Kensington Market London

December 29th 2011. A google search on Kensington Market reveals virtually nothing - except for info on a market in Canada with the same name? Ken Mkt, for almost four decades, was central to new, directional and alternative fashions, lifestyles and clubbing. It provided a contact place for people living in London and visting from across the world ...... a place where people could meet, see new fashions, get info on new clubs, bands and events. It provided, at a relatively small cost, a chance for anyone with an idea or dream, to open there own shop/unit and "have a go". It provided jobs for the marginalised, the fashion and style obsessed, and those drawn to the buzz and zeitgeist. Inside the market different shops/labels created their own environments with their own look, music, followers, gangs, clubs and ideologies. New styles, fashions and cultures began within the market and many became popular, copied, emulated or re-interpreted across the globe. This page is open to all. I have set it up as an archive for people to post stories, info on shops/labels/clubs, basically anything they want ........ Dave Edmond