There’s a lovely street called Cheshire Street. Labour and Wait sells old-fashioned homewares: twine and string and gardening tools and glasses, all beautifully laid out like a ’50s housewares store. —Sophie Howarth

44/(0) 20-7729-6253. This story appeared in the Premier 2009 issue. Photo by Graham Marks. See all of Sophie Howarth’s favorite places in Shoreditch.