TALKING SHOP
Packed with glittering gifts and homewares, we step inside lifestyle store The Hambledon
Packed with homewares, gifts and decorations, this shop should be on your radar this Christmas
WHAT ‘ We try not to put a label on what we do,’ explains Victoria Su eld, who founded The Hambledon in Winchester back in 1999. ‘ We’re a kind of independent department/ lifestyle/content store… but really we’re just selling things that we love!’ FIND The shop itself is a four- storey Georgian building overlooking Winchester Cathedral. In the basement is a luxurious menswear department, on the ground floor find an array of homewares, plus three mezzanine levels stocking home fragrance, bath, beauty, stationery and a unique ‘project space’. The first floor is then dedicated to a beautifully curated array of jewellery and womenswear. ‘ We’re all about Christmas,’ explains Victoria, and every year the shop’s project space is transformed into a festive homewares grotto. ‘ This year we’re going very dark and luxurious, with a generous serving of copper fairground lights and decorations.’ BUY Victoria recommends Paola Navone’s range of white china for festive entertaining, ‘ I also adore our Maison Louis Marie candles,’ she says. But their Christmas bestseller? ‘ It’s got to be our ‘dog in a globe’ decoration!’ she laughs.
* The Hambledon, 10 The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, S023 9ES. 01962 890055; thehambledon.com