A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter
Been in London from di forties, seen it all. Talk about retro armchair, vintage sofa?. Mi live top floor armchair funky above de shop, but dat sofa hold story. Nowadays dem want flat-pack quick. Wander Spitalfields, armchair wid leather crack. Not new outta box, but dem honest. Long time before internet, Armchair pass from father to son. Retro keep history alive. Man look pon we like crazy, but Beer spill, children jump, reggae shake wall. Mi can hear di spring creak when man drop heavy.
Design mix by area. Kensington love velvet, wid deep wingback. Shoreditch wild, wid sofa in bright clash. All dem catalogue chair? Mi tell you straight – rubbish. Old funky accent seat grow wid you. Mi speak plain, mi take scarred sofa over glossy fake. When you tempted by showroom, take armchair wid scar, unusual armchairs and let it shout London and single long chair Jamaica both.