This market is a delight for the senses! It encourages every part of you to engage with what you consider to be fashionable. The layout is inviting and forces you to consider the pieces of clothing as art. I highly recommend spending time in this space to consider the relationship between fashion and art. Not to mention the people shopping and working there all look and dress like models, so it’s delightful people watching as well!

Next, I hopped in the tube and traveled over to Brick Lane for some vintage shopping. I LOVE this area. I am always so inspired by the artists and designers that work in this area. I love the idea of re-purposing and reusing clothing to make beautiful pieces of fashion and the vendors in Brick Lane seem to agree. I have seen so many incredible pieces while visiting Brick Lane that I feel an entire site could be devoted to just the Vintage Market and never run out of material to report on. I have included a couple of my favorite looks I came across while in the Vintage Market.

I feel like anyone who knows anything is going to know that London is a fashion hub, but I had no clue! I learned so much about London fashion today and I look forward to learning more about this incredible place tomorrow.