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brick lane is good vibes but its super saturated in that area, so chances are you're not going to get a good bargain!! i would recommend the rokit in brick lane, if u thumb through the rails enough, you'll catch some items that have been reduced.
your best bets for cool and purse friendly finds are charity shops. charity shop names to look out for are: mind, pdsa, shelter, traid, british heart foundation (you might get lucky and enter one that's doing a £5 on everything sale)
in north london - kentish town, camden town, angel and wood green are a treasure mine. specifically on kentish town high street, theres about 6 of them (age uk being the cheapest)
in wood green, there is a great oxfam near the underground station, with other charity shops further down (north london hospice being a gem) a spot for great finds
in south london, there are shopping centres that have supermarkets as well as charity shops (one notable spot is on camberwell green) and if you get off at elephant and castle, and walk up towards camberwell, the entire walk up has plenty of them!
+ Another South London rec! if you are still in london next week sunday (2nd march), you should check out Peckham Carboot! Its a sale that takes place in a school with lots of secondhand / vintage clothes and entry is £1 after 11pm. (Harris Academy Peckham,
112 Peckham Rd,
Peckham, London, SE15 5DZ)
if you go to central london, around carnaby st there is a place called beyond retro which has your standard vintage offerings (levi denims, bombers and leather jackets)
viel gluck!
caffy *£5 on everything sale applies to traid charity shops ! the ones i am familiar with are in camden, wood green and peckham B)
caffy Noted I am a north ldn boii so I can give it a peep during my next visits especially camden on a quiet summer day when its not as chaotic usually!
I hardly ever enjoy going to thrift stores (idk why they always feel kinda tacky and overpriced?), imo the best play is to go to places that have loads of charity shops in a row. Octavia Foundation is usually the best one and cancer research usually the worst. But they’re all good. That said, the best thrift store I know is called something like Camden Thrift Store, it’s about halfway between Camden Market and the roundhouse and still has the sign from when the building was still a nail salon. Completely cramped never ending racks of clothes, kind of rude owners but in a chic and definitively unhipster way, goated espeiclaly for vintage menswear but has everything
