Liberty was founded in 1875, but the present Marlborough Street site, with its ships\u2019 timbers and leaded windows, was built in the 1920s. The interconnecting jumble of rooms, with the odd fireplace and cushioned window seat, makes for an intimate feel \u2013 as if you\u2019ve strayed into a private room in a stately house. It\u2019s not an accident, founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty wanted customers to feel as if they were exploring someone\u2019s home, keeping the shopping galleries small, albeit linked to three rather grand atriums.<\/p>\n
Although Liberty trades well on its history, it constantly squeezes innovation into its wood-panelled rooms. Alongside one of the best edits for fashion shopping in the world, in 2011 it expanded its men\u2019s floor, adding a huge tailoring and accessories chamber packed full of posh undies. The Paper Room soon followed on the ground floor with micro-floral Liberty print stationery and gifts, and then the Dining Room opened \u2013 quirky cookware and gadgetry in a space modelled on the kitchen in Downton Abbey.<\/p>\n
French publishing powerhouse Assouline opened its Literary Lounge on the ground floor, where you can flick through fashion, art and photography coffee-table books (which are, oddly, the size of coffee tables). The Beauty Hall then doubled in size with ten new brands \u2013 their counters manned by an eerily beautiful staff. And five new treatment rooms are set to open.<\/p>\n
Unapologetically eccentric and truly innovative, Liberty is a London icon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_job_location":"Regent Street London W1B 5AH","_company_website":"liberty.co.uk","_company_tagline":"Dive into the world of Liberty print.","_company_twitter":"@LibertyLondon","_filled":0,"_featured":0},"job_listing_region":[],"job_listing_category":[45,41],"job_listing_type":[12],"job_listing_tag":[47,178,73,60,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-739","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_category-furniture-home","6":"job_listing_category-shops","7":"job_listing_type-shop","8":"job_listing_tag-accepts-credit-cards","9":"job_listing_tag-contact-form","10":"job_listing_tag-familykids-friendly","11":"job_listing_tag-special","12":"job_listing_tag-wheelchair-accessible","13":"claimed","15":"job-type-shop"},"yoast_head":"\n