Dept. Store of Magic & Mystery

All pictures from the Blitz Facebook page and blog

My birthday is in approximately 16 days and I'll be reaching a quarter of a century old. I think it will be a quiet one this year, with our impending holiday on the horizon but I'd still like to have a little bit of a get together. Maybe a picnic, a few G&T's, a dinner out somewhere in the evening.

What I really fancy doing in the daytime is going for a full on day of vintage shopping all over London and when I heard through the grapevine about the launch of new vintage mecca Blitz on the 5th August, in East London's Hanbury Street, I knew it would be first on my hit list.

Comprised of five huge rooms in a Victorian warehouse, it has been transformed into the Liberty's of vintage, with a hand-curated, high-turnover stock of clothing, furniture and accessories that I've heard is pretty affordable. A mega treasure trove in my words. Just look at the photos, it's a beautiful space that I can't wait to explore. And it has the added bonus of selling some very weird stuff, otters heads with mechanical arms, what looks like old lab equipment and a host of limbless mannequins have all been spotted in their catalogue of photos.

Now, not strangely at all, that is right up my street.