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Going to be in London this weekend and I definitely want to hit up some of the shops.

My only plans so far are to visit a Uniqlo finally to see what all the fuss is about and to check out Selfridges and Harrods, not necessarily to buy anything but just to see what they're like.

Are there any areas that /fa/ would recommend I check out? I don't mind looking at very expensive places but I'm probably not going to spend anything more expensive than AllSaints unless it's very nice.

>> No.8002113

Dover Street market nigga

>> No.8002118

size? on carnaby street for trainers (their customer service sucks tho)

>> No.8002122

>>8002118
I've seen Size? in Manchester market street and it doesn't look great.

Besides, I've already got a pair sneakers I like that work in my general fits so I'm more or less covered in that area.

>> No.8002131

>>8002113
Damn, just looked this up

I'll definitely check out CDG (mainline, not Play right?) and Saint Laurent but are there any cheaper stores there?

>> No.8002145

>>8002131
There are good stores dotted around Shoreditch that are worth visiting. It's worth looking them up beforehand though as some of them are kind of hidden

>> No.8002174

Check out Liberty. It's the best department store in London and even if you don't buy anything, the building itself is beautiful.

>> No.8002234

>Soho/Covent Garden
Albam
YMC
Liberty
Sunspel
Oliver Spencer
The Hideout for norse projects-esque stuff

>Shoreditch
Present
Goodhood

and Sefton in Islington is good.

>> No.8002239

>>8002174
I'm definitely going there, it'll be more of a museum experience than anything.

Also if anyone knows any good record stores or book stores that would be great. (I know about Rough Trade before anyone mentions it)

>> No.8002619

>>8002234
Are these areas easy to get to from eachother?

>> No.8002627

>>8002234
Pretty much this.

Just have a gander, really. Avoid Camden.

>>8002619
20-30 mins.

>> No.8002664

>>8002627
That's the time spent walking or on public transport?

>> No.8002672

Liberty
Selfridges
Dover Street Market

these are literally the only places you need to go

>> No.8002684

>>8002672
>Selfridges

Maybe for the food court.

>> No.8002693

>>8002684
and the large selection of designer clothing...

>> No.8002696

>>8002664
Public transport, Central line on the Underground, probs best bet, although it does depend on where your starting point is. There are other options though.

They're very central locations, so only a few miles away from each other.

>> No.8002695

>>8002234
This and Garbstore in Covent Garden too

Start London is pretty decent too, they have Margiela, Common Projects, Helmut Lang etc

There's fast fashion spots all over the place so no need to worry on that front. Be sure to go to the National Gallery, The Tate Modern etc, all around the Tate is beautiful near where St. Paul's Cathedral is. Oh, and there's a fantastic pizzeria in between the Sherlock Holmes tour bus and Madame Tussauds. I live up here in Liverpool/Manchester but I love going to London

>> No.8002731

>>8002696
good luck getting from covent garden to shoreditch on the central line, seeing as it goes through neither area. get the northern line from Leicester Sq. to Old Street.

i'm a londoner

>> No.8002732

>>8002672

Selfridges if he is a new money chinaman or arab .

>> No.8002751

>>8002695
Cheers on the other suggestions although I kind of wanted to make this a mainly shopping based trip since all other times I've been to London it's to see galleries and museums. I'll probably check out the Tate Modern while I'm up there though, they always have good exhibitions.

>> No.8002785

>>8002732
Yeah I've noticed this in the Manchester Selfridge's. At some point in the day a large crowd of noveau riche asian twenty-somethings will swarm in and buy the gaudiest, most expensive looking stuff there, I'm talking stuff like Giuseppe Zanotti trainers here.

>> No.8002790

Selfridges confuses me

>> No.8002894

>>8002732
there's plenty of decent stuff that people on /fa/ are interested in tho. comme, rick, jil, ann, slp, apc, acne, etc

>> No.8002902

>>8002731
Entirely depends on where you are. Central Line goes through the main Oxford Street stations.

>> No.8003562

How bad is Lovebox festival? Been asked to go, would only want to see bonobo and maybe tensnake.

>> No.8003633
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>selfridges
because it's fun and loud and the 'wall of rick' display might still be there (be prepared for how tacky it is tho)
they have pretty up to date stuff of big name menswear the likes of which you'd find on mr porter (plus yohji)

>rick
obviously the best store experience in london just go and touch all the clothes, surfaces, SAs, catalogues, whatever
(also within walking distance of selfridges)

>hostem
cool interiors, stock szcore designers (but their rick buy is generally not huge)

>vertice
on sth molton which is a lovely place 2 be generally, selfridges, rick, and acne are all within walking distance
also stocks sz brands, there is a hilarious SA called sade there who you should go and befriend

there's also an issey store in mayfair somewhere but i've never been

>liberty
fun to be inside, go and smell all the candles
menswear basement is ok, they have stuff thats currently buzzing (gosha vibskov ute ploier schneider blah blah)
rick stock is pathetic

thats all i can think of atm

have coffee @ flat white on berwick street, visit holland park, say hi to me

>> No.8003723

>>8003633
>tfw have considered going to the rick store a number of times but too scared to go

>> No.8003761

Why has nobody mentioned LN-CC?

Also check out this OP, great resource for shopping.

http://www.hipshops.com/london

>> No.8003772

>>8003633
>obviously the best store experience in london just go and touch all the clothes, surfaces, SAs, catalogues, whatever
The SAs won't be upset if I just go up and start touching them?

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>>8003772
ofc not its customary to vigorously rub and fondle all the SAs in rick stores dude u obv have a lot 2 learn

>>8003723
just go nerd its rly fun and nothing to be nervous about

the ppl there will just give you a bottle of water then leave u alone if thats what u want

>> No.8003782

>>8003633
what about browns? How is that store?

>> No.8003792

>>8003784
Hold up are you being funny or do Rick Store employees actually hand out bottles of water?

>> No.8003812

>>8003792
yeah just like...every high-end boutique in the world

>> No.8003825

>>8003761
>http://www.hipshops.com/london

No manchester list

Sad times

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>>8003782
idk sorry never been

>>8003792
yea, + sweets (and coffee if u ask)

one time i came in from a pretty rainy afternoon and they offered me a towel which i stupidly declined

shit was probably two inches thick, stamped w/ the rick sig and trimmed with sable fur

>> No.8003828

>>8003812
Honestly unsure if this is a troll or not

I mean the idea sounds really weird but Rick is also weird

>> No.8003839

>>8003831
How the fuck can you actually afford to just wander into a rick owens store? So fucking salty right now.

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>>8003839
anyone can walk into any store lol

>> No.8003845

>>8003831
Haha what, that sounds really odd but lovely at the same time. Definitely keeping one of those bottles if I go there.

I feel like I should be wearing the one expensive item I own just so I don't seem like a total pleb when I walk in there.

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>>8003812
>mfw went in a chanel boutique, well dressed in designer clothes, and employees just gave me snob glances because they were too busy in licking ass to a group of noisy(and rich) chinese boys dressed in tees, cargo shorts and flip-flops

>> No.8003847

>>8003831
tell me some more rick stories before i go to sleep

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>>8003842
some people just don't realize that shop clerks are just like you, they're more concerned to how they themselves look than the other way round

you're just one costumer of many do you seriously think they'd judge every fit that walked in

>> No.8003857

>>8003633
>also stocks sz brands
Does that include CCP? I've always wanted to see what his stuff is like in real life.

>> No.8003866

>>8003828
Have you never been in a high-end boutique? Zara and Alexander Wang don't count. I've never NOT been offered water or coffee in a Rick, Lanvin, or Celine store. Multi-brand boutiques like Atelier, Darklands, Satorialoft to name a few are the same (Darklands and Atelier will sometimes give you champagne.)

Of course if you look like some fucking jackoff who's just there to wipe your greasy hands all over the jackets and leave they're not going to pay you any attention. That being said, I almost never buy things at retail and have literally never bought something from a brand flagship ... but because I take the experience seriously, engage with the SAs (especially in Rick stores, they are always lifelong Rick fans and really fun to talk to) and don't dress like a teenager hentai "enthusiast" the shop assistants treat me with respect. Up until the advent of the online age (and even now) the customer experience was one of the most important facets of the boutique.

>>8003839
God, I fucking hate this board. Just go in the fucking store. Just FUCKING go in the FUCKING store.

>> No.8003867

>>8003825
There's not enough stores in Manchester. All we have is Oi Polloi, Hervia, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols. Unless I'm missing some?

I wish there was somewhere to cop COS, Uniqlo and Common Projects in Manchester.

>> No.8003875

>>8003866
ETA:
>>8003857
>vertice
>ccp stockist
HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you know this information is FREELY available online, right?

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>>8003845
4get about what the shop assistants think dude they're just there to ask your questions

+ everyone there is nice and friendly you'll have a gr8 time

>>8003847
umm i don't really have anything interesting

one time i dragged my mother there and we got a taxi afterwards because it was raining (again) and the driver started going on about the rick head waxwork you can see from the window and how it made him feel 'on edge'

he had a tiny dog in the cab too which was weird but my mum tipped him more than normal bc she thought it was adorable

~~shopping with mum stories~~

>>8003857
no, the library does tho (but i haven't been there either)

>> No.8003894

>>8003761
You have to book an appointment to go to ln-cc iirc, also it's in the middle of nowhere in north london

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>>8003891
>ask your questions
molly got me nauseous i meant *ANSWER your questions

>>8003875
i wish carol would actually sell to vertice because sade would just go so nuts on facebook it'd be hilarious

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>>8003894
damn i want to visit ln-cc i forgot to talk about it

idk about the clothes i just want to walk thru the ridley scott tunnels

its in hackney isn't it

my old gd prof used to teach one of the founders apparently which is p cool

>> No.8003917

>>8003866
I've clearly never been in one of those before, we don't seem to have any in Manchester. Although I heard there was a Hermes somewhere so I don't know about that.

>>8003867
I've been to all of those apart from Hervia, where's that and what's it like? Also there's a decently nice store around Deansgate somewhere going from the site, can't remember the name.

>>8003875
Jesus calm down mate, I was just asking the guy

>>8003891
Ok cheers for the info man, going to the Rick store will no doubt be weird but I think it'll be cool. I'll have to check out that Library place if I can as well.

Man I'm gonna have to start mapping out my day if I wanna see all the things.

>> No.8003925

>>8003916
Holy shit that is sick

Added to the list

>> No.8003940

>>8003925
they're closed until april 30th though, also appointment only

>> No.8003951

>>8003917
There's one on King Street near The Kooples store, basically where all the Christmas markets were and Selfridges stock it too. There's loads of more high end stuff around there

>> No.8003959

>>8003904
tinny have you (or anyone else here i guess) ever been to atelier and if so what can u tell me about it? ive never seen any pictures of the inside/heard any accounts but im really interested

>> No.8003997

>>8003940
Damn, well that's off the list. Still, looking at the website this place has most of my main interests all under one roof. How do the appointments work? Do you just get a set time to wander around and maybe buy something?

>>8003951
You talking about the Hermes store?

>> No.8004016

>>8003997
http://www.ln-cc.com/en/northamerica/london-store-page/visit-the-store/page/appointments
I don't know why they aren't open to the public, it's such a nice store

>> No.8004024

>>8003997
Yessir

>> No.8004134

>>8002111
>gf going to london in april
>refuses to buy supreme because its just expensive brand stuff
bitch pls

>> No.8004199

Turnbull and Asser for bespoke shirts

>> No.8004310

>>8003917
Hervia is near the Post Office off Market Street, it sells Comme des Garcons, Y3 and other stuff.

King Street has lots of your 'fashionable' shops. Belstaff, Pretty Green, Tommy H, Hermes, Kooples. Vivienne Westwood. etc. etc.

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>>8003959
timber has

there's some stuff about it on her tumblr

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Okay I'm getting my plan together of where to go. Shoreditch seems a bit far off from all the other places so I might give that a miss.

Any good places for nice but cheaper shops? I reckon I'll hit up Oxford Street while I'm in the area but is there anywhere else I should check out?

>> No.8004465

>>8002111
>>8002113
DSM is great even to just look round
visvim in the basement if that interests you
acne's a couple doors down too if that's your cup of tea

>>8002174
seconding liberty
then go have a look round carnaby street behind

>>8003782
browns is pretty lame imo

>>8003916
didn't ln-cc close?
or did it just get sold off behind the scenes

>>8004438
cheaper stuff is pretty much same as anywhere... Like what do you mean by cheaper? There's cos and uniqlo etc (if you're with a girlfriend/sister have a look at & other stories)
otherwise loads of places stock like 'mid-level' brands, our legacy acne apc etc

>> No.8004520

>>8004465
I'll be checking out Cos and Uniqlo for sure. Staying in the Oxford St. area, where are some good places that stock the mid level brands you mentioned?

>> No.8004546

>>8004520
libertys is very close, and has all three, plus higher end stuff, and newer brit stuff liek christopher raeburn

there's a cheap monday nearby as well
err
j crew if that floats your boat?

oh and in that carnaby street area there's a cafe called urban tea room (i think) that does a cracking espresso martini

>> No.8004612

>>8004465
>didn't ln-cc close?
>or did it just get sold off behind the scenes

Either way it looks like it moved. Google Maps lists an old ln-cc entry labelled "CLOSED."

>> No.8004663

>>8002111
pls be in london this weekend

>> No.8005194

There's a shop next to Bond Street station called Layers. Sells seriously cool stuff. Go to Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge as well.

>> No.8006990

Okay /fa/ I've got my map of everywhere mentioned that sounds cool. I might even be able to visit them all if I'm arriving at like 10:20.

>> No.8007009

>>8004134
Congratulations, your GF isn't a complete pleb.

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>>8006990
Aforementioned map

A grand day out

>> No.8007518

>>8007019
Is there a way that others can use this? going to UK in June, and only know the basic places around Oxford and Regent streets

>> No.8007526

Get lunch from I Camisa & sons just off wardour street (soho). God tier Italian deli that make sandwiches to order, go early to beat the lunch rush.

>> No.8007673

>>8007518
It's a Google MyMap thing so I might be able to put it up on a shared drive or something. I'll see if I can put together something more comprehensive later.

For future reference if you do get to use it:
>Dark red - General shopping locations with generally cheap stuff with some mid tier stuff
>Pink - Mid tier stores, think Albam and similar
>Gold - Large dept. stores and fashion spots, Selfridges, Liberty, DSM on this map
>Black - High end boutques, edgier designers (Tricky Rick etc.)

Blue markers are non-fashion spots, Rough Trade and the Tate Modern in particular. Image markers are specific to my trip.

>>8007526
I'll probably be in Shoreditch around that time, know any good places round there? Plan is Shoreditch --> Tate Modern --> Oxford St. and surrounding area (copping a free Rick water bottle for sure) --> Covent Garden where I'm meeting for dinner

>> No.8007703

>>8007673
Yeah this is quite handy thanks, I'm going up to London next week myself

>> No.8007727

>>8007703
Ok if you leave an email I think I can share it with you

It should update as I alter it over time

>> No.8007748

Conduit Street/Regent Street

Mayfair in general

>> No.8007744

>>8007727
alright cheers bud

>> No.8007763

>>8007744
You haven't got a google account have you? If you do I can give you editing privileges so you can add anything you find.

>> No.8007834

>>8007727
also me please
Only really know a bit of Putney, Islington and Central London, However I can tell you that what is probably the best milkshake in London is an Oreo Thickshake from Byron Burger

>> No.8008631

Anyone know any good lunch spots around Shoreditch?

>> No.8008640

>>8008631
sit down or something quick?

>> No.8008643

>>8008640
It'll just be me so something quick would be good

>> No.8008664

>>8008643
Ottolenghi (Levant inspired tasty food), The Grocery (muh fairtrade, but tasty foods), or Meat Mission (gluttunous burgers/hot dogs and fries...part of the Meat Liquor group).

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>>8008664
ill go 2 ottolenghi with u!!!

>> No.8008684

>>8008664
a meat mission sounds like what ur mum went on last nite LMAO

>> No.8008737

>>8008664
Ottolenghi and Meat Mission sound p cool

>>8008675
Oh god, meeting an internet person in real life could be awkward (mite b cool tho, you seem like a chill guy)

>>8008684
oh snap