This is Niklas Ekstedt. Star Swedish chef, whom Sandqvist have collaborated with to design this beautiful apron. We love Sandqvist because their products just get better looking with age!

Want to know what’s inspiring us in Europe? Follow Nicola and Orlando on their buying trip on Instagram. You can find us at ‘thestandardstore’. Or if you don’t have instagram, you can see what’s going on, on Webstagram. They’ve been …

The Standard Store sale. Oh it’s a good one!

Tom has been and gone like a slow, literary whirlwind. When Orlando and Nicola opened the shop last year, stocking The Idler books, was top of their list. So it was a real treat when Tom Hodgkinson, (author/editor/genius of The …

If you missed out the first time, this is your second chance at Chinti and Parker cashmere. I think they’re the best thing about winter. That and mushroom soup. Other colours in store too.

Turn the page of a book. Tie your shoelaces. Pinch someone’s cheeks. Instagram, tweet, text. Eat small finger food, till your heart’s content with these super smart gloves from Etre. Two styles available,Touchy being the one with the fore finger and …

I wish I got the guy’s name who just came into the store and said that. Priceless. And he is right. This living terrarium will calm you like a zen garden and is way easier than looking after a fish …

Look! Beautiful new pieces from Folk! Rain jackets just in perfect time for this weather in washed down red and navy. I love the blue block printed shirt and the oatmeal bag pant. Folk never lasts long in here, so …

The best place at Tio’s is a spot at the bar. Unless of course it’s Tuesday 5th June and you are part of our Wool And The Gang, gang. Then the best seat is around our long table , glowing …

Some things in life are a necessity , not a luxury, and when it comes to wardrobe staples you can not go past the breton tee. It’s a timeless classic that will never go out of fashion. My first ( …

We love our Mum’s to bits! and what better way to spend Mother’s Day than at our favourite local hang out…

If you walked past the store recently you would have seen us celebrating the birth arrival of our collaboration with Tricker’s. More than a few bubbles have been shared and clinked together since we first took them out of their shoe …