Shoreditch is by far one of the edgiest corners of this nation’s capital. If you manage to successfully dodge the finance bros flocking around Liverpool Street station, you’ll find yourself wandering into Spitalfields market where you’ll be met with an array of different cuisines, all prepped and ready to tantalise your tastebuds. Let’s just say the SCREENSHOT team has been known to sample a sweet treat or two at the market during our lunch hour.

A few steps further and you’ll find yourself on one of the best vintage shopping streets in the world: Brick Lane. While the prices are a smidge more than your local charity shop, it’s a paradise for vintage designer clobber.

So, on our daily pilgrimage we decided to resist the urge to drop the cash in Rokit, and instead spent the day scouting the streets for  some of East London’s trendiest shoppers.

Name: Grace
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Social media: @gracetodd73

“I would say I’m a bit of a Bella bot. All my inspiration comes from Bella Hadid but I would not define it one way. Some days I look super girly, and then other days it’s a bit more street.”

“Like I said, Bella Hadid. No brands in particular. I shop a lot of second-hand: car boot sales, Vinted, Depop. Post-fashion show street style is my favourite thing to look at.”

“I’m on the spot here, I nip slip all the time.”

“Ballet flats. I hate them, I don’t know why they’ve come back in. Not a vibe.”

“Currently, jorts. They might be a micro trend, but definitely jorts. They’re so sick, I love them.”

Name: Kavieng
Age: 25
Occupation: Student
Social media: @very.kavieng

“I get inspiration from anywhere and I go to CSM and everyone wears very unique clothes. One of the hardest things for me is because I’m quite fat. It’s hard to find clothes that fit me, especially in womenswear.”

“Margiela, Vivienne Westwood and the older Rick Owens collections.”

“My Asian parents would never let me wear the kind of things I wear now. To them, every outfit I wear next to them is embarrassing. So it’s more their embarrassment instead of mine.”

“Honestly, I respect every fashion trend. You can make any trend your own.”

“I love lace and I love people wearing a good brassiere.”

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Name: Anna 
Age: 28
Occupation: Works at AllSaints

“I think it’s everything that is inside me, my inner dynamism. It really depends, sometimes it’s Barbie, today I feel more classy, elegant, but always with a twist.”

“There isn’t one thing I get inspired from, but obviously I get inspired by what I see on social media. So I can’t say that my style is super unique and that it is me who invented this look, but my style comes quite naturally.”

“I don’t think I have one. I’m not embarrassed by my past fashion choices because at that time I felt myself. I won’t look at it and think ‘I want to wear that now,’ but it was the style at the time.”

“I don’t hate any particular fashion trends because they are what they are. I think you should follow the trends that you want to follow. But I do tend to wear what is popular.”

“Same answer really, there’s not a specific one that I love. I don’t really know what the trends are now.”

Name: Maggie
Age: 24
Occupation: Buying assistant at AllSaints 
Social media: @maaggs__

“Very monochromatic. I normally just wear black, white or denim. I like mixing styles, so feminine with a bit of an edge. Monochrome is perfect for AllSaints as well, it’s a lot of black.”

“Old people for sure. I get influenced by anything and everything.”

“My whole teenage era, from when I was 15 to 20.”

“I don’t hate any trends, they’re a trend for a reason.”

“I’m really loving how people are adding little ribbons to accessorise with. It’s really cute.”

Name: Shana
Age: 24
Occupation: Marketing Executive
Social media: @shanahitchcock

“A bit of a mixture. I like a lot of bright colours and looking at what’s trending and trying to find it in a charity shop or Vinted. Dresses and skirts are my go-to. I love girly dresses but also streetwear brands too, and lots of leopard print.”

“I look at a lot of what’s on Instagram and influencers. In terms of brands, I love Damson Madder.”

“You could probably go back to an outfit I wore last week but I went through a phase in secondary school where I wore lots of oversized polos. Also the outfits I’d wear clubbing at uni, I’d just rotate a nice top and denim skirt all the time.”

“I really love gilets at the moment and oversized smock dresses. Also, double denim.”

Name: Kiera 
Age: 19
Occupation: Team Administrator
Social media: @kieraharfieldd

“I’m quite basic, I wear a lot of cargos. Plain black and white and a lot of stripes.”

“I love Sofia Riche’s style at the minute, it’s very modest and clean.”

“I hate skinny jeans on boys, Dsquared2 jeans, anything like that is vile. Kenzo too.”

“I went to a festival two years ago and it was very PrettyLittleThing and very tight and rubbish.”

“I love macs and wide leg trousers, and although I don’t wear lots of it, I love tons of colour.”