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The London Vintage Trail: Portobello to Brick Lane

Vintage Travel Story · London · 3 days

The London Vintage Trail: Portobello to Brick Lane

London invented the modern vintage market. Not Paris, not Tokyo — London, where the Portobello Road antiques trade began in the 1940s and never stopped. This three-day route connects the city's vintage geography: the West London establishment (Portobello, Rellik), the East End rebels (Brick Lane, Beyond Retro), and the Sunday flower-market fringe where the real finds hide.

Told with Kate Moss

The route

  1. 1

    Rellik archive

  2. 2

    Brick Lane warehouse crawl

  3. 3

    Columbia Road flower market

  4. 4

    Rough Trade vinyl

Where to stay

The Dilly

The Dilly

Editor's pick

London

A Piccadilly grande dame from 1908 — the right address for a 90s-cool story.

The Londoner

The Londoner

London

A contemporary editorial base in Leicester Square, close to the trail.

Pack for it

Pieces for this journey

Vintage matched to the route, live from the market.