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Harrods Department Store

87-125 Knightsbridge

SW1 London

No-one can visit London without at least shopping in Harrods Department Store in exclusive Knightsbridge. Although it began life as an English store it has changed hands many times over the years and today it is controlled and owned by the infamous business tycoon Mohammed Al-Fayed. Other than Harrods being  his claim to fame he was also the father of Dodi -the man Princess Diana was dining with the night she died in that fateful car crash in Paris.

Going to visit Harrods is a fantastic experience because it depicts British shopping history and tastes through the years and there is also a marvellous amount of expensive architecture show-casing the nostalgic element that is so lacking in other department stores in London.

You don’t have be rich to be able to afford things from a department store-just be selective in what you can afford. It could be for a special occasion,a birthday, a celebration or some expensive item of clothing,household items or furniture that you wish to splurge on. I usually love to save and spend on buying an expensive woollen coat,shoes and a handbag-things that will last and look good. What you need to avoid is the perfumery and the make-up department because unless there is a unique and special item you are looking for and can only get it at Harrods-shop elsewhere because they will be a lot less in Oxford Street or your local store. What I am trying to emphasise is don’t throw money away on something you can buy from a regular store for example don’t buy your regular hair-colour for £50.00 just because its Harrods-when you can get for £6.00 in the local chemist. Ofcourse being Knightsbridge there is going to be a huge mark-up because of the name,and the council tax that Al-Fayed is paying for twelve thousand light bulbs lighting up the exterior of the building: of which a mere three hundred need replacing every night-needless to say there must be rotation pattern to this.

Harrods has something exclusive for everyone like food,chocolate,sun-glasses,shoes,scarves,leather-goods and so much more. For women I think the fashion floors are worth looking into-especially the sweater section because they so full of exclusive designs from some the most expensive mills in Scotland. They also stock specific designer items from many exclusive brand names like Armani,Dior,Chanel,Fendi,Dolce&Gabbana and much more.

The items I think worth going for and even save for are stuff like real jewellery,watches,bone-china dishes-tureens,chandeliers stuff you will only buy once. Instead of spending on cheap decorative items like vases,lamp-stands,paintings go and have a look at the collection in Harrods and pick out stuff-invariably in the sales at Christmas time and the Summer at lot is reduced to half-price and pick up a bargain . I have done this and once I have got fed up I tend to sell it on ebay or in a boot sale and usually its worth it- I recouped part of what I spent on it.

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