Sunday, April 12, 2015

Camden Passage, Islington


This is still


what most non-Londoners


first think of


when you say


"Islington".


Now there are more


"up to date" boutiques like "Hexagone" (specializing in all things French).


But the "fripes" at Annie's


 (and the unbearable whiteness


 of being)


still rule at Camden Passage.


Now you know where the costumers


and set-dressers come for little details and inspiration...for all those gorgeous English costume dramas.*


Yes, you can take a break for frozen yogurt


and pick up dinner at a hipster fish monger's


But the low, or no overhead, vendors remain with their books and bric-a-brac.


Between the daily bread purveyors


and the natty head surveyors.  Bobo Islington


still retains the whiff of Downton* days.


Even if the toffs have traded their topcoats and tails


for buckskin and fringe.


At Camden Passage the past will live on.  And tea-time will always be NOW.









3 comments:

  1. I've never been here before, but there are so many interesting things to look at. :-)

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  2. wouahh quelle belle promenade, superbe post! ♥

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  3. this is a fairytale in itself, miss. loving the details you spy... n♥

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