Get the London look (without breaking the bank)

Thanks to architect John Pawson (who also designed the museum’s refit), this slick standalone store puts a whole new spin on souvenir shopping. Once you’ve admired Dieter Rams’ classic shelving, load your basket with quirky objets by emerging and established talents.

A trip to Arket – H&M’s new minimalist sister brand – is every style-conscious Londoner’s obsession right now. The flagship is spacious, bright and calm – no easy feat given its Regent Street digs. The curated Scandi-inspired collection feels expensive, but is easy on the wallet.

This east London trailblazer has been thrilling local bargain hunters (and fancy-dress fiends) since the early 2000s, with its rainbow-coloured racks of grab-it-while-you-can printed shirts, ra-ra skirts and leather jackets.

Stationery nerds will find their spiritual home at this design-led pen-and-paper nirvana. Established by two graphic designers who’ve long harboured an obsession with stationery themselves, all the items, from paperclips to notebooks, have been chosen with the utmost care.

It’s not just the open brick walls and in-store coffee bar that keep Shoreditch’s hip kids coming back to this warehouse-turned-multi-concept store. Alongside covetable ceramics and homewares, the rails are always well stocked with chic independent labels, from the cleans cuts of Minimum to cool kicks from Garment Project.

One-stop grooming shop Beast. is changing the way guys stay fresh faced. The on-trend Seven Dials store has a hand-picked selection of male maintenance paraphernalia all displayed by product, not brand. So, if you want a moisturiser, that’s where you head. Simple.