Liberty.
I am having a Liberty moment.
The first time I visited this divine department store, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. In my dreams, department stores are magical places, abundant with unique ideas and inspirational displays, but for the most part, even the special ones like Harvey Nicks, are minimalist showpieces for designer fodder. But Liberty is a very English treasure, and you find yourself holding your breath as you move from room to oh so beautiful room filled with things you couldn’t begin to imagine.
Based on Regent Street in London
, the more famous of the buildings that house this prestigious department store, Tudor House, was built in the 1920’s at the height of the eras fashion for Tudor revival. Built from the timbers of two ships, the store oozes the history it is steeped in, and takes shopping beyond the element of necessity to something that can only be described as an "experience".
Known worldwide for its fabrics, (with good reason), Liberty’s most famous cotton, Tana Lawn, was ubiqtuos in the seventies (Smocked dress anyone?) and is deservedly, enjoying a revival…
So imagine if you will, dear readers, a fabulous mix of Liberty of London print cushions on a shabby old velvet sofa with a multi-coloured crocheted square
It works for me.
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Oh Liberty IS heaven! I went last year, and they had an entire underground part devoted to baubles! Christmas decorations! Heaven! And there was a sort of sparkly tunnel they had created to move between the rooms. Oh, and the handmade papers, and the haberdashery- such a wonderful place.