Blitzing vintage

It's the weekend before pay day, It's freezing, I spent the week in towering work heels and last year I threw away my best winter flat boots (they had finally had it). So what to do? Heading down to Brick Lane to play dress-up and eat bagels seemed wise.

This wasn't a deliberate solution at all, but I was so excited at my serendiptous encounter with Blitz - London's biggest vintage warehouse, complete with its own coffee shop and all that I feel obliged to tell you all about it.

Blitz is the sister warehouse to the Brick Lane 'Vintage Store' - as in the one actually called that. It's further down Bricklane towards curryville and off on a little side street to the left. It's heaven in there.

Vintage burberry macs at £95, Vintage and newish Barbours for between £100-£200, Chanellesque quilted leather handbags at £18, 50s diva sunnies for £30, varsity felt jackets... you name it, they've got it.

They also had everything I was looking for for Winter at vast expense on Net-a-porter. I'd managed to persuade myself that when I finally got paid, it would be time to invest in the black leather riding boots that I've lusted after for ages and some high waisted smart leather shorts. I chanced upon both at Blitz, whilst cooing over brown leather loafers and arctic fox stoles.

The boots:

Reduced from £55 to £15 (this is admittedly because they had been sized wrong at 3, whereas they were actually a 5 so they had sat pretty waiting for me to notice the mistake and steadily reducing in price all the while).

The shorts:

£25 and in all shapes colours and sizes. This was the first pair I saw and I immediately fell in love. They fit like a (leather) glove and will go with everything this season. I could not be any more pleased.

Next time you're in Brick Lane, vintage shopping forget the over-priced Vintage stores and head straight here. I won't be wasting my time rifling through dusty rails anywhere else in the vicinity.

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