Kate Spade, Covent Garden |
I caught the tube to Covent Garden, which is fairly close to my office and contains many of my favourite shops. I started with Kate Spade, whose first European branch opened in Langley Court a few weeks ago. I have ogled their jewellery and accessories from afar for years and so it's great that they finally have a shop in London. I love this gorgeous turquoise ring but the £65 price tag was a little steep so I settled for the signature spade earrings (I prefer clubs but I guess Kate Club was less catchy). I couldn't say no when the pink bag they came in matched my outfit so perfectly. They had some really cool NYC-themed things too (like this bag) and to be honest, I love pretty much everything in their store. For FNO, Kate Spade were offering sparkling wine and macaroons. I'm really hoping I win their competition for a free shopping spree.
Just across the road are several Paul Smith stores. The men's store was serving whiskey, and the cooler-than-thou mixed store was making mojitos, which smelled great. I could at least take advantage of Ted Baker's free popcorn, although not Banana Republic's sparkling wine.
H&M and TopShop didn't seem to have much going on, although the latter was hosting talks about this season's fashions at various points but I wasn't really in the mood for that. Zara was pumping out free cava and very loud music, which meant that the shop was cluttered with cooler-than-thou young things of both genders, making it hard to shop. I still bought a grey scarf with a feather pattern that I've been eyeing up for a while, even though there was no discount.
By this point, I was getting tired but I had one more stop to make: Selfridges. I skipped right through the beauty hall (I couldn't be bothered to queue up for a make-over and, in any case, most of the beauty products I like will be cheaper in New York) to the stationery section where I knew there would be a Moleskine event and indeed there was. They were giving away small, lined notebooks but only to people who decorated them using the 400 rubber stamps of words (and a few images) on offer and allowed them to be photographed. I had to wait quite a long time to get near the stamps as the girl in front of me seemed keen to decorate every page of hers and so I didn't really go for poetry. I quite like my "handwriting adventure" cover (you can't see from the photo but there is a pencil and an open Moleskine underneath the writing. I chatted in Italian to the Moleskine guys who were there and told them all about my obsession (I'm sure they've heard it all before); they also had a writer to help on the creativity front.
Inside the cover of my self-made Moleskine, plus my manicure |
- Best freebies: Mango
- Best experience: Moleskine @ Selfridges
- Best shop: Kate Spade
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