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  • Shopping in London

    1 March 2018

    Shopping in London isn’t what it was, even what it was in 2000, when Shelf Appeal moved down. There are...

  • They stay up

    1 January 2018

    Socks are famously a Christmas present for men. Along with, or instead of, a Boots gift box of Old Spice...

  • Braemar number

    25 September 2017

    Shelf Appeal has accumulated a few pieces of ephemera advertising the Braemar wool clothing label. They used fashion illustration very...

  • Wolsey weekending

    5 March 2017

    Shelf Appeal is a fan of Wolsey advertising from the first half of the 20th century. It came in two...

  • January sale

    29 December 2016

    The department store Jones & Higgins of Peckham, London closed in 1980 and I missed visiting it. Established in Rye...

  • Liberty’s blouses

    5 July 2015

    Shelf Appeal has never liked Summer. It is undignified. Far too much bunting related gaiety, outdoorsy organized activity and heat....

  • The right ski-wear

    11 January 2015

    Snow is a funny thing. It looks pretty but it doesn’t play pretty. Unless you sport. Then it has a...

  • Lasts and patterns

    18 October 2014

    Shelf Appeal doesn’t contain a lot of American graphics and design. It’s a world of nice things I know very...

  • Looking out to sea

    28 July 2013

    Don’t get me started on modern magazine cover design. Instead let’s hark back to the days of 1937 old, when,...

  • Burberry weather

    7 April 2013

    Liverpool in 1955 was doubtless (in terms of weather) as Liverpool in 2013. Ergo, if you were living there then...

  • Top cat

    24 March 2013

    Shelf Appeal is not just about the appeal of old things. Walking down Oxford Street the other day (or doing...

  • Paper bag writer

    1 December 2012

    I have said it before – one person’s tat is another person’s ephemeral slice of apple pie and cream. Not...

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