Fashion Nerdette: Brick Lane

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Brick Lane Fun

Jumper - Topshop
Treggings - Mango
Faux Fur Gilet - Topshop
Boots - Topshop
Cross Necklace - Topshop
Bag - River Island

Hello Everyone...

Well my lazy Sunday afternoon was mainly spent wandering around the markets on Brick Lane. What I love about this place is that there is so much going on you don't even have to buy anything to have fun, for instance, in the picture above there was a man playing 4 games of chess at the same time and he was winning in all of them, it kept me entertained for at least half an hour! But of course it was lunch time when I arrived and so I could hardly say no to a pulled pork bap and a few other treats.

What I also love about Brick Lane is the amount of street art, the walls don't just have your average graffiti instead there are pieces of art that look like they must have taken days to finish, such as the head hog painting above. I decided that I would use another piece of graffiti as my backdrop as I thought you are all probably getting bored of seeing my living room wall. So here is what I wore to Brick Lane. It was a little bit chilly so I thought that I would layer slightly rather than putting on a full winter coat, as I'm still slightly in denial that we actually have to start wearing coats again. I decided I would layer my fur gilet over my ombre knitted jumper and then to make the whole outfit a little less bulky I then paired it with my skinny treggings, then hey presto I was ready to fit in with the Shoredicth crowd.

Have any of you been to Brick Lane, did you manage to grab any bargains?

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Brick Lane

Hey Guys...

So this weekend I finally managed to have a look around Brick Lane and all the different markets it has to offer. It is such a magical place especially for an avid vintage lover like myself, I actually couldn't believe that it has taken me almost three years of living in London to go here...that is three years of vintage bargain shopping I will never get back and will definitely have to make up for.

Unfortunately, as I am saving for a holiday to Thailand in a few months (ahhh so excited, it's the most exotic place I have ever been too) I have put myself on a spending ban and so I have to just window shop, which literally killed me! I wanted to spend my money on everything! However, there was so much more cool stuff to have a look at besides the clothes and so I managed to take my mind off the shopping by having a look at some of the quirky street art which could be found on almost every corner.

Below is one of the favourite pieces of street art I found, along with a quick outfit post...