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Beyond Retro is the best and the biggest American vintage clothing outlet in London.The shop is filled with thousands of hand-picked examples of unique, retro garments and accessories, and hundreds of new items being added to the collection each day. All reasonably priced. If you’re there on a Saturday afternoon at about 3pm, keep your ears open; live, local bands often perform in the store. And also open your eyes for the opportunity to coincide some celebs.

 What to buy;

• 50s prom dresses
• Purses
• Shoes, if you are lucky enough to have feet size of 40s-50s of course
• Belts
• Jackets
• Actually lots of fantastic things at the stores...

2 stores in London: Cheshire Street (Brick Lane) and Soho.
Cheshire Street: 5,000 sq ft warehouse store opened in a converted dairy depot on a side street off Brick Lane. Click for the gmap .
Soho:  Beyond Retro Soho is a lush 70s-meets-Victoriana boutique: a heady blend of chandeliers, taxidermy and Hugh Hefner chic which brings an element of East End-cool to one of the world's busiest shopping districts. Click for the gmap .

OPENING HOURS
Monday - Wednesday: 10.30am - 7.30pm
Thursday - Friday: 10.30am - 8.30pm
Saturday: 10.30am - 7.30pm
Sunday: 12am - 6pm