Fash, Food & Fragonard
Hop off at Regent’s Park tube, exit left onto Marylebone Rd, bustling past the famous Harley St, and fourth on your left is Marylebone High St. Start at #55 The Conran Shop / 7723 2223 / conranshop.co.uk / for dandy Brit homewares, followed by quirky Japanese ceramics at #66 Eclectic / eclectic66.co.uk / and fragrant flames at #68 Diptyque / 7224 4948 / diptyqueparis.com. On your left is Devonshire St and gorge Grasse perfumer #28a Le Labo / 3441 1535 / lelabofrag rances.com. Mid-morning grumbles? Back on Marylebone, #77 The Natural Kitchen / 3012 2123 / thenaturalkitchen.com / is perf for a quick bite, then to your right on Paddington St find ace face furny at #63 Mallon + Taub / 7935 8200 / mallonand taub.com / and #51 Vaishaly (see Spa). Retrace to Marylebone and cont. to #37 Kabiri / 7317 2150 / kabiri.co.uk / for sharp int’l gem designs and a bespoke lounge. Across the street is darling Edwardian travel bookshop #83 Daunt Books / 7224 2295 / dauntbooks.co.uk / while two doors down at #87 Matches / 7487 5400 / matchesfashion.com / sports a neat edit of labelly lovelies. Next up, sling a right into Moxon St for deli-ghtful #2 La Fromagerie (see Lunch) and wicked choc stop #3 Rococo / 7935 7780 / rococochocolates.com. Peer up at the Cramer St car park, host to Marylebone Farmers’ Market / 10am-2pm every Sun / lfm.org.uk. Back to Marylebone you waddle, Wanda, crossing to #26 La Portegna / laport egna.com / for Madrid’s choicest travel faddle, plus more Spanish finery at #13a Mascaró / 7935 1795 / mascaro.com / with diddy flats and dizzy heels. Olé! If there was no room at La Fromagerie, try your luck at #109 Tapa Room (see Lunch). Cont. and the road becomes Thayer St. Hang a right up Blandford St, then the third right brings you onto shopper mecca Chiltern St. Fawn over MTM m/wear and exclusives at #2 Archer Adams / 7935 3582 / archeradams.com; more swish man-rags at #8 Trunk / 7486 2357 / trunkclothiers.com; plus #10 Cox + Power’s / 7935 3530 / coxandpower.com / brill baubles. Scene dream #18 Monocle Café / 7135 2040 / cafe.monocle.com / brews a mean joe, or push on for accessories cache #34 Trunk Labs / 7486 2357, wicked wicks at #36 Cire Trudon / ciretrudon.com, pants pedlar #13 Sunspel / 7009 0650 / sun spel.com, sunglasses supremo #54 Prism / 7935 5407 / prism london.com, and pretty lifestyle pile #29 Mouki / 7224 4010 / moukimou.com. Bosh! Retrace to Marylebone High St and cross over to Marylebone Ln for #61 French Sole’s / 7486 0021 / frenchsole.com / fancy toe-cleavage pumps, while opp. is haberdashery treasure chest #102 VV Rouleaux / 7224 5179. Nip right down Bulstrode St to loot boutique beaut #17 Sixty 6 / 7224 6066. Back on Marylebone Ln, keep going and cross Hinde St to fill your boots at traddy caff n’ grocer #35 Paul Rothe & Son / 7935 6783 / and a couple of doors down are #29 Tracey Neuls’ / 7935 0039 / traceyneuls.com / vintagey, handcrafted, buffalo-skin heels. Opp. rummage through antique studs at #76 The Button Queen / 7935 1505 / thebuttonqueen.co.uk / then next door, trendy threads at #74 Kj’s Laundry / 7486 7855 / kjslaundry.com. On you totter to hit Wigmore St. Choices: either turn left for smash fash collective #68 Huntergather / 7487 4440 / huntergather.com / and music treat Wigmore Hall (see Activities); or zip right and hang a second right into Duke St to gawp at the superb Wallace Collection (see Activities). Isn’t it wine o’clock?