The Rough Guide to Vintage London

by Rough Guides, Sam Cook

The Rough Guide to Vintage London is your ultimate guide to London's burgeoning vintage scene. Whether you're into fifties fashion or seventies furnishings, old-fashioned beauty parlors, Art Deco cafes, or retro restaurants, The Rough Guide to Vintage London will show you where to find the best bargains for getting dressed and going out in vintage style. This unique travel guide for London casts a discerning eye over the entire city, guiding you to the best vintage shops, stores, markets, and more. Fully illustrated, the book covers more than two hundred spots where visitors can find like-minded, vintage-loving locals — from the East End hotspots of hyper-cool Hoston and Shoreditch to the eccentric emporia of the West End, as well as the pick of London's markets and the classiest vintage outlets to the north and south of the city center, all marked on full-color maps. From mod to dandy, from flapper to "blitz chic" to punk and new Wave style, The Rough Guide to Vintage London will guide visitors of any retro persuasion to the hippest hangouts and best vintage shopping in London. Edited and with a foreword by Wayne Hemingway, design director of Vintage by Hemingway and founder of London's award-winning Vintage Festival.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2013

About the author

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

Reviews

[Lauren Stoolfire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've actually been to a couple of places featured in this London guide book, isn't that funny. If I ever have the opportunity to go back I have a few ideas of places that sound very interesting to visit. If only this were organized in a slightly more straightforward manner.

[Thara Ravishanker]

This is a good resource for the vintage community. In this book are lots of vintage shops etc which is good for vintage lovers of all kinds and ages. I recommend this book if you are searching for vintage things for any and all occasions. Recommended. Great pictures too. I was able to make inquiries using this book as my initial starting point for research and ideas. This book is literally a lifesaver if you are like me, love vintage things but have no idea about where to start your search for vintage items. You can reserve a free paper copy at your local library or find a cheap used edition of this book on the Internet as well.