29 February 2008

Unique Hits

Few and Far Shop Opens

Happy leap year. Use and abuse this extra day to the max, because February 29s are few and far between.

As are the objects for sale at Few and Far. The shop, which officially opens tomorrow, comes from Priscilla Carluccio — wife of restaurateur Antonio and younger sister of Terence Conran. Now in her 70s, Carluccio has been a driving force behind The Conran Shop and Habitat stores for years; finally she’s focusing her magpie eye on her own Aladdin’s cave.

Find trinkets for the home alongside jewellery, handmade clothing, vintage toys, quirky stationery, scented candles, baskets, hand-blown glass and silk flowers, all of which are offered in limited quantities. And fresh chocolate cake is sold on Fridays.

Few and Far may be a small step for a woman. But in this current mass-produced universe?

It’s one giant leap for mankind.

Few and Far, 242 Brompton Road, SW3 2BB (020 7225 7070 or fewandfar.net).