So you're in London for the Rubber Ball, or maybe you live here. You want to shop till you drop for some stunning sex-kitten,cyber-god/goddess all out ball-breaking outfit or just want a new pair of earings. BUT where do you go? Well as is our duty we threw ourselves right into the firing line and in this first in a series of probably very irregular articles we cruise a popular London shopping area for you and give you the low-down on what's hot and what's not!

Note: The information given here was correct at the time of writing, January 2000. Details should be checked, to be certain that all shops are still trading. Where we are aware of changes, we have inserted a note into the text.

A collection of pieces by Slim "Ice-Cream" Haines