Pop Up
YAYOI KUSAMA X LOUIS VUITTON
Harrods is celebrating the latest collab between legendary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton with a totally dotty immersive pop-up. As well as pieces from the range on display, there’s an animatronic Kusama in the window, a claw machine where you can win prizes, a free photobooth, a patisserie counter stocked with colourful choux buns and eclairs, and of course, there are polka dots absolutely everywhere, with mirrored surfaces creating that infinity room feel. There’s no need to book, so walk on in and explore.
FROM THE ASHES AT DEVIANT & DANDY
They’ve shut up the hatch in Hackney Wick where it all started and but the From The Ashes crew are bringing their BBQ back east for a one-off pop up at the Deviant & Dandy taproom in Hackney Central. The trio will be serving up a very limited menu – aka ribs – with the D&D team taking care of the brews. Once the meat is gone, it’s gone, so you’ll want to get there when they start serving at 1pm!
ANYA'ZZZ
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Anya Hindmarch is back with another pop-up and this one is all about sleep. Anya’ZZZ, a soft and serene space dedicated to helping you catch those zzzs with ease, is filled with a range of sleep products from the likes of Dyson, Lumie and Mono Pillow. You’ll also be able to check out the Anya Hindmarch sleep capsule collection, which includes all over eyes sleep masks and Corn Flakes pyjamas, and get involved in workshops led by world-renowned sleep experts.
Following their autumn pop-up at Louie Louie in Kennington, Retan, the supperclub from sommelier and chef team Cameron Dewar and Josh Dallaway, is pitching up at Renegade Winery in Walthamstow. The menu will feature dishes like Chalk Stream trout crudo with winter citrus, urfa chilli & buttermilk; Norfolk guinea fowl with baked squash & pumpkin seed pesto; and Peterhead pollock with Mayan Golds & sauce Americaine, with a wine selection curated by Cameron. As well as running the set menu, Retan will offer a £15 plat du jour menu on Wednesdays and a regularly changing bar snack menu.
After a successful inaugural pop-up on Carnaby Street in the autumn, Are You Mad is back with a second edition – this time on Soho’s Berwick Street. The concept makes recycling visible and comes as an experiment in circularity and creativity, finding inventive ways to give plastic a second life. By collecting high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene from broken hangers, milk bottles, bottle caps, and food crates, Are You Mad is able to turn the single-use materials into over 100 different useful products for sale at the limited-time shop. Now, you can drop by and turn your coffee cup lids, shampoo bottles and takeaway cutlery into the likes of coasters, hair combs, incense holders and fruit bowls all with that signature recycled plastic marbled effect.
Jermyn Street is taking a layer of stress off of your Christmas shopping by pedestrianising the whole strip for one full day. Right in the heart of St James, the historic shopping street is lined with some of the city’s finest men’s tailors, shirt makers, suppliers of leather goods, food and wine merchants, restaurants, hotels and art galleries and now you’ll be able to enjoy them without a constant hum of traffic. To sweeten the deal even more, there’ll be a whole host of circus-inspired entertainment, including theatrical performers, gospel singers, DJs, mirrored ballerinas and LED jugglers. And if you’re feeling peckish, you’ll be able to grab a bite to eat at the KERB-curated street food market, meanwhile, Nyetimber will be serving up fizz from a stationary Routemaster bus. But wave bye bye to your car or bus, they can’t join you here, this event is for bipeds only.
THE COLLECTIVE
- Monday: 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
- Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Thursday: 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 10:30 PM
- Saturday: 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
ONE Essentials, a premium circular basics brand, has teamed up with slow fashion specialists Saywood Studio to launch pop-up shop ‘The Collective’ in Leyton this December. Taking over the residency space at Yardarm, ‘The Collective’ will feature a selection of local and independent brands selling a range of sustainable ceramics, homeware, scent, jewellery and clothing.
MALTBY STREET CHRISTMAS MARKET
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: Closed
- Thursday: Closed
- Friday: 5:00 – 9:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
It’s Friday, you’ve just left work in SE1 and you realise you’ve completely forgotten to get into the Christmas spirit. There’s only one thing to do – head to Maltby Street’s seasonal night market. The cobblestone streets are decked (think trees, wreaths and LOTS of fairy lights), the street food stalls have rolled out the festive specials, gifts abound and there’s live music, so it’s sure to have you feeling merry. Warm yourself by a barrel of mulled wine and treat yourself to a Christmas sandwich made with 3D printed ‘new meat’ – ‘tis the season!
ECCLESTON YARDS CHRISTMAS MARKET
A Christmas market is popping up in Eccleston Yards with a whole range of gifts to shop, including homewares, accessories, jewellery, art, ceramics and baked goods, with 20 makers curated by Studio Pottery London. There’ll be live music, seasonal food and mulled wine on offer too to make it extra festive.
Shop from traditional and contemporary Japanese arts and crafts at this spesh Yokimono market curated by Furuki Yo-Kimono. There’ll be ceramics, illustrations, vintage kimono, stationery, clothing, jewellery and more made in Japan or produced by Japanese artists in London on offer, alongside lots of Japanese food, sweets and tea. With live music, furoshiki gift wrapping, kimono dressing, and tea ceremony demos too, there’ll be plenty to keep you entertained in between all that shopping and snacking.
SNOWDAY IN BROOKLYN
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM
- Sunday: 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM
Westbourne Grove’s resident American, Sunday in Brooklyn, is rolling out the snow carpet this Christmas for their seasonal pop-up. The ground floor of the restaurant has been transformed into a cosy winter wonderland full of twinkly lights, baubles and blankets. The cocktail list has been given a festive makeover too, with 15 new and limited-time drinks making an appearance. Expect the likes of the Grinch Don’t Kill My Vibe (mezcal, pisco, menthe, cacao, douglas fir & patchouli), Hot for Santa (mezcal, krupnik honey, cassis, hot apple cider, ginger beer, lime & horseradish) and Dude, Where’s My Sled? (Japanese gin, calvados, apple, basil, celery, porcini, blueberry, lime & absinthe). Cheers to that!
Harry Styles is bringing his beauty brand Pleasing back to London and just in time for the holidays (and to mark the brand’s first birthday, so it’s a double celebration). The pop-up shop will be stocked with Pleasing nail polishes, cosmetics and clothing, with plenty of in-store exclusives and pieces from past collections, available to buy. The space itself will look very aesthetically pleasing too, so there’ll be plenty to snap for socials whilst you shop for Christmas gifts too.