LOCATION: ISLINGTON
P.c- Greg Balfour Evan(2019) (Alamy Stock photo)
The area that we were assigned was Islington, where we visited the upper street. “Much has changed since the days of Charles Dickens, who described Upper Street as ‘among the noisiest and most disagreeable thoroughfares in London”( Gail Tolley, Timeout London, 2016)
Upper street runs directly through the very heart of Islington, which implies an outing here includes Glam mums with their push chairs and students bar hopping. The time we visited was rather unfortunate because almost everyone was in a rush. Although, we did spot a lot of different styles that we loved and selected 5 of the best we thought was exceptional.
To have a better understanding, we did a small survey with five different people asking about their
1. Favourite brand to shop
2. Inspiration for the outfit
3.Style that they prefer
4. Daily Go To Ensemble
5. Colour preference
6. Mode of shopping, whether its online or physical shopping
Participant 1 to 3 (left to right)
P.c- Bello, V (2019) and Pascoal, A (2019)
Participant 4 and 5 (left to right)
P.c- Bello, V (2019)
Most common footwear (above image)
P.c- Bello, V (2019)
With this survey, we noticed a lot of people wearing a lot of puffer jackets, long coats, casual sweatshirts with trousers and a few students who were adorning short skirts with puffer jackets with sneakers which was the most common footwear.
What we concluded from this trip was that the most common trend people preferred was street style, they liked high street brands, their daily go to emsemble was some casual tshirt, trousers and a jacket for winter. And, most people preferred shopping physically unless they have a time crunch but liked looking fashionable sometimes even at the cost of frostbite.
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