"Liberty is the chosen resort of the artistic shopper" pronounced wit, and regular client, Oscar Wilde.
Arthur Liberty’s vision for his store was an emporium that offered stylish and hand-made decorative items and fabrics from around world, and objects from the leading designers of the day. Liberty has always had a point of view; Arthur Liberty once said “I was determined not to follow existing fashions but create new ones.”
Founded in 1875, by the 1890s, Liberty had become a go-to for designers shaping the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. In fact, the store's influence was so strong that in Italy, Art Nouveau became known as Stile Liberty or Liberty Style. Today, Liberty's Tudor-style building just off London's Regent Street is as much a landmark as the designs it houses. Step through the Flower Shop entrance, and you're met with six stories of carved timber interiors, grand fireplaces, and winding staircases—a shopping experience like no other.