Claire de Rouen has a new location
Nearly 20 years after first launching above Soho Original Books on Charing Cross Road, Claire de Rouen has opened a new home in Shoreditch. The space at 11A Kingsland Road sits beneath the Overground tracks in a former tattoo parlour and will host exhibitions, talks, launches and signings alongside its shelves of hard-to-find books, magazines and ephemera.
Founded by the late Claire de Rouen in 2005, the shop became a pilgrimage spot for photographers, fashion students, artists and magazine obsessives hunting down rare monographs, erotic publishing and independent print. Over the years, everyone from Alexander McQueen to young CSM students passed through its cramped Soho space.
Since reopening in Bethnal Green in 2022 under Lucy Kumara Moore and Lilly Markaki, the bookstore has expanded its focus towards contemporary publishing, radical print and female-led voices. The Shoreditch move feels like a natural fit and another exciting chapter in the life of this cult venue.
Key Information
Address | 11A Kingsland Rd, London E2 8AA
For more information | @clairederouenbooks
Photo credit: @clairederouenbooks
