St James’s & Mayfair

Start at Green Park tube, exit and cross towards The Ritz, noting The Wolseley (see Rest/Smart) before strolling right down St James’s St and warming up your wallet at swish Berlin outfitters #54 Patrick Hellmann / patrick-hellmann.com. Schick, ja! Cross, scoot on and toot on a Havana cigar at #19 James J. Fox / 7930 3787 / jjfox.co.uk. Scoping St James’s Pl on the right, home to super sipper Dukes Bar (see Bars), cont. along St James’s St for comely cobbler #9 Lobb and #6 Lock & Co Hatters (see Gent’s Relish for both), then duck your coconut into tiny alley Pickering Pl (which leads to the smallest square in London), tucked in the wall next to illustrious wine merchants #3 Berry Bros. & Rudd / bbr. com. Zip left, and with St James’s Palace ahead of you on Pall Mall, left again into Crown Psge to find Her Maj-approved hats at #18 Rachel Trevor Morgan / 7839 8927 / racheltrevor morgan.com. On you trot across King St to Art Deco cache #14 Pullman Gallery / 7930 9595 / pullmangallery.com / then either carry on for a peek at #8 Christie’s (see Adv. Shopping), or dash left up Bury St for cuff buff #12 Longmire (see Gent’s Relish), then exit right into Ryder St and cross Duke St St James’s to Mason’s Yd and go-to gall #26 White Cube (see Activities/Art). Out of the yard, pop right and ahead waits the fab Fortnum & Mason (see Standout Stores). Now, veer right down Jermyn St for a whifty Stinking Bishop from #93 Paxton & Whitfield / 7930 0259 / paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk / or skip left up Jermyn and blow a wadge in Piccadilly Arcade with waisty #19 Favourbrook (see Gent’s Relish), baggy #7 Swane Adeney Brigg / 7409 7277 / swaneadeney.co.uk / and shirty #3 Budd (see Gent’s Relish). Out on Piccadilly, cross over into Burlington Arcade for hip-hazard macarons at #71 Ladurée / 7491 9155 / laduree.com; legendary lenses #14 Leica / 7493 7873 / leica-camera.com; original English sniffs #16 Penhaligon’s / 7629 1416 / penhaligons.com / and baubles #51 Theo Fennell / theofennell.com. Exit right into Burlington Gdns and left into Savile Row (see Gent’s Relish), the venerable home of spiffy tailoring. Shop hard, then swagger left into Clifford St for silk ties and pocket squares at #3 Drake’s / 7608 0321 / drakes.com, Anderson & Sheppard Haberdashery at #17 / 7287 7300 / anderson-sheppard.co.uk / for dapper duds, trig Brit suits at #15c Lutwyche / 7734 2367 / lutwyche.co.uk / and #14a Kiton (see Gent’s Relish). Cont. to the end and left into New Bond St, which becomes ritzy Old Bond St. Dip right at #28 the Royal Arcade for sinful chocs at #1 Charbonnel et Walker / 7318 2075 / charbonnel.co.uk, sultry scents at #12 Ormonde Jayne (see Standout Stores), hand-carved brogues at #13 GJ Cleverley (see Gent’s Relish), and custom specs at #6 E.B. Meyrowitz / 7493 5778 / ebmeyrowitz.co.uk. Exit right into Albemarle St for the perf cuppa opp. at #33 Brown’s (see Afternoon Tea), then retrace for luxe luggage at #35 Globetrotter / 7495 0830 / globetrotter1897.com / and #9 Paul Smith’s / 7493 4565 / paulsmith.co.uk / showstopper shop. Strut right into Stafford St for fun treads at #8 Mr. Hare / 7495 4200 / mrhare.com / then cont. right into Dover St for mad-cap designer den # 17 Dover Street Market (see Standout Stores), while opp. is #36 Victoria Beckham / 7042 0700 / victoriabeck ham.com / and further down at #32 Wolf & Badger (see Adv. Shopping). Retrace, staying right, for eclectic collectable book nook #43 Peter Harrington / 3763 3220. Champion!