Shoegazer Visits: Anthropologie, London

(photo: print&pattern)

I had been looking forward to the opening of Anthropologie’s first UK store (on Regents Street) for a while and was so excited to finally visit it last Friday. The shop is beautiful, absolutely stunning. The displays, the products, the presentation – everything is delicious! The shop even features a living wall up the staircase (watered by rain water collected on the roof apparently).

(photo: print&pattern)

My only gripe with the shop is that everything seems so ridiculously overpriced. True, most of the clothes are exquisite and deserve their price tag, but seriously – who in their right mind would pay almost £25 for a single tea towel?! Or £14 for a simple knitted bird with one eye missing? I wasn’t expecting the prices of their small items of homeware, decorations and gifts to be so steep and was left a little disappointed as I’d wanted to grab a few Christmas presents for people. Humph. Oh well, bring on the winter sale! Still, if money is no object for you and you love to surround yourself with gorgeous things, Anthropologie is a true gem on Regents Street!

(photos: print&pattern)

If money is an object – well, it’s definitely worth visiting for the displays alone. A giant whale, a grizzly bear, a fabric tree... cupboards full of lovely china and mugs, rusty old keys hanging from the walls, big jars full of jewellery for you to rummage through... you can’t see me, but I’m drooling like Homer Simpson over Duff beer.

My photos:

Pic 1: A giant whale hangs above the delicate china displays.
Pic 2: Attention to detail! The dripping wax and the product information on stained old paper held by forks...

Window shopping birds

Anthropologie have some unique bird ornaments on their site right now. Made from wood, bits of rulers, clock parts, compases, brass, arrows, keys and key holes, the birds each have quite a distinct character and are called Gladiator Birds. Unfortunately they are a bit pricey (especially with Anthropologie's ridiculously expensive extra charges added on!) Anyway, they are nice to look at!

Bird 1 - Gladiator Bird - Finch with Key

Details:

£222.99 + £34.12 (Duty/VAT) + £23.43 (Shipping) = £280.54

Bird 2 - Gladiator Bird - Raven

Details:
£484.89 + £73.41 (Duty/VAT) + £23.43 (Shipping) = £587.73

Bird 3 - Wren

Decorations

Anthropologie has some really cute christmas decorations right now which could easilly be used all year round to brighten up a room... Most of them look as if they would be quite easy to recreate with fabrics and felt etc. Here are some of my favourites:

DETAILS

Materials used: Felt, papier mache, sparkling velvet, wool, beads . . .