Kensington

Posted on 2013/10/06 15:55:32 (October 2013).

[Sunday 29th September 2013]
Spent the afternoon in Kensington, with lunch at Whole Foods, a bit of vintage clothes shopping, and a wander round Hyde Park.

The particular highlight for me was a visit to Hornets, on Kensington Church Walk, where I bought a vintage dinner suit. It looks 1930s ish in stlye, but is probably somewhat later than that, maybe 50s or 60s. I got it with the upcoming Grand Anarcho Dandyist Ball in mind - the Chap Magazine's other big annual shindig - which I'm hoping to attend for the first time this year (and have managed Chie to come along to as well). Apart from the satisfaction of having found a suit which fit well so quickly, and at what I considered to be a very reasonable price, the whole atmosphere of the shop was rather wonderful - the owner was sitting outside on a low wall, with a pipe, sharing a bottle of wine with an absolutely immaculately dressed young German chap. They were having a rather intellectual discussion about history and politics, so far as I could tell. Kensington Church Walk is a rather idyllic little spot already, and I had a bit of a chat with the two chaps, who gave me lots of useful advice on evening wear.

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