Shopping reviews

If you are refurnishing your house and would like to have a few items for showing off with your visitors or breaking the ice, visit Paxton Gate in San Francisco. The shop opened by two landscape designers have all kinds of items ranging from a bit funny to outright bizarre.

There are stuffed anim... More >

Penninn Eymundsson is the largest bookstore in Iceland, and it has surprisingly big and good English books section. Other languages can be found, too, but the selection is tilted towards Nordic languages. Unfortunately the books are somewhat more pricey than in the mainland.

The store has a good ... More >

Pentik is one of the less known Finnish design houses. Their products are not shown in Wallpaper, but they are still part of Finnish heritage. Maybe the reason for exclusion is the rustic focus. Most of their items looks good on Finnish summer cottages.

They have a largish store on the basement l... More >

Petit Bateau brings French charm and design to children's clothing. Their range is typically colourful, but still a bit subdued so that the clothes do not jump on your face.

The clothes are usually quite expensive -- especially when compared to GAP Kids or such -- and thus the outlet in Central V... More >

Phillips Gallery of Fine Art is, as name implies, an art gallery specialising to contemporary American arts. The gallery is located on Santana Row area, next to Gucci and Burberry stores, so prepare for hefty pricetags.

The gallery has a good collection of paintings from various artists. Most of ... More >

Plaza 66 hosts the most exclusive brand boutiques found in Shanghai. You can empty your wallet, for example, in Prada, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Bvlgari, Cartier, Chanel, Dior or Boss shop. And this was only the first floor, the list could be continued with lesser brands from the second and third floor.... More >

Polarn o. Pyret, or PO.P for short, is a refreshing children clothing shop on third floor in Kamppi shopping mall. Coming from Sweden, the clothes combine Scandinavian design with a flavour of casuality. The end result reminds me, somehow -- dont' ask why, urban people dressing for being on the coun... More >

PO.P (for Polarn O. Pyret) is a Swedish originated children clothing store chain that has its Tallinn store in Kristiine shopping center, a few kilometers from the city center.

The PO.P clothes are traditional, very Scandinavic and relaxed. Their signature is a stripe pattern that you can find in... More >

Helsinki is not the best place to search for top-notch brand children clothing, but there are a few places here and there. One of them is Pompii, centrally located in Simonkenttä -- next to Kamppi shopping mall. Burberry is their main lure, and they carry also a bit cheaper brands, such as Timberla... More >

Porsche Design flagship store on Kurfürstendamm has a wide range of ultra-designed items on its shelves. The variety can boggle your mind: shoes, luggage, pens, pipes, pocket knives, glasses, and host of other items.

Everything has been designed with the same principles, and it shows. You can mi... More >