Shopping has always been a popular pastime, particularly among the affluent and the Regency was no different. Living at the dawn of the industrial era, the selection of goods available was larger than at any other time before in history. The large department stores of the Victorian era was yet to come but companies such as Debenhams, Fortnum & Mason and Harvey Nichols started out in Georgian times as haberdashers, grocers and linen drapers that soon expanded their line of goods to attract a wider range of customers. Shopping centers on the other hand are nothing new, as the different exchanges, arcades and bazaars of the Regency can testify to. Let's go shopping!
Streets to shop: Jermyn Street. Burlington Arcade. Bond Street. Oxford Street. Saville Row. Floris.
Good page on shopping in Regency England
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