Unfortunately there aren’t many interior shops that really grab my attention, London does have a large range to choose from, but it’s more a case of buying bits and pieces from different shops scattered all over town. But during my recent visit to Florence, I was introduced to a shop called Flair as it was where Silia retail some of their products, and this visit helped to give me a new perspective on shopping for interiors. The last recession really took it’s toll on the retail market, so many shops closed across Europe. Alongside the closure of brick and mortar shops, the number of experimental online shops exploded. While I love exploring online and do shop online quite a bit, when you’re in the interiors market, there is still a lot of value in seeing a product, experiencing a product and just simply being in the same space as a product. At Flair, we were greeted by the very glamorous Alessandra who showed us around. This interiors heaven gave me a glimpse into what I think to be the future of interiors retail. A space that’s highly edited and curated, which gives the buyer a sense of the design ethos or lifestyle that he/she aspires […]
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