Add a review about the Fenwick department store in London

Fenwick is the only large department store located on Bond Street, and this is an indicator: the usual inhabitants of this street are the boutiques of the best clothing manufacturers in the world. But Fenwick has been operating here for more than a hundred years and has not even changed its owners - it still belongs to the Fenwick family.

This is the old store . The Fenwick Empire was founded in 1882 . when a young salesman in Newcastle John James Fenwick opened a small women's clothing store . His business was going well, and John's eldest son went to study commerce in Paris, from where he brought the idea of ​​a department store-shop selling a lot of different goods from different producers . The son joined family business, and in 1891 g . they bought the building in on Bond Street, which by that time was considered a street for expensive shopping, and opened its second store in it . Now the store is still working in the same building and is still a family business (by the way, only in country of 11 Fenwick department stores), highly profitable .

"Fenwick" is on Bond Street, surrounded by boutiques (the best brands like "Tiffany" and "Chanel", plus the auction "Sotheby's" and a dozen sellers of diamonds with " De Beers "at the head), so he keeps the brand - he sells high-quality expensive goods from serious producers (mainly European).

The shop consists of four sections: women's clothing, men's clothing, cosmetics and household goods, and also have shoes and accessories. The Agnes b brand is the highest level, but it still does not reach the status of "legend."

Fenvik specializes in one season fashion: it sells quite a few classic models, but if several leading designers in the latest collection had sloping collars at the jackets instead of the usual ones - one can be sure, such jackets will immediately appear in the Fenwick. Such innovations quickly become obsolete - they are in vogue only until the next collection, so the range of "Fenwick" is very often changed. It's worth taking into account when you visit: there is no need to postpone the purchase.

The section with home goods is great for buying gifts: expensive designer bedding, a nice blanket or something for interior decoration - everything is there.

Price level - high and very high, but the quality is the same.

Practical information

Find it very simply: Bond Street connects two streets: Oxford Street and Piccadilly, the Fenwick store is located on it, on the corner between New Bond Street and Brook Street. The official address is London, W1S 1RQ, New Bond Street, 63.

Three metro stations are approaching right away: "Green Park" (about 10 minutes walk from it), "Bond Street" (the most suitable, 5-10 minutes walk) and Oxford-Serks (the most uncomfortable - go far and always a lot of people).

Working hours: on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - from 10:00 to 19:00, on Thursday - from 10:00 to 20:00, on Sunday from 12:00 to 18:00.

There is a cafe and a restaurant (not bad) in the department store, a spa, a cosmetologist and a rest room.

Around the store

Bond Street is a shopping street in the historic heart of London, Therefore, you can walk around a lot, a long time and with a choice: you can walk through boutiques on Bond Street itself, you can - through the most democratic shops of Oxford Street, you can wander through the ancient residential streets of Mayfair, stroll through the interesting, lively and filled with historical Piccadilly buildings sit in the Green Park. There are few restaurants in the area, but there are a lot of tourist cafes on Piccadilly, of very different quality, but there is no need to go to Oxford Street.