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. It's all about supporting new talent and making a fashion show more approachable and affordable to everyday folk. We love it. They also take collections for the AIDS charity Terrence Higgins Trust - entrance is free so try and dig deep for this worthy cause.
Queens
111b Commercial Street, Spitalfields, E1 6BG
Kitsch, colourful, cute and cuddly this glitzy gift grotto in Spitalfields is irresistible. Wander around its magical wonderland... More
London Markets
Various venues across London
Most of London's regular markets put on something special for Christmas, from the famous flower market at Columbia Road, where you can... More
Broadgate Ice Rink
Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2QT
14th November 2009 - 7th March 2010
City workers can inject a bit of fun into their lunch break with a... More
Alternative Fashion Week 2009
Spitalfields Traders Market, E1 6AA
20th April 2009 - 24th April 2009
Forget the insipid media circus of London Fashion Week, if... More
7 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
Following a two year closure - and £13.5 million spend - the re-launched and expanded Whitechapel Gallery celebrates its launch. Among the new artworks to ...More
6 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
3 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
3 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
1 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
12 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
9 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
5 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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,
E1Map
1 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
12 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
Fashionable Shoreditch drinkers are attracted to this cellar bar by its rickety old furniture, interesting imported beers, and a pricy, but very tasty selection of ... More
9 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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
12 minutes walk from Swatch Alternative Fashion Week 2007
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. 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. It's all about supporting new talent and making a fashion show more approachable and affordable to everyday folk. We love it. They also take collections for the AIDS charity Terrence Higgins Trust - entrance is free so try and dig deep for this worthy cause. 
