London Trip

Last weekend I visited my friends in London, and as usual I had to visit an exhibition and check out some shops that I'm deprived of in Edinburgh! Burberry's new store on Regent street is absolutely stunning. The building was built in the 1820's, although it has many modern elements inside. For example, when a customer enters a changing room with a coat, a mirror can detect the chip embedded into the material using radio-frequency identification technology. The mirror will then turn into a screen that displays catwalk pictures and details of how it was made. How amazing is that?

Sadly, I couldn't justify buying myself a beautiful Burberry coat, so I headed to Swedish store Monki which was also visually impressive. I had never seen their clothes before and couldn't believe how soft the jeans and jumpers are. Very affordable too.

I paid my favourite museum a visit as the V&A re-opened it's fashion gallery earlier this year. I loved that the displays were chronologically ordered, taking you through hundreds of years of fashion. I am looking forward to the V&A's next exhibition: Hollywood Costume, which opens on 20th October. What I'm even more excited about is Tim Walker's Story Teller exhibition at Somerset House from 18th October. He is by far my favourite fashion photographer and I adored his first exhibition in 2008.

So before I start planning every detail for my next visit, here are my fashion highlights of London.