Kensington High
Street
by Mandy Carter
If you would like an Oxford
Street shopping experiance but hate the Oxford Street crowds,
then High Street Kensington will be the place for you.
It feels nice to be able to
walk down a high street that has just as many good stores
as it's West End rival but without being constantly held up
by tourists or battered from behind by super baby buggies.
Either way you turn out of the High Street has a variety of
shops to offer you, but a rough guide would be that to turn
left out of the tube station is more high street shopping,
and to turn right out of the tube station means you have money
to burn!
All the besthigh street fashion
shops are here - Kookai, Zara, Next, Morgan etc and a good
tip is to buy accessories from these stores - most of the
main clothes shops now do amazing additions whether its sparkley
belts, fashionable jewellary or gorgeous handbags. So if you
like the clothes from Zara for example - check out their accessories
- as these will be made to fit in with the fashion collection
and can look much more smart than buying from all over and
trying to fit an outfit together. Although Boho chic is
still hanging on with a thread (ho hum!).
There are some good clothes
shops for men too, lots of smart casuals and slick suits
to be found around here. For other items beyond clothes there
are bookshops and giftshops, as well as a supermarket to stock
up for the week - or maybe just to grab a take home bottle
of wine...
If you want upmarket designer,
then turn right out of the tube station and take a stroll
along Barkers
Arcade. Here you will find shops such as Jaegar,
Karen Millan and department stores like House of Fraser.
It is also worth going
down the side roads like Campden Hill Road and Church
Street. The shops along these roads have great gift ideas
within them, and Church Street is also home to the 'new' Kensington
Market. Those of us who remember the old Kenny Market 'Goth
hangout extraordinaire' are still sad that it is no longer
- those cramped narrow walkways, the smell of old musty
velvet jackets...The new location is much nicer though
and still smells of musty old velvet jackets so that's ok...
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