The blue door of the 4 Princelet Street in the Spitalfields, the ordinary Georgian terraced house, the 1720, and the entrance to the Dennis Severs’ House (the “still-life drama,” the 10 rooms, the 5 periods, the 1724 to the 1914, the objects, the smells, the sounds, and the most extraordinary museum in the London. ~£15, the Friday and the Sunday, and the essential booking: the “Silent Night” on the Monday, the candlelit, the £20), is the essential London shopping secret: the shopping is not the John Lewis and the Oxford Street, and the shopping is the discovery of the streets, the shops, and the people that the guidebooks and the Instagram have not the found. Here are London’s best shopping secrets.

London’s Best Shopping Secrets

• The secret streets and the markets: The Lamb’s Conduit Street (the Bloomsbury): the most beautiful independent-shopping street in the London: the Folk (the British menswear, the clean, the quality, the best trousers in the London), the Pentreath & Hall (the Rory Pentreath, the architectural historian, the interiors, the £5–500, and the best small shop in the London), the Ben Pentreath (the architect, the stationery, the ornaments, and the essential Christmas-shopping street in the London). The essential coffee: the Knockbox (the £3, and the best flat-white in the Bloomsbury). The Columbia Road Flower Market (the Bethnal Green, the Sunday, the 8am–3pm): the most beautiful market in the London: the 50 stalls, the flowers, the plants, the “EVERYTHING A FIVER” shouts of the stallholders, the banana tree for the £15, the succulent for the £3, and the best Sunday-morning experience in the East End. The essential strategy: the 10am (the market is the busiest at the 11am–1pm, and the 10am is the sweet spot, the stalls are the full and the crowd is the manageable), the side streets (the Ezra Street and the Virginia Road, the independent shops, the vintage, the café, and the essential post-market exploration), the best breakfast: the Lily Vanilli (the bakery, the bread, the cake, the best in the East End. ~£5 for the pastry and the coffee). More UK →
• The secret department stores and the vintage: The Liberty (the Great Marlborough Street, the Soho): the Tudor-revival, the half-timbered, the 1924, the most beautiful department-store building in the London, the Liberty Print (the fabric, the floral, the most beautiful in the UK, the £15 for the fat-quarter), and the essential London shopping experience: the walk through the Liberty, the 4 floors, the wood, the light, and the best department-store Christmas shop in the UK. The essential Liberty tip: the café, the £8 for the tea and the cake on the 2nd floor, the view of Carnaby Street, and the best department-store café in the London. The Alfies Antique Market (the Marylebone, the Tuesday–Saturday): the 75 dealers, the 4 floors, the art-deco jewellery, the mid-century furniture, the vintage clothing, the £10–10,000, and the best antique shopping in the London. The essential strategy: the Thursday (the Alfies is the also the indoor-food-market day, the street-food stalls outside, and the best lunch: the Deeney’s Scottish Toastie, the ham and the cheese, the mustard, the £6, and the best toastie in the London). The Brixton Market (the Popes Road, the Atlantic Road, the Electric Avenue): the Caribbean food, the Franco Manca (the first Franco Manca opened in the Brixton Market in the 2008, the sourdough, the best pizza in the London, and the £9), the record shops (the Supertone, the best record shop in the south London), the vintage clothing (the Leftovers, and the best-value vintage in the London), and the Essential Bakery (the Portuguese, the custard tart, the £1.50)