Head to the market for personal service and brilliant local fashion
There’s something magical about markets, something theatrical about all the colours and the clanging, the flowers and the fruits, the haberdashery and socks and electricals, all side by side. Even on a quiet day, a market has a variety of fare and a vibrancy of spirit that our huge supermarkets cannot hope to match.
At the heart of Leeds, Kirkgate Market is one of the largest indoor markets in Europe, and famously the birthplace of Marks & Spencer. This year it became home and birthplace of a new hub of style and creativity known as Cutout Dolls, a fashion boutique that brings together clothes by local independent designers and offers a styling service to create outfits and looks for customers in search of something out of the ordinary.
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Hide AdThe woman behind it all is Karen Angelina Kelly, who describes herself first and foremost as a stylist. “What that means is that I’m good at putting looks together for people and thinking about what really suits them,” she says.