Today it was sunny (thanks God!). And since Sunday mornig=Market morning, i went to the most original markets in town.
Pettitcoat Lane Market
A place full of cheap stuff. Don´t go there if you´re looking for original things. I didn´t like it. I only made it for a block and left.
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The neighbourhood doesn´t seem to be the best one. But the Market has nice shops and lots of stalls.
I found it a little unoriginal and overpriced. Though a very few stalls had goergeus things.
I really liked the Vintage Eyewear stand, shame I don´t need glasses right now.
In front of the Market you find Christ Church. The churches all look alike, but I like how the sky looks in this picture.
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| Vintage eyewear |
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| Christ Church |
Columbia Road Market
Walking a few blocks to the North I found Columbia Road. It was easy to be guided to the market since people came walking with flowers in their arms.
As usual a lot of people. This market has a peculiarity: the air smells great. Like thouthand flowers, Lavender and Herbs all together. Lovely.
The shops are special. Every shop is like a little world. And they have original stuff, and luckily, very affordable.
Here, my favorites:
* L´Orangerie (No. 162): Really elegant Vintage jewelry, bags, hats and some clothes hand-picked by its owner. They have some brouches and earrings I´d never seen before. I bought two vintage earrings, to use as brouches (8 pounds the pair). A lot of the jewelry comes from France. You can also find some special Italian soaps.
*Jesse Chorley and Buddug (No. 158): This shop deserves a special mention. Everything there is beatiful!, from jewelry to house decor, I loved all. Every little thing is a piece of art. Vintage, home-made Art. You can spend hours there trying to decide what to buy.
* StART Space & StART Coffee (No. 150): Great Art, and a beatiful small patio at the back to have your coffee.
* Keeping House (No. 144): Every piece of kitchenware and cooking utensils you need, or you just need to have because they´re so beatiful!
* Bob & Blossom (No. 140): Lovely clothes and nostalgic and vintage toys for children. I bought a Swan pencil sharpener.
* The Powder Room (No. 136): Here you can get a vintage makeover and glamourous 1940´s hairstyles.
* Such and Chew (No. 130): Vintage candy tins and sweets.
* The Garden Shop (No. 120): Beatiful garden tools and flowerpots, seeds and everything for the stylish garden.
* Treacle (No. 110-112): beatiful teatowels, mugs and china. And simple baking (lovly cupcakes).
* Nom (No. 102): Nice and stylish ceramics and wooden utensils from Asia.
* Pot Luck (No. 84): Nice china, but, in the basement you´ll find funny house decor, children aprons, and vintage-look jewelry. I bought myself 3 plastic brouches that look from the 50´s.
* Vintage Heaven and Cakehold (No. 82): I thought every piece of china tea sets from the past was broken, but, I was wrong. Here there´s lots of vintage teacups, teapots, plates, etc.
* Supenice (No. 106): Original stencils and stickers to for wall-decor.
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| Columbia Road Market |
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| Vintage Housewear in Vintage Heaven |
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| Nom, 102 Columbia Rd |
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| Samosas and Falafel |
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| LÓrangerie |
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| Jesse Chorley and Buddug |
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| StART Space |
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| Keeping House |
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| The Powder Room |
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| The Powder Room |
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| Such and Chew |
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| Treace, 112 Columbia Road |
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| Treace |
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| Supenice |
Brick Lane
I was feeling really well after such a nice time I spent in Columbia Road, where everything is cozy and kind.
Brick Lane, is full of cool people. Vintage clothes, hats and jewelry shops, old vynil records stores.
I stopped in the No. 159 and queued for 15 minutes in the Beigel Bakery to have a butter beigel (made in Heaven!) and a doughnut with a delicious strawberry jam.
Urban stencils, Grafitti and Street art really good.
When you reach the "Tea Room" antique market, you can find beatiful vintage stuff. Sellers turn a little grumpy if they catch you taking pictures, though.
And then, you can have Food from every country in this world you wish. However, every kind of food is made by Indian people mostly. But again, smells delicious. An even you can get Food from Argentina (empanadas and steak).
If you continue dawn the steet you find more Asian restaurants and shops.
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| Beigel Bakery, 159 Brick Lane |
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| Butter Beigel |
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| Antiques at "the tea room" |
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| Bengali shops at Brick Lane |
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