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The currency is strong and many shops have made their way to NYC. So here are a few places to browse, buy, and bring home something special from the UK.
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Like Bergdorf's? You will LOVE Liberty. Send your man to the Apple Store across the st for the free wifi and spend a few hrs absorbing the best picks of English style.
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Next to Liberty, or check out the one in Covent Garden. A must for work-friendly clothes in minimalist Euro style. This is H&M's upmarket spinoff and full of well designed clothes so prices are great.
51 Piccadilly (near Old Bond St), London, Greater London
Shopping Mall · Mayfair · 41 tips and reviews
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Ye olde covered arcade. Classic in grandeur and full of signature British jewels, shoes, and Penhaligon's. Take a stroll through here and imagine you are oh so very Victorian.
Department Store · Piccadilly · 441 tips and reviews
Lauren Rubin Tiley: You could spend hours just looking at the wall of jam on the main floor, but head upstairs to discover unique bath, kitchen, tea, and garden accessories.
29 Fouberts Pl (off Carnaby Street), London, Greater London
Clothing Store · Soho · 1 tip
Lauren Rubin Tiley: If you're really daring, you'd buy an exclusive Liberty-Barbour jacket. Or just go here for a perfect all-season sturdy jacket in true British style.
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Go to the Food Hall. No, wait - the shoe dept that makes Saks look like a corner deli. Actually, check out the Pedlar's shop in the basement. But don't forget to buy a product in signature yellow!
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Drool worthy clothes and a must for anyone with a Comme des Garcons envy. The entire collection is here plus selections from Lanvin, Alaia, Ann Demeulemeester. Just fabulous. Go.
Bookstore · Marylebone, London, Greater London · 101 tips and reviews
Lauren Rubin Tiley: London's best independent and well curated bookshop, sort of the London equivalent of the Strand without the miles of books or jumble sale environment.
Women's Store · Knightsbridge and Belgravia · 1 tip
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Kind of perfect everyday dresses if you're going to splash out on something special. Also can be found on Grafton Street off Bond Street in Mayfair.
Lauren Rubin Tiley: Walk through the pretty courtyard to this fun shop and try on a few dresses you probably shouldn't buy. It has a Barneys feel to it.