I don’t care for shoes nor jewelry—I’m a t-shirt girl. I’ve always loved collecting them. They are usually cheap, they last for years and they (almost always) fit. What’s not to like?
I sleep in oversized rock bands and music t-shirts: Metallica, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers… I have a collection of Hard Rock Café t-shirts I started in Beijing, in 1999. I also buy designer t-shirts online from Threadless. I have blue, red, pink, yellow, black and green t-shirts, neatly folded in piles in my closet. You can never have too many t-shirts, can’t you?
In France, I bought a bunch of beauty products. In London, I found a t-shirt mecca at Camden Market. Originally a craft market, the Camden Lock Market is now a thriving shopping area and hundreds of retailers sell clothes and souvenirs. You can find pretty much anything, from your basic “I love London” t-shirt to trendier vintage clothes. I fell in love with the Funky Chameleon brand and bought a few embroidered tank tops.
It’s also in Camden Market that I fell in love again with my teenage-year shoes—the famous Doc Martens boots. The British boots have long been popular with punks and other subcultures and they were very trendy when I was in high school. I actually went through a couple of pairs of the iconic Dr. Martens 8-eye boot in purple, and I even brought back to Canada the first pair I got when I was 12 years old. In London, I fell in love with the same pair of shoes, in cherry red this time—for £40.00, it was quite a deal.
Ooh! Very funky choices. 😀 I like!
My youngest son is about your age (31) and likely was in high school at the same time as you. I remember when he had to have a pair of Doc Martens or he would DIE! Yes, I sprung for them. I can’t criticize anyone’s fashion sense. My idea of formal wear is a pair of black Crocs.
Great choices! very unique and colorful! I like the girl with red-hair design 🙂
I like those Red Doc Martens Shoes.
i am imagining you sleeping tonight
in your red hot chili peppers tee shirt
and red doc martens shoes.
poor feng.
Camden Market is one of favourites.
Though it has become quite touristy over the years.
I know there’s another place in Angel.
It’s tucked behind the main street.
Got lots of “retro” stuff!
Hi Zhu,
Oh yeah: Doc Martens rock!!! I love those boots (as you know)! And I love Camden Garden too.
Ah London, London: the city of life.
Thanks for sharing this with us: I like your t-shirts as well lol ;).
Cheers
Wow, those are some swanky shirts you got there! Although I cannot see myself wearing a wounded girl shirt…
@Lizz – Thank you!
@Tulsa Gentleman – Ah, so Doc Martens were popular on this side of the Atlantic Ocean as well? Interesting! I had always thought it was a European trend.
@micki – One of my favorite too 😉
@Rose – And they are super comfortable!
@Seraphine – You made me laugh out loud. Yes, poor him indeed! He thought he had a French woman, lingerie and sexy, and I’m sleeping in XXXL tshirts…! 😆
@London Caller – There are so many markets in London! I agree, Camden is very touristy and very busy, especially around the tube entrance. But it’s fun!
@Max Coutinho – I though of you when writing this post, I knew you were another Doc Martens addict 😉
@Linguist-in-Waiting – 😆 Didn’t see it like that but yeah, may look weird on you!
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