For serious fashionistas, Bond Street is the place to be seen in and to shop. Bond Street - formed of New and Old Bond Street - boasts one of the biggest and best concentrations of designer shops in the world, including Donna Karan, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Nicole Fahri, Armani, Versace and Ralph Lauren.

The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid 19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre.

Revered for their centuries-honed craftsmanship, innovative designs have graced the heads of some of the greatest figures in history.

"Liberty is the chosen resort of the artistic shopper" - Oscar Wilde

The world famous James Smith and Sons Umbrella Shop was founded in 1830 and is still owned and run as a family business.