about

x_the shop_x

please enjoy browsing through a load of old crap lovingly curated to transport us back to a time of: argos catalogues, christmas morning hysteria and actually decent happy meal toys
(90s)
Immerse yourself (if you dare) in the rich culture of unhinged reality tv, selecting a jane norman bag that would determine your popularity level for that school year and holding yourself to the beauty standards of 10 Years Younger
(00s)

all this stuff is collected by me by rootling around charity shops, scrolling through the internet for hours, looking through my mum and dad's loft etc etc 
everything is from between the years of 1990-2009

the joy of liking all this rubbish means you don't have to give as much money to big corporations if you're buying everything second hand and it keeps all that plastic out of landfill. i'll do my best to only use repurposed, recycled and pre-owned everything

x_about me_x

 i love: lava lamps, plastic inflatable chairs, the sound of the ice cream van jingle, trance music that they play at the fair, tinsel, party bags, scented gel pens and eating my dinner using a tv tray as if i'm the wormwood family from matilda

i'm a millennial from notts with a borderline unhealthy obsession with my childhood years
if, like me, you engage with the nonsense of this era on a regular basis, you will know there's so much absolutely unbelievable content that you can't help but wanting to shout about it from the roof tops when you come across it and it seems to be a never ending goldmine

i basically need an outlet for all the stupid things spilling out my brain if anyone will listen
luckily for me, this stuff is considered vintage now so i wanted to own an antique shop of sorts. my dream is to open a real life shop so I don't have to work out how to use the internet properly. Or better yet, a museum ... but one step at a time :) 

self portrait heavily inspired by Nick Sharratt