Hak Dei – a Hong Kong haven of nostalgic homewareThe Kowloon shop selling pieces of the pastStep inside the greatest chemist in the worldOfficina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella is celebrating its 800th anniversary. Here’s how Florence’s beauty secret has quietly conquered the planetLabour and Wait – the store that made a £6 loo brush a must-have luxuryThe utilitarian emporium beloved of hipsters and Rei Kawakubo is finally expandingA glorious time capsule of Tuscan lifeInside Torrini Fotogiornalismo, the Florentine shop capturing the great, the good and the delightfully everydayKalm Village, the ‘creative matchmaker’ in Chiang Mai Inside a temple to Thai textiles and craftsTravis & Emery – the best classical music shop in the world? Inside the cult retailer selling rare scores, libretti and antiquarian books since 1960More from this SeriesRemembering the world of Harry FaneWe revisit the late, great collector’s trove of vintage findsThe Meadow is a temple to salt in PortlandThe world’s first ‘selmelier’ sells 120 varieties of the world’s favourite seasoningIs this the best service station in Britain?Tebay, the farm-to-fork pitstop in the Lake District, has been diverting drivers since 1972The unstoppable cool of The Frankie ShopInside the New York boutique with French Girl chicEvan Kinori, a utilitarian menswear mecca in San FranciscoSmart, no-nonsense clothes made in the Mission DistrictIs L Cornelissen & Son the best art supply shop in the world?The Bloomsbury boutique has been supplying artists and printmakers hues since 1855A brilliant boutique for curtains and linens cut from East London ClothThe Bethnal Green boutique offers Huguenot-inspired and reimagined textilesThe last butcher in Little ItalyAlbanese Meats & Poultry has been serving steaks and salumi to New Yorkers for a centuryThe London cheesemonger fit for a kingA favourite of the crown since 1850, Paxton & Whitfield serves Stilton to the world Ceramics handmade in a Maltese palazzoVilla Bologna makes Mediterranean tableware from an 18th-century stately homeTombées du Camion celebrates the strange beauty of forgotten thingsThe surrealist museum-shop is a Parisian cornucopia of kitschAre these the best old-school sandwiches in London? Paul Rothe & Son has served up traditional prawn mayo and pastrami since 1900The design store with made-in-Spain verveLlop is a little corner of the Mediterranean in central MadridBDDW, a visionary design shop in LondonFurnishings, ceramics and artwork with a pioneer spirit
Hak Dei – a Hong Kong haven of nostalgic homewareThe Kowloon shop selling pieces of the pastStep inside the greatest chemist in the worldOfficina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella is celebrating its 800th anniversary. Here’s how Florence’s beauty secret has quietly conquered the planetLabour and Wait – the store that made a £6 loo brush a must-have luxuryThe utilitarian emporium beloved of hipsters and Rei Kawakubo is finally expandingA glorious time capsule of Tuscan lifeInside Torrini Fotogiornalismo, the Florentine shop capturing the great, the good and the delightfully everydayKalm Village, the ‘creative matchmaker’ in Chiang Mai Inside a temple to Thai textiles and craftsTravis & Emery – the best classical music shop in the world? Inside the cult retailer selling rare scores, libretti and antiquarian books since 1960More from this SeriesRemembering the world of Harry FaneWe revisit the late, great collector’s trove of vintage findsThe Meadow is a temple to salt in PortlandThe world’s first ‘selmelier’ sells 120 varieties of the world’s favourite seasoningIs this the best service station in Britain?Tebay, the farm-to-fork pitstop in the Lake District, has been diverting drivers since 1972The unstoppable cool of The Frankie ShopInside the New York boutique with French Girl chicEvan Kinori, a utilitarian menswear mecca in San FranciscoSmart, no-nonsense clothes made in the Mission DistrictIs L Cornelissen & Son the best art supply shop in the world?The Bloomsbury boutique has been supplying artists and printmakers hues since 1855A brilliant boutique for curtains and linens cut from East London ClothThe Bethnal Green boutique offers Huguenot-inspired and reimagined textilesThe last butcher in Little ItalyAlbanese Meats & Poultry has been serving steaks and salumi to New Yorkers for a centuryThe London cheesemonger fit for a kingA favourite of the crown since 1850, Paxton & Whitfield serves Stilton to the world Ceramics handmade in a Maltese palazzoVilla Bologna makes Mediterranean tableware from an 18th-century stately homeTombées du Camion celebrates the strange beauty of forgotten thingsThe surrealist museum-shop is a Parisian cornucopia of kitschAre these the best old-school sandwiches in London? Paul Rothe & Son has served up traditional prawn mayo and pastrami since 1900The design store with made-in-Spain verveLlop is a little corner of the Mediterranean in central MadridBDDW, a visionary design shop in LondonFurnishings, ceramics and artwork with a pioneer spirit
