“It’s an age-old destination that understands luxury,” says Alex Eagle, whose own eponymous one-stop shop and gallery opened on the street late last year in a three-story Georgian townhouse with an intimate feel. Eagle’s eclectic selection sees Philip Arctander clam chairs and Picasso ceramics sold side-by-side with women’s wear from Christophe Lemaire and Fernando Jorge jewelry. “This is a place to hang out, read, work and try on clothes. It should feel as though you’re shopping from my wardrobe,” says Eagle, who can often be found fixing espressos for friends in the open-to-all kitchen on the top floor. Though she currently shuttles between London and Berlin, where she is creative director of The Store x Soho House Berlin, Eagle still calls Walton Street home. Below, she shares her favorite haunts there — just in time for the international fashion set’s arrival for the fall/winter 2015 runways in London.
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Scalini
“This family-run trattoria serves the most delicious homemade pasta. It’s great local Italian and it has been there for years.”
1-3 Walton Street, London SW3 2JD, U.K. scalinilondon.co.uk
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Maurizio Pintaldi
“Run by a great couple — he’s Sicilian, she’s French — they make wonderfully understated fine jewelry.”
182 Walton Street, London SW3 2JL, U.K., mauriziopintaldi.com
Andrew Martin
“It’s a higgledy-piggledy old-school bazaar with a mix of antiques and new furniture that’s fun to poke around in. It caters to more masculine tastes — with Pac-Man arcade games and James Dean signatures.”
198-200 Walton Street, London SW3 2JL, U.K., andrewmartin.co.uk
