u/Fatbot3

I asked this in travel London and someone rightly suggested this may be a better place for this question. We will be in London traveling from the United States in June. My two teenage boys are both sneakerheads (trainers over there?) and I've been introduced to the world of limited colorways and editions, etc. I think if they could pick any souveneir from London it would be shoes that are difficult to get in the United States either because they are a brand not typically available in the US or because there were UK exclusive colorways.

I wanted to ask if there were any shoe stores or brands that would fit this description. We will be in London for 8 days all over so we are hitting many shopping districts and boroughs. Soho was highlighted and we're there a solid day or so for other shopping plans.

Any advice is much appreciated because Google hasn't helped me much so far. The budget is around 200 but can go to 300 if there is really something special to go after.

For those who were wondering about the state of the final release I'd figure I'd throw out a couple of impressions:

-I was suprised at the small install so the data streaming thing is for real. I have a very high quality connection and it loads very quickly so the technology is quite impressive in that way.

-Playing with a Dualshock seems great but I tried to play the first career mission and it was a nightmare. I figured I would get clear popups telling me what actions to take and control onboarding. If that was supposed to happen it didn't. I looked up how to start the engine but I can't tell if the experience is broken in VR or just plain bad.

-It's kinda hard to be mad at the marvel of the technology. It takes a sizable resolution hit but it's keeping most of the complex rendering techniques going (clouds, lighting, etc.). The cockpits are crazy detailed.

-It's rendering infinitely more detail than GT7 so expecting it to maintain a comparable level of resolution is just unreasonable.

-Being the complete game (platform) clearly means you have just an impossible amount of content. While there's plenty of chill activities in the game I still feel the games value resides in the sim side where there is obviously another unparalleled amount of detail.

My family and I are traveling to London and Bath for two weeks from the States and my teenage boys are kind of sneakerheads and have a mild interest in fashion as well. I've tried to research unique UK brands as well as UK exclusive colorways for shoes but I'm pretty lost.

Maybe in the age of the internet there's no point of regional brands but I'd love to take them to a store that sells shoes not typically available in the United States. While I will entertain luxury brands there's still a budget so I'd like to stay in 200-300 dollar range for items. We will all over London throughout the week so many places may work (Soho,Westminster,Kensington, Mayfair, Marlylebone, with a bit of time over in Spitalfield and Bricklane. Not making it over to Chelsea, Notting Hill, or Shoreditch if that helps.

Thanks in advance to any education someone can provide on cool shops that may need to go on the itinerary.

I'll be honest, the total lack of Sony building hype on this stuff like MSFS and this update is both so sad and totally unsurprising. Looking forward to impressions though I may just snag this one if I find time soon.