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Beyoncé for Topshop, Alexa Chung for AG and Alexander Wang for the whole of London – 2015's going to be big, fashion fans... Most popular shopping events Like this? Read more shopping features The 100 best shops in London Going shopping in London? Plan where to head with our round-up of the city’s finest retailers London's best markets Check out our ultimate guide to the best markets in north, south, east and west London Pop-up shops in London Empty premises across the capital mean there are temporary shops popping up on a high street near you. Stop by while you can... Fashion exhibitions in London Discover the shows where culture and couture collide in the capital The latest shopping features David Gandy interview: ‘As a rule I’m not extravagant’ The world’s top male model used to deliver pizzas, and fancies opening a souped-up store for chaps What is your favourite place to shop in London?‘Sunbury Antiques is great. I’ve just renovated my house and picked up some pieces which I’ve integrated into the build. Like an old wooden art easel that I use as a stand for my flatscreen TV.’Do you buy vintage clothing?‘Yes. New York has the best vintage shops.’Have you ever worked in a shop?‘No, but I have delivered pizzas.’Are you extravagant?‘No. I’ve made some investments, but as a rule I’m not extravagant.’What do you take the biggest pleasure out of blowing cash on?‘Vintage cars are a weakness. I’ve just bought and rebuilt a classic 1960 Mercedes 190SL.’What do you scrimp

Roots crying out for a rapid touch-up? Desperate for an emergency manicure? These speedy treatments will have you party ready in a matter of minutes Most popular shopping events Barber & Parlour Top treatment: The Quickie conditioning mask, £5 (10 minutes approx)While you might arrive at the newly souped-up Barber & Parlour in search of an instant beauty fix, we can’t guarantee you’ll actually want to leave. Spread over three floors, there’s quick cuts, blow-drys and root touch-ups courtesy of colourist extraordinaire Josh Wood, fun fast mani-pedis from Cheeky and grooming for blokes by Neville Barbers. That’s not to mention the cinema, the juice bar and the in-house kitchen… MILK Beauty Top treatment: 15 Minute Manicure, £16 (15 minutes)Don’t have a manicurist on speed dial? Us neither. The next best thing is Milk, whose crack team of mobile beauty therapists mean that a salon-standard mani-pedi is just a click away. They’ve recently expanded their service area, too, so living south of the river no longer means you’re stuck in a beauty black spot.  Blow Ltd Top treatment: Luxe Blow, £25 (30 minutes)Blow Ltd’s brand of speedy blow-dry bar is one American import that you’ll never catch us moaning about. The ‘fast beauty’ guarantee means that even the most unruly of manes can be transformed from haystack to hit in a mere thirty minutes – simply choose from the eight styles available on the no-nonsense menu.  Bobbi Brown: The Studio Top treatment: Instant Make-Up, free

From super-luxe perfume emporiums to humble high street pharmacies, we’ve scouted out the shops that will have you sitting pretty in no time Most popular shopping events BeautyMART As a former Vogue beauty director and the co-founder of make-up brand Ruby & Millie, Anna Marie Solowij and Millie Kendall’s beauty credentials aren’t to be sniffed at. The best thing about their Boxpark beauty emporium? There’s no dud shades or dodgy formulas. If a product makes it into BeautyMART’s rigorous edit, it’s a guaranteed keeper, be it a budget lipstick from Kate Moss’ Rimmel collaboration or a hard-to-get-hold-of Japanese cleanser. Space NK London is now home to some 30 Space NK stores, making it all the more impressive that each has the feel of a one-off boutique rather than an international chain. Space NK’s shelves read like a who’s who of high-end beauty: lipsticks by colour specialist Poppy King (aka Lipstick Queen), make-up by Terry de Gunzberg, the woman behind YSL’s much-imitated Touche Eclat concealer, and skincare by super-facialist Eve Lom. For regulars, the aptly named Ndulge loyalty scheme works like a fancier Boots card, with points banked every time you spend. Liberty Liberty’s Beauty Hall is easily one of the loveliest places you’ll ever shop for slap. As well as full-blown cosmetics concessions from big hitters like Nars, Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier, you’ll find weirdly named wonder products dotted around the shop floor, like Mermaid Hair conditioner, Egyptia

The world’s top male model used to deliver pizzas, and fancies opening a souped-up store for chaps What is your favourite place to shop in London?‘Sunbury Antiques is great. I’ve just renovated my house and picked up some pieces which I’ve integrated into the build. Like an old wooden art easel that I use as a stand for my flatscreen TV.’Do you buy vintage clothing?‘Yes. New York has the best vintage shops.’Have you ever worked in a shop?‘No, but I have delivered pizzas.’Are you extravagant?‘No. I’ve made some investments, but as a rule I’m not extravagant.’What do you take the biggest pleasure out of blowing cash on?‘Vintage cars are a weakness. I’ve just bought and rebuilt a classic 1960 Mercedes 190SL.’What do you scrimp on?‘I don’t spend as much as people would think on clothing.’Do you like a bargain?‘Who doesn’t? There’s something satisfying about knowing you’ve got a good deal.’Which are your favourite markets?‘Fulham Farmers’ Market is great for local produce.’Is there a store you’d love to get your hands on and make over?‘There could be a real opportunity for someone to create a bespoke men’s shopping experience/store. Men shop very differently to women so to create an environment with that in mind with personal shoppers, a bar, great designers, tailors and vintage items: I think would be a great idea and I’d love to do it.’What does London do best?‘We’re typically British and don’t shout about it, yet we do a lot of things really well. There’s so much fashion herita

It has taken a year for Victoria Beckham to transform an old fishing apparel shop into Mayfair’s latest luxury outlet. She gives Time Out a guided tour There aren’t many moments in my career when I’ve been driven to wish David Beckham would just bugger off and leave me to it. But the footballer and I have arrived at Victoria’s dramatic, ambitious first store at the same time, and she has opted to catch up with him rather than me. Well, wouldn’t you?The longer the married megastars linger on the vast concrete staircase just out of earshot, the less time I get to talk shop. But we could all learn a lesson in time management from VB – in the time it takes most of us to wait for a bus, the designer might have designed a new fashion line, released a perfume and squeezed in a workout at Barry’s Bootcamp, the formidable Euston gym she patronises when in town.When my rival finally swings off with a chirpy ‘see you for dinner after football’, Victoria Beckham – neat in work-mode black and tottery boots – is profusely apologetic, and gets straight down to business. ‘Shall we do a tour of the store?’It has taken a year to transform No 36 Dover Street from a traditional fishing gear shop into the VB mothership, and the designer chose a conceptual female architect Farshid Moussavi (who also worked on the Olympic park). The risk of commissioning someone who had never worked in retail before has paid off – the space is stunning, with a dramatic atrium that runs the height of the building. ‘

The Swedish singer-songwriter is the unlikely creator of the sleek but affordable Nomad collection at & Other Stories. Stylish Londoners, get your purses ready... While the world’s fashion buyers and writers worry about 2015’s swimwear and the latest permutation of the flip-flop at London Fashion Week, we’re resigning ourselves to putting away the summer wardrobe and going back to black. But there is solace to be found, and it comes from an unlikely source: Swedish indie musician Lykke Li. She has designed a capsule collection of monochromatic womenswear for H&M’s sister brand at & Other Stories that is everything you’d expect from a stylish Scandinavian with a taste for the dark side, and nothing like the usual celebrity-‘designed’ high-street fare. The mix-and-match range focuses on expensive-looking pieces that whisper luxury: perfect black polo-necks and sheeny evening tops, fine gold chains and classic white shirts.This quiet, considered approach is typical of the 28-year-old. It’s there in her most recent album ‘I Never Learn’, a haunting musical document of an excruciating break-up that she recorded in LA. I meet Lykke Li in the middle of Hollywood. So in the middle of Hollywood that I have to negotiate the paparazzi gathering outside a Jennifer Aniston movie premiere on my way to the small restaurant where the singer is taking an alfresco coffee break.Today she’s chipper and smiling, enjoying the LA heat. She wears a sheer black top, marking her out

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Jetting off for a late summer break but feeling more cave troll than beach babe? These ten treatments will sort you out pronto The best spas in London Fluffy towels at the ready; it's time to get pampered. London's best spas will host hen parties, manage your weekly manicures or provide the most relaxing treatments. Browse our list to find the one that will most suit you. The smooth operator Top treatment: Desperately Seeking 'Smoothin', 60 mins, £100 Top-to-toe exfoliation, fresh natural ingredients and a Madonna pun – Bliss's Desperately Seeking 'Smoothin' packs all three into an hour long body buffing treatment. Book in before breaking out the fake tan to slough off dry skin from the knees, elbows and ankles, cleverly avoiding the notorious giraffe effect. The mobile manicure Top treatment: Milk Priti Pedi and Mini Mani, from £13 Always fancied having a manicurist on speed dial? Thanks to Milk's crack team of beauty therapists, you can live the dream and bring the salon to your living room. A mani-pedi using polishes from catwalk favourite Priti NYC is a mouse-click away: appointments are available seven days a week, and can be slotted in outside work hours. The beach-ready brows Top treatment: Blink Sunkissed Colour Code, from £24 Take heavily-defined power brows to the beach and they run the risk of looking less Delevingne and more Desperate Scousewife. Skin gets darker and hair gets lighter, so surely brows deserve a holiday upgrade, too? Blink's Sunkissed Co

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