ISSUE 04 / LONDON / AUTUMN 2004

THE BRITISH WARDROBE DIRECTORY

Rain, rave,
tailoring &
terrace.

A small independent archive of the labels, shops and silhouettes that made Britain look like Britain at the turn of the millennium.

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Rainy London fashion editorial collage for Versert Archive
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NO. 017
KING'S CROSS
LONDON N1

BURBERRYVIVIENNE WESTWOODFRED PERRYPAUL SMITHALEXANDER McQUEENMAHARISHI

COVER STORY / 01

From the high street to the after-hours

Early-2000s Britain mixed sharp suiting with technical outerwear, football-terrace staples and a flash of punk theatre. The result was never one uniform—it was an argument conducted in fabric.

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OBJECT / 02

The checked scarf

Practical, instantly legible and endlessly reinterpreted.

CITY / 03

London after dark

Flyers, flash photography, wet pavements and one very good coat.

ARCHIVE DISPATCH

Filed by hand.
Updated irregularly.

No tracking pixels. Very 2004.