London - booty on tour

This past weekend I was in London.  Last time I was there I read about Capital Carboot in Time Out Magazine and when I woke up on Sunday morning at 7.30 I thought I would go check it out.  I checked their Facebook page and early bird start was 10.15 which is the time I got there.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Capital-Carboot-Sale/128115580558677?ref=ts

It was a rather steep £5 for early birds (you can go at 11.30 for £1).  It had to be good for that price and thankfully it was! 

The first thing I bought was a tweed shirt from a rather rude man, for £1.50 though I will put up with a bit of rudeness.  It turned out that the tweed would be the theme of the day.  The second purchase was a bunch of rosettes for £1. I am not sure what to do with them but they are so Luella!  

Next was my favourite purchase of the day, a Ralph Lauren bag for £10.  I know that is expensive for a boot sale but its Ralph Lauren and huge.  I stuffed all of my things in it for the day and fell in love with the bag dragging it back to Putney.  I had my barbour on (see previous post) and it just really worked that country casual look.

 I spotted a large pile of tweed chucked on the floor, the guy shouted that they were £3 a piece.  I really had to hold back, thinking of the trek back to my friends flat and then after to Leeds.  I ended up with these two, the tweed one is a Daks one for my friend who I am hoping it will fit when he gets to try it on.  The tuxedo is for me, it is so beautifully made and although it may be mens it fits like an oversized boyfriend jacket.  To the drycleaners for this one and then hopefully into regular rotation with my other tuxedo jackets.  This one is more casual then my other ones.

I spotted two Japanese girls unpacking a large bag stuffed with pink things.  A couple of items were a bit small for me but this one fitted.  Even better it is by Barbie!  My dream as a kid was for all Barbies clothes to fit me and now it has come true.  Apparently there is a Barbie shop in Japan and its from there.  Its so Jackie O meets Barbie.  I LOVE it, even though it is not my usual style.

I ended up with a couple of scarves (always handy and cheap).  The skull one is probably going to go into a quilt I am planning - a kind of Emin homage.  

As I left the boot sale I ended up following a dealer who started buying things at an extraordinary rate.  He picked up a Burberry coat right in front of me which was a little heartbreaking and then bought about 20 bits in 5 minutes.  That alone made me think that the £5 early entry was worth it.  

He missed these though, two amazing trays.  I will probably end up using these while crafting.  I love them.  Shown with a scarf and the rosettes that I bought.  

Overall I was really impressed.  There was one stall which had crazy prices (£80 for a DVF dress is fine on Ebay but at a carboot sale?!  Really?) but for the most part it was totally comparable with Leeds prices.  There were designer items scattered around but no more then I would usually see up north and apart from the tweed shirt man everyone was really nice.  So head to Pimlico next time you have a free Sunday morning, an hour will get you around the whole thing.  I hope to be back in October.