Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tate Modern
If you're an art lover, you should definitely swing by Tate Modern for
a browse in their shop. It's a great store, full of prints and more art topics than you'll
ever be able to carry. Everything in their shop is inspired by the exhibitions, and if you
see a piece of art you like when you're walking around, be sure to note the number
so you can pick up a much more affordable postcard version to send home; it's easier
than trying to sneak a Monet into your handbag.
Bankside, SE1.
&
020/7887-8888.
www.
tate.org.uk/modern. Tube: Southwark.
V&A Shop
The V&A has the best museum shop in London, perfect for
design lovers. It stocks everything from exotic jewelry inspired by the exhibitions to
their own line of toiletries and reclaimed prints. They take design seriously, and it's
celebrated in every single item in the shop. It's worth the trip to the museum just for
the shop, even if you don't have much time to look around the (mostly free) exhibits.
Cromwell Rd., SW7.
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020/7942-2000.
www.vam.ac.uk. Tube: S. Kensington.
BEAUTY & MAKE-UP
Angela Flanders
This tiny Columbia Road shop sells bespoke perfumes
and home scents. Try the English Rose perfume; it's basically the countryside in a
bottle. As with the rest of Columbia Road, you can only rely on finding it open on
weekends.
96 Columbia Rd., E2.
&
020/7739-7555.
www.angelaflanders-perfumer.com. Tube: Old
St./Train: Hoxton.
L'Artisan Parfumeur
Posh smells and fancy whiffs are abundant in this luscious
store. The flagship Erno Laszlo salon and shop is downstairs selling skincare once
approved by Audrey Hepburn herself.
13 Covent Garden Market, WC2.
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020/3040-3030.
www.artisanparfumeur.com. Tube: Covent Garden.
Shu Uemera
Shu Uemera is a brand with sleek packaging, flashes of neon
bright color, and a fabulous line in false eyelashes. There's something exciting about
bright blue peacock feathers fluttering about your face.
25 Neal St., WC2.
&
020/7240-
7635.
www.shuuemura.co.uk. Tube: Covent Garden.
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
Children
Amaia
With descriptions like “easy-to-wear” and “elegant” you'd be forgiven for
thinking that Amaia was a high-end designer boutique. And it is, but instead of being
for adults, it's for the well-heeled kids of London used to the finer things in life.
14
Cale St., SW3.
&
020/7590-0999.
Tube: S. Kensington.
Elias & Grace
Where do you go for the best dresses you can buy your little
ones? Elias & Grace is (unsurprisingly) in the fancy “village” of Primrose Hill, and you'll
find everything from designers Chloe and Marni, all perfectly sized for your mini-yous.
158 Regent's Park Rd., NW1.
&
020/7449-0574.
www.eliasandgrace.com. Tube: Chalk Farm.
Sasti
If you're looking for something original, Sasti is an affordable children's
boutique. It has one-off outfits for newborns and toddlers, so you can buy bright
prints and cute outfits without spending hundreds.
281 Portobello Rd., W10.
&
020/8960-
1125.
www.sasti.co.uk. Tube: Ladbroke Grove.
Jewelry
Comfort Station
There is no jewelry brand that does quirky elegance quite
like Comfort Station. From their barometer-inspired mood necklaces, to the earrings
with the coordinates for Hope (a town in Devon) and Love (in Barbados), their pieces
all are unique and special. Each one has a story to tell, yet the items rarely go over
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