Alternative Fashion Week happily returns to its birthplace at Old Spitalfields Market, after a year away in the Truman Brewery, home of the trendy, 20-something clone. Let’s hope it gets back in touch with its underground roots.
The week-long fashion gala is fabulous fun, featuring loads of outfits too outlandish even for Milan (the fetishwear and fantasywear sections spring to mind), not to mention a fair number of designers whose garments are suitable for the street and affordable too. The lunchtime shows are open to all and are accompanied by the lilting sounds of contemporary jazz. The fashion market is a great place to pick up some forward-thinking bargains. The event is packed to bursting point with London’s aspiring models, who rock up en masse to try and get scouted, which means some fabulous people-watching opportunities.
Bright young designers and quirky models will be showing off innovative fashions - some on the edge of the mainstream, some utterly mad. Forget the insipid media circus of London Fashion Week, if you enjoy fashion and want to stay ahead of the pack, this event wins by several lengths.
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Alternative Fashion Week is all about supporting new talent and making a fashion show more approachable and affordable for everyday folk. We love it. This ...More
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A guided tour of Dennis Severs' House is one of the must-see attractions of hidden London. The living museum, the brainchild of eccentric designer and ...More
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Housed in one of the great Victorian station hotels, this showstopper is a mixture of meticulous nineteenth century restoration and the glittering wit of Terrence ... More
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Raven Row, a non-profit contemporary art centre in Spitalfields, not far from the Market, opened to the public on 28th February 2009. The name - ... More
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Built in 1729, Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church creation was declared dangerous and closed in 1956. Vigorous campaigning, from the poet Sir John Betjeman among others, ... More
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Nestled in the heart of the city, in the shadow of Christ Church, Spitalfields Market marries market stalls with modern shops and restaurants. Where the ... More
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Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book ... More
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There's a real art to making cocktails. Don't be fooled into thinking it's all about shaking vigorously and pouring because, to be a proper cocktail ...More
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The third of these increasingly popular 1950s retro-America style bowling alleys opened in late 2008 to much critical acclaim. Located in the Old Truman Brewery ... More
Spitalfields Health and Fitness,
Fruit Exchange Building,Brushfield Street,Shoreditch,
London,
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A relatively new player in the health and fitness market, the Exchanges offer well equipped gyms, as well as classes, beauty therapy and swimming. New ...More
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Scuzzy venue on the outskirts of Shoreditch which looks like a crummy cafe from the outside. Walk past the crowded plastic tables and chairs and ... More
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Cargo were pioneers of the multi-tasking MDF concept (that's Music-Dance-Food, not cheap fibreboard) and boast one of the most imaginative live music line-ups in the ... More
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Alternative Fashion Week happily returns to its birthplace at Old Spitalfields Market, after a year away in the Truman Brewery, home of the trendy, 20-something clone. Let’s hope it gets back in touch with its underground roots.
