Twos Trends #1
Vintage shop twos takes us through their debut trend proposition for 2026: rent-less commerce on the streets of London
Words: twos corp.
We have long held that the concept of time travel is at its most generative when studied in its actually occurring form: the disappearance and reemergence of modes across history. In this spirit, our inaugural trend forecast for bog prophecies a historical return, the reemergence of a band of characters rarely found in these parts today: the travelling salesman, the hawker, the peddler.
Queueing for arepas on an arid august day at Burgess Park’s Carnaval del Pueblo last year, we were approached by a smiling woman brandishing a bag of Panama hats. Susana explained that she and her husband Doug import them from artisans in her home country of Ecuador, and gave us a card to get in touch if we wanted to learn more.
A month later, leaving the Hermit’s Cave in Camberwell before a night at nearby Spanners, we met Chef Zion on the street, selling homemade fresh juices and punch from his soundsystem-cooler on wheels. We bought a £5 bottle of ice-cold ruby rum punch, which we shared together on our way to the club.
In a cityscape overrun with supermarket and cafe chains, fast fashion outlets, empty storefronts, and bookies, these two experiences set a few weeks apart began our train of thinking for this piece. How might this city begin to feel if more people took their products directly into the street? And how might more imaginative or transgressive modes of distribution and exchange transfigure our relations with one another?
