Blitz

Big vintage and second hand store on two floors.
The shop is really huge, but it doesn’t look like this, because there are many small corners and it looks quite cozy.
I like how the clothes are ordered in different categories.

Blitz is a really fun hipster store located in the heart of Brick Lane. My friend and I were just leaving lunch when someone handed us a promotional card from the store. Curious, we went in. Let me first start by saying the ambiance was really cool — old hit songs blasting while you’re surrounded by fun, trendy, colorful clothes everywhere. The store reminded me of the American store Urban outfitters a bit, but with a vintage clothing spin. They also have a café on the right side of the store. It’s very small (just a table pushed against the window with s few chairs), but it’s definitely somewhere I’ll return to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the fun music. A great find!

Perfect vintage shop! They have so much choice that you can almost feel overwhelmed while looking through every clothing racks. Everything is super neat and it is almost impossible not to find something for your taste. Need to come back there asap.

Blitz, it’s impossible to walk down Brick Lane without someone with a stack of vouchers pointing you in the general direction of the shop. It’s probably the most famous of the vintage shops on brick lane and for good reason, they offer a great variety of generally high quality items, although normally at a slightly unfortunate price.
The shop is split over two levels, the floor you enter on with a café taking up one corner of the upper floor and a basement below.
Good coffee and cake make the café a nice location for a sit down, but the clothes are the real stars here. Whilst most vintage shops require a bit of a hunt to find anything worth buying, the clothes at Blitz are almost exclusively high quality and lightly used. The highly curated collection includes pretty much any item of vintage clothing you’d like, varying from full retro suits to the standard array of ridiculously patterned shirts and jumpers.
The shop also includes a section of reworked items, these are generally at a slightly higher price, but offer options unavailable elsewhere on brick lane and save the time and effort of trying to make them yourself.
Overall price is the only thing that allows the other shops on brick lane to compete, the highly curated collection leads to higher prices than average, but if you’re in a rush, or don’t want to sort through endless racks to find what you want, Blitz is definitely the one to go for.

Vintage heaven and all the feels! A fabulous place, for all of your vintage needs! Two floors — men and women’s clothing, accessories, home appliances, retro gadgets and so on… One is seriously spoiled for choice! There is something glorious and magnificent about this place. I took my friend here a few weeks back, and as we were walking around looking at all these fabulous items, we were so overwhelmed by it all that we got whacked (insert happy face here) lol. They also have a great coffee shop for you to relax and unwind!

Two floors of utter vintage clothing heaven. The prices are quite high, but it’s fair game considering the quality of the clothing and how well the boutique is organized (no diving through piles of random piece of clothing here — in Blitz, everything is neatly divided by style and easy to find). You can find some serious vintage gems here — definitely try it out.
The premises also have a lovely atmosphere, so it’s worth sitting down in the ground floor café and just taking it all in after you’ve done your shopping.
Altogether, a must stop on any trip to Brick Lane.

I normally come to Blitz because it’s within walking distance of my flat and they have a decent selection of cheap, new condition books. Recently though I brought my friend from out of town vintage shopping and we found the most amazing things here. Belts, jumpers, handbags. And crazy amazing leggings.
I mean these leggings had the weirdest and most wonderful patterns on them. I ended up buying a pair with a print of strawberries. I now own the coolest leggings and can’t wait to wear them when I’m back in LA! I was tempted by the other accessories and clothing but I honestly think some of them are overpriced (really depends on the item).
I would highly recommend Blitz for anyone looking for something unusual or unique. Whether that be something to wear or something to read you’ll be happy with your purchase. Plus they have a café with good coffee and scrumptious looking pastries. What more could you need?

*Love* at first walk-​in (Did that make sense?). This store is HUGE, two floors filled with an abundance and variety of clothes, accessories, and random trinkets. Racks upon racks of sweaters, cardigans, jackets, coats, etc. And everything seemed to be in pretty great condition for it being secondhand or vintage.
I thought the store was also very well organized according to clothing type. All the sleeveless, collared shirt dresses on one rack, all the sweaters on another, etc. etc. I didn’t really feel too overwhelmed because it was all organized very logically.
Although Blitz is a bit out of my price range, there were definitely some sweaters and cardigans that I had my eye on! This place is definitely worth checking out because you never know what treasure you might find :).

Blitz is an interesting spot to browse.

I have not actually shopped here.
That being said, I would very much like to shop here.
The selection is extensive (two whole floors of vintagey goodness, Christ almighty), the quality of products looks excellent, and there is no suspect, grandma-​died-​in-​the-​closet-​while-​wearing-​the-​jumper-​hanging-​on-​this-​rack smell lingering in the air.
I spent a liiiittle too long inspecting/​fawning over the satchels, watches, boots, and leather jackets… one (or more!) of these items is an impulse buy waiting to happen.
However, I will have to wait until several paydays from now to be able to afford said satchel, watch, boot, or leather jacket, however, because good quality, vintage fare doesn’t come cheap.
I’m pulling an Ahhnold, Blitz. I’ll, indeed, be back.

After Unilocal’s last elite event here, I just HAD to come back. Why? Because it’s two floors of awesome, and bags made back in the whatever times were amazing. I BOUGHT A HANGBAG WHICH HAS PEN HOLDERS. and it’s like small enough for an ipad mini (not that I have one, BUT INCENTIVE!)
I love their oversized jumpers and racks of tweed shorts. (I LOVE smart shorts but sadly, none my size) I also love their accessories but it seems the iron horse decoration hates me. It sees me and falls over, so I trip. But I guess that makes part of being in a vintage store fun. Some hipster might find a chip off whatever accessory to be one off and amazeballs. Or at least I like to think so, to make myself feel better. Not that I broke it, but nearly.
As i am typing this up, I am SNUGGLED in my jumper. (Check my twitter, no lie)
Negatives: I found out I can’t pull off wet look leggings. or their shirt dresses. I’m with Shrim on this one. there are no sizes for small petite people. (I vote we ask for a kids section!)

What an amazing treasure trove!
My first experience of Blitz was at the Unilocal event, and then I found myself back a few days later, wandering the rows and rows of amazing clothing, shoes, accessories, trinkets, keepsakes, and other amazing things I missed the first time.
Blitz is basically the best vintage store I’ve ever been in, and a condensed version of every amazing fashion style I’ve seen in Shoreditch, all in one store. It has everything, anything, whatever you need to be who you are.
It also has an original Back to the Future movie poster for sale. Anyone looking for a birthday present to buy me this year?

If you’re a retro-​queen, this is your place. They’ve got lots of nice stuff, all at proper prices to match (Elvis poster for £250, anyone? Yup. They’ve got it. Rocky Horror poster for £120? That, too).
Popped in here for a wander before an event. It’s massive — this is what places like Anthropologie want to be. They’re not. This is a proper department store. Everything’s nice and well-​laid out, and the staff are super friendly.
I think they’ve missed a bit of a trick, though — surely the hunt is part of the charm? Maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s really about finding the things, but there’s a whiff of «pay rather than find» that I didn’t care for.
Not to knock the folk running the place. They’ve done a good job. Everything’s clean and well-​lighted and easy to find what you’re looking for… just not what I’m looking for, I suppose.
Anyway, most people would probably give it a fourth star, but I’m a famously difficult marker — if you see four stars from me, jump up and get there! Don’t do that here… unless vintage is your thing.

A cornucopia of vintage clothing, shoes and memorabilia.
Unlike a lot of the moth eaten and musty vintage stores that you can find in Shoreditch, Blitz brings a classy edge to the whole second hand shopping experience.
With two floors of good quality items, featuring a lot of choice, items all in pretty good condition. There’s something for almost all styles, and a good selection of items.
It’s worth coming here just to browse and take in the variety on offer, revel in the vintage Americana props and to enjoy the uniquely Shoreditch art!
The in-​house coffee shop is also a good addition, I’ll need to try this out next time I visit.

Are you a retro child? If yes, then this is going to be your next favorite place in London! The store itself is huge and their collection is fabulous.
Clothes, Shoes, Bags, Scarves, Sunglasses (for 12 quid!), Watches, Posters, Record Players and lots more but only one common thing is they are all Vintage and that just sounds AWESOME if you ask me! I have just one complain that there were not many dresses my size (6 – 8) but if you have a sexy voluptuous body then this is your dream destination! I really wanted to get this vintage yellow aviators (they were so cool) and some of the retro posters for my house but sadly I didn’t have enough space (which means they’re still there and you can go and grab them). Also check out the awesome collection of denim hot shorts in so many funky colors– Perfect for Summer!
Verdict: If you like these 3 words (Vintage, Retro and Classic) then you will LOVE this place!

When I think of vintage shopping, I think of old basements or stores with racks of one-​off pieces of clothing. It’s sort of a crap shoot what you’re going to find. If you’re into the hunt, it’s great, but if you’re not and want that retro or unique kind of look, it can be frustrating.
Enter Blitz, a store unlike any other I’ve ever seen.
As someone has mentioned before, Blitz is a vintage department store, which is true, but makes it feel stale and processed. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. This place is two-​floors packed with clothes, antiques, posters, books, art, etc. It almost feels like a secret giant dresser, filled with strange and fantastic items like giant cricket bats and wooden sailors with monstrous moustaches. There’s all this and more.
What Blitz really prides itself on is it’s selection. They have vintage items but racks of them meaning if you’re looking for something in your size, you’ll find it. It’s not a one-​off kind of place but more like a regular clothes shopping experience with vintage flair.
I searched through and it was clearly more things for girls than guys, but I’m sure that’s your target audience for clothes shopping anyway. Personally, I liked the weird items better than any of the clothes.
There is also a coffee shop in the corner in case all the shopping wears you out. Yes, that’s how big this space is.
Whether you like clothes shopping or not, Blitz is an experience and worth walking through.

Great place to just sort of roam around and inspect things of interest. Proper vintage housewares, old typewriters, drink trays, clocks, salt and pepper shakers, suitcases, etc. Loads — two floors! — of men’s and women’s vintage/​used clothing, shoes and accessories. And random racks of inspired reworked items (i.e., men’s Ralph Lauren dress shirts re-​worked into sleeveless dresses; dumpy sweatshirts given a more feminine neckline and with a vintage/​retro material panel added to the front).
I don’t typically find anything all that worth spending money on. Some stuff is great for DIY costuming efforts, but too overpriced to justify purchasing for such a reason. Not to mention, what’s with the «50s prom dress» that is in no way actually from the ‘50s AND tagged at £85? 50s STYLE, sure. One formal dress went as high as £135 and was tagged as 60s but clearly not. materials, condition, color … you can tell. Who you trying to fool, Blitz?
The high points for me on this place are the coffee bar in the corner and the books table. The books appear to be new and are mostly cult classics (Salinger, Brett Easton Ellis, Hunter S Thompson, Vonnegut, Plath, Kafka) but also some newer and fairly mainstream titles (a book by that guy who wrote One Day) for £3 — £4. Now THAT’s a nice vintage price.
They bill themselves as a Vintage Department Store and I think that sums them up quite well.

Vintage equivalent of e.g. Urban Outfitters; be it with a more systematic and pleasant set up for browsing than most vintage outlets in Spitalfields and an excellent and unassuming coffee bar.
A nice selection of well-​ordered clothes /​shoes are spread over the ground floor and the basement; the back room has furniture, lamps, accessories/​jewellery, bikes, and other vintage hardware. Initially there were also quite some interesting high-​end vintage nonsense tools but the offering has somehow reduced over time. Next to the coffee bar there’s also the typical selection of books, 70’s/80’s selection of china, cutlery, and other flee market pottery.
I rather enjoy this place — it is bright and not (yet) crowded. The coffee bar and book department is cosy (there are also two lost tables outside) and provide a nice refugee from Brick Lane /​fellow shoppers. The staff are nice and use the vintage espresso coffee machine to good effect.
In the weekend, I much prefer this place over other over-​crowded places with tired staff (e.g. Nude, Allpress, Brick Lane Coffee (staff are nice here too)) for a quick read or good-​bye espresso. However if you are here with a large crowd in search for chairs, coffee, and other refreshments than you’re probably better catered for by something more spacious, e.g. charity coffee shop Kahaila (135 Brick Lane —
).