This iconic corner of East London is home to a unique mix of independent shops, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, a weekday food market, and a fantastic Sunday street market.
Goff Courtney
‘Distilled clothing’ label Goff Courtney splices tailoring, shirting, knitwear and outerwear into easy layering and hybrid pieces – spanning scarves, aprons, capelets, cardi-shirts, bolero-blouses, armwear and textile necklaces. Defying age, size and gender, the ‘softwear’ and ‘soft jewellery’ address today’s changing lifestyles, climes – and waistlines! A selection of vintage pieces, accessories and books are also for sale.
Founded by Yvonne Goff Courtney – a Finalist in the Barbour & Vogue Centenary Design Competition (out of 500+ entries) – and following in the footsteps of her grandfather, whose outerwear business was based up the road near St Paul’s.
Intermission
The bijoux shop at No. 1 Royal Exchange has additional ‘secret’ floors accessed via a spiral staircase. These house design showspace Intermission, with architect partner Misha Stefan. His ‘soft expressionist’ artworks splice buildings into dynamic forms to explore a future world – and have been exhibited at galleries in London, Athens, Lanzarote, St Petersburg and New York.
