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East London Love: Shoreditch EatMeUp Christmas Festival – Thurs/Fri/Sat This Week!

It looks like there’ll be some really interesting independent fashion labels at this week’s Shoreditch Christmas EatMeUp festival. The main focus is street food – street vendors Street Kitchen, Tongue n’ Cheek and Bhangra Burger among others – but quite a smattering of other bits and pieces too. Worth checking out handmade jewellery by Demise of…

This Vintage Necklace by London Label Cinderela B

Nothing like the onslaught of Christmas parties to justify some full-on statement bling. Spitalfields jewellery designer Cinderela B (the label, founded by Rachel Jackson, started out as a stall at Spitalfields market in 2006 and now, with a team of young fashion graduates, sells from New York to Tokyo) has a beautiful line in reworked vintage handmade pieces,…

Interview: Jewellery Designer Rachel Boston

stylonylon interviews rachel boston Jewellery designer Rachel Boston’s new collection ‘The Protector‘ has been featured in Vogue.com, Dazed & Confused and i-D. A 2011 Central St Martin’s graduate, Rachel makes her jewellery out of casts of beetles and scorpion stings. Her studio is based in east London.Could you describe your favourite piece of jewellery and tell us…

Restaurant Favourite: Railroad

1. We visited one of our favourite Hackney restaurants at the weekend, Railroad on Morning Lane. It’s small, very cosy and serves up the most delicious dishes – each course offers three options; they really do meat so well, slow-cooked lamb and rare steaks, always a veggie dish too. We arrived at half seven when…

Bombay Cafe Dishoom Opens in Shoreditch

I haven’t been to the Covent Garden Dishoom but I sure wanna try out the newly opened branch on Boundary Street in Shoreditch. Based on Bombay’s Irani cafes – opened by Persian immigrants; during the 60s there were nearly 400, now less than 30 remain – the menu also comprises dishes inspired by Bombay street…