The Well-Deserved Shop Watch

I’ve been desperately wanting to talk shop about the 172 boutique on Brick Lane, because I’ve truly been baffled by the lack of press this place has had.  In the shopping guides the boutiques that are likely to be listed are ones that stock designers – up and coming, semi-established, fully established or big big… Continue reading The Well-Deserved Shop Watch

The Journey to Boudicca

What was I doing in a rundown part of Hackney bordering on Stratford in East London in the King’s Yard on a Saturday afternoon?  Only a special sample sale could have enticed me to take the scary overland train (yes, being dictated by buses and the tube is frightening).  Boudicca had their two day special… Continue reading The Journey to Boudicca