I just came back from a week stay in London. On the top of my list of places to see was
magCutlure.
It's a small shop, not the expansive, immersive experience I had dreamed up in my head. I was hoping for a more cozy, less hipstery vibe but the manager Jamie Atherton was friendly and engaging enough once I got to the register to buy my copy of
Fangpages volume 2. (I fondly remember
buying my copy of The Cheap Date Guide to Style with Karen Elson cover when it came out c 2008). I ended up buying the beefy T style t-shirt and got the lightweight magCutlure bag for spending over a certain amount, 40 pounds? (I prefer
Bulldog News in Seattle for intimacy and more comprehensive non-rotating selection of zines). I was hoping to find
The Sun, one of my favorite non-fashion magazines, but no luck.
magcutlure.com
I saw Jeremy Leslie the shop owner. Super hot. Not very approachable or outwardly impassioned by his work but I wish I would've talked to him. Pretty sure just got the deer in the headlights look when he glanced my direction. I couldn't get up the nerve to say anything to him.
Oh for dumb American tourists such as myself used to fire code business doors: the shop front door PUSHES open despite handles. The manager was nice enough to pull the door open. LOL.
Apparently there are no longer any vintage magazine shops in London, according to Jamie. Which made me very sad. But what's considered non-mainstream titles in America such as Another are sold on every street corner which I was pleasantly surprised by. Ditto on book and card shops.