Belgravia : Sloane, Ellis & Motcomb Sts
Fire your slacks to Sloane Sq tube, purses to the ready, and exit right, then right again after Gallic lunchkin Colbert for sparkly sneakers (m/w) at #53 Emma Hope / 7259 9566 / emmahope.com / and bespoke specs at #54 Tom Davies (see Adv. Shopping). Retrace to Colbert, and skip right around Sloane Sq to squeeze into hip NYC jeanster Rag & Bone at #13-14 / 7730 6881 / rag-bone.com. Duck right up Sloane St and gush over his n’ hers candy cashmeres at #149 N.Peal / 7730 6891 / npeal.com, heavenly scents at #150 Jo Malone / 370 192 5121 / jomalone.co.uk / and playful, bang on-trend purses at #157 Anya Hindmarch / 7838 9177 / anyahindmarch.com. Slip right at cute as a carat Ellis St, home to saucebox #3 Lulu Guinness / 7823 4828 / luluguinness.com / and her delicious, capricious arm candy; Gabriela Ligenza at #5 / 7730 2200 / gabrielaligenza.com / with glamity fair hats; and French Sole at #6 / 7730 3771 / frenchsole.com / sporting comfy flats. OK, so you’re top to toed, but there’s plenty more to come. Retrace to Sloane St for sophisty robes at #162a Emilia Wickstead / 7235 1104 / emiliawickstead.com / before sashaying up to Pont St to caress luxe French scanties at #11 Carine Gilson / 7235 9491 / carinegilson.com / and don’t miss MTM pirouetting pumps at #7 Pretty Ballerinas / 7245 0895 / prettyballerinas.com. Off you trot, and with the Belgraves hotel (see Accom.) on your right, turn left at Chesham Pl into Lowndes St to find rump-hugging body-con frocks at #29 Hervé Leger / 7201 2590 / herveleger.com, then cross if you dare for thigh-destroying macarons at #13 Pierre Hermé / 7245 0317 / pierreherme.com / and Omani aromas at #14 Amouage / 7235 3345 / amouage.com. Next door on the cnr with quaint little cobbled Motcomb St you’ll find delicate skimpies at #24 Eres / 7235 4261 / eresparis.com / and then... oh dear, what’s this? Totter across Motcomb to scream and ramraid Christian Louboutin at #23 / 843 227 4322 / christianlouboutin.com. Once you’ve recovered your dignity, click those divine red-soled stillies and do the Rita teeter along to #20 Annick Goutal / 7823 2176 / annickgoutal.com / for ambrosial Parisian pongs, and #19 SHOWstudio’s fashion shoot keepsakes (see Standout Stores). Lunch time! Slink into swishy Amaya (see Rest/Smart) for an haute take on Britain’s fave dish, the Ruby Murray. Slap on custom war paint next door at #19b Cosmetics à La Carte (see Adv. Shopping), then cross over for sinful chox at #5 Rococo / 7245 0993 / rococochocolates.com / plus sumptuous fine linens at #6-7 L&B / 7838 9592 / lblondon.com. Now, if you’re spittin’ cotton you could pause for a crafty cleansing ale at #10 The Pantechnicon / 7730 6074 / thepantechnicon.com, or glide back down Motcomb and zip directly over Lowndes St to Cadogan Pl, picking up Sloane St again and flouncing right for all the label swag a girl’s closet could desire. At the top of Sloane St either: peel left down Basil St for the heaving Harrods ‘experience’, secreting away the blissful Urban Retreat (see Spa) and sweet treat Ladurée (see Afternoon Tea), then exit onto Hans Rd for bap booster Rigby & Peller (see Adv. Shopping); or flutter directly into Harvey Nichols on the cnr with Knightsbridge for classic post-shop pit-stop Fifth Floor Bar / 7235 5250. Fab. Sherry all round, Babs!