Monday, July 13, 2009

Shopping in London: ROKIT vintage

Our study center is in the heart of all the good shopping in London, thus I've had quite a bit of time to explore all the cute nearby shops! Walking around one day I discovered Rokit, a gem of a vintage store filled clothes filed by decade. I got lost browsing among all the bargains of vintage jewelry, Levi boyfriend shorts, and 80's tiered skirts.
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Everyone's sporting boyfriend shorts abroad! I've already bought myself a pair since I've been here; this whole rack was priced at 10 pounds!
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fun mannequins in the front of the store
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Madonna style tutus and 80's brights
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a very flashdance-esque window display
The store has 3 locations throughout London (one in Camden, Covent Garden, and Brick Lane). They also have an online store! They loan out their vintage duds to magazines like Vogue, Dazed and Confused and i.D. magazine! Definitely take a peek if you're ever in London!
Do any london-ers have any other shops I should check out while I'm here?
xoxo, lauren

12 comments:

Dream Sequins said...

Looks like an awesome colorful shop. I never had a chance to visit many vintage shops while I was in London a few months ago... I want to go back already!

Cancha-diction said...

love the tutus! great blog!

lisa said...

I didn't do much vintage shopping when I was in London. My favourite shops were B Cosmetics (great eyeshadows!), Next, and Selfridges. Next was where I bought one of the comfiest pairs of heels I've ever owned, and even with the exchange rate it only came out to around $60.

Stefanie Grace said...

Next do have some great things, lisa - good find!!

I see you already found Rokit! Fab!

I am free this week for coffee - on Friday or Saturday or if not, next Thurs/Friday. Wherever you like, just let me know! xx

AudreyAllure said...

awesome, what a great find!

LML said...

i need to write down all the shops you go to... so i can go there one day. sounds fabulous!

Cafe Fashionista said...

Visit the blog Haute World - there's a link to it on Cafe Fashionista. The blogger there writes about all different fabulous stores in Europe - many in London! :)

Jennifer Fabulous said...

I love your blog. :)
And those gorgeous pictures of that store are making me itch to go shopping! And I'm stuck at work. Bah! Lol.

Leah said...

id kill for one of those tutus. so jealous of all that good shopping at your fingertips!

fashion1psychology said...

Great clothes, have fun in London!!!

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Zephyr said...

I am SO jealous of all your adventures in London! Looks like there are lots of amazing stores there. Hope you're having an awesome time :)

Anonymous said...

walked past a pop up vintage shop today, looked really good, they were just setting up for tomorrow! so exciting, it looked like a proper treasure trove! it's on redchurch street just off brick lane, i'll be there early to be first to go through the rails!

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