http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31648 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31648 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31327 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31327 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31298 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31298 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29214 Every item in this shop is so lovely!
You should go and have a look in this piece of France based in the animated area of Crouch End. You will go back home with something, for sure!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29214 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28141 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28141 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28130 Strut has recently opened a sister shop, Stroll, just down the road at 111 Church street, where more modest tastes can be indulged. Operating as a dress agency for the local fashion cognoscenti you will find high-end high street and designer bargains. On the day I visited £30 would have bought me a brand new pair of John Rocha brogues or a Betty Jackson jacket.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28130 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28079 Packed with all sorts of collectible items you could stock up on everything you might need to move back in time. From magazines through cups to clothing - it's all there.
As well as being wonderfully laid out, the staff/owners are extremely friendly and interesting and the stock is nicely chosen. A nice place to visit, it's a real experience.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28079 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28074 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28074 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28068 Relik is found down the end of Golborne Road you don’t really venture down. It stands defiant on its own as if it’s been snubbed by its Portobello peers. You will discover rail upon rail of designer names and high quality pieces - a sleek 1950s Dior suit, or some vintage Vivienne Westwood it’s all scandalously glamorous (you may find yourself rummaging the rails alongside Sienna Miller) but also surprisingly wearable
And as you pass over your credit card remember you can relieve yourself of retail guilt as buying into vintage means you can be ethical while enjoying your individuality. As my mother would say as she trawls the charity shops: “second hand has soul”.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28068 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19570
Items flying off the shelves have included ski goggles, Knight Rider annuals, electro-age musical instruments among other weird and wonderful things.

Recently spied browsing the rails have been Peaches Geldof, The Mighty Boosh and The Black Kids. No longer their little secret!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19570