If I appear to be comatose, dead or just damn lazy over the next few weeks, there is hopefully a very good reason for it. During the time that I've been blogging, I have received...(and yes, I did count, this isn't just a random throwing out figure)... no less than 274 emails requesting a guide to shopping in London. Perhaps I've given the impression that I'm somewhat of a rampant shopper in London. I have no idea how that ever happened. Haven't the foggiest idea at all. Nonetheless, what the public wants, the public gets. To hopefully improve on the extremely long emails of shops that lack directions, coherency or in fact any useful information, I have set myself and have embarked upon a project.
Imaginately called 'Style Bubble Shops', it will hopefully be a sub-site to the blog that will incorporate a wait for it....a map of London.... it gets better.... with all my favourite and recommended shops dotted all over the map in ways that will hopefully very techy and wizardry. There will be *she says excitedly* glorious pictures of shop exteriors, interiors, what they sell along with descriptions of each store written by moi in the style of an anti-guidebook but with directions in the style of a guidebook. Where possible, I will also put up pictures of purchases from that store just to prove that I'm not talking out of my arse.
More to the point, the shops featured won't be the obvious spots that gets name-dropped but more like a tracker of my personal shopping experience. This may involve more off-the-beaten-track bus/tube/DLR trekking but that's the way I shop, by putting in the extra effort. It will include boutiques, ickle shops, concept stores, markets, charity shops, curiosity shops, studios that open-sell, vintage stores and anything else that is on my radar. In that respect it's a little on the selfish side but hey-ho, I'm doing this out of my free time (more time-pie dividing....) and I'm hardly going to describe shops that I don't visit or don't really like. So there will be a leaning towards the West End, North and East with bits of the West at the beginning. What i hope to do though is use this project as an impetus for me to venture down South and further out West to get to the nitty gritty of shopping in London so hopefully by about October time, it will be a fairly comprehensive site that is worthy of a your browsing time.
It's all still in basic info/image gathering stages at the moment and it will be a little labour intensive but hopefully, this won't result in the many half finished projects that I've abandoned and I will see this through to the end to give a little something back to readers.
How many times have I said 'hopefully' in this post? Clearly my confidence in my own ability to get this off the ground is about zilch...
that sounds great! so excited already! will have to save up for a major shopping trip in january then lol
Posted by: sammi | 07 August 2007 at 12:17
This is seriously the most exciting thing I've read all week.
Also, I live in China and typepad's been blocked for awhile, along with wordpress. But Wikipedia's back! So you might be too, after awhile.
I love your blog!
Posted by: Susan | 07 August 2007 at 12:36
I can't wait :)
x
Posted by: Emily | 07 August 2007 at 13:02
Yay! I think I'm going to have to get a job.
Posted by: Eternity | 07 August 2007 at 13:30
Very excited! xoxo M
Posted by: MIMI | 07 August 2007 at 13:39
Sounds awesome! As soon as it's out I shall hit London!!
Posted by: Kat | 07 August 2007 at 14:20
you're the best!
Posted by: maria | 07 August 2007 at 14:43
Sounds wonderful, can't wait to explore some of your faves on my next trip!
Posted by: Angie Montreal | 07 August 2007 at 14:45
This will be the best read ever!!!
Posted by: DJM | 07 August 2007 at 15:05
Sounds like a fun project! I mean, it's work, but a labor of love...hopefully.
Posted by: Gata | 07 August 2007 at 15:19
I'm excited! Thanks so much! I think this will be a good excuse to take a trip to London.
Posted by: Kori | 07 August 2007 at 15:23
Major kudos to you for doing this. As a regular reader and a shopper, I love you!!!
Posted by: Andrea | 07 August 2007 at 15:25
holy moly... if you can pull this off, you will be the most amazing person i've ever virtually met. fantastic!
Posted by: lady coveted | 07 August 2007 at 18:22
Thank you in advance! I assure you, your effort will be greatly appreciated. Can't wait!
Posted by: Joey | 07 August 2007 at 19:25
Genius idea! Wow, you're not workshy are you??? Besta luck with it :)
Posted by: rollergirl | 07 August 2007 at 21:45
Sounds great! can't wait! i'll be making a trip (my first) to london on Sept, so hopefully i can pick up some tips from you and 'wow' all my london friends with ecclectic and extensive knowledge of where to shop! haha
Posted by: Rose | 08 August 2007 at 00:43
really really looking forward to enjoy this guide!!
Posted by: bobble-bee | 08 August 2007 at 03:52
i guess this is one of the reasons why i love your blog so much! really can't wait for the sub-website to be up (:
Posted by: | 08 August 2007 at 08:28
It will be fabulous Susie, no hopeful about it. And as if you could write about shopping and it not be good anyway!
Posted by: Kat | 08 August 2007 at 08:44
WOW! That's a great idea!
Posted by: Sonja | 08 August 2007 at 09:50
oh, do! it'll be fantastic! but, what is good to wear for going to England in December? Sounds rather silly: just thick clothes, of course! it's a no-brainer! but please do pop in a note or something. describe what would be . fashionable. *shamed countenance*
Posted by: Danae | 08 August 2007 at 10:21
Oh wow... I've set myself up with some high expectations from you guys and I'm scared of failing now.... nonetheless, your sweet comments have given me the boost to toil and carry on....
Let's see where this goes...
Posted by: susie_bubble | 08 August 2007 at 10:49
Oooh this sounds exciting, I cannot wait to read your guide. I really need to find shopping havens that deter from Oxford Street and Covent Garden.
Posted by: Ondo Lady | 08 August 2007 at 11:14
I echo the above posters! Excellent idea! We could all shop the places where Susie Bubble shops! Woo hoo!
Future project: Hong Kong Shopping Guide? I bought the cutest clothes in my life there but it was random stumblings onto a few good shops.
Posted by: Alyson | 08 August 2007 at 15:33
This is truly truly wonderful news. I visit london every six months (will be back again around jan) so please please do have it up! Looking forward to it.
Posted by: leslie | 08 August 2007 at 22:22
fantastic!!
Posted by: Marta | 10 August 2007 at 01:24
Hoorahh! Great charity shops is what I'm after. I visit Lardan town about once a month and have these fantasies of returning home with balenciaga and prada goodies priced at £2 from the oxfam rails.
Hmmmmm. Yes, I said it was a fantasy, but I'm looking forward to this prorrrject!
S xx
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