My exclusive invite to OSPREY HOME in St Albans – a beautiful lifestyle store














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Towards the end of last year I was approached by a PR offering me an exclusive invite to visit British luxury leather brand Osprey London’s lifestyle store in the Hertfordshire to meet designer Graeme Ellisdon. At the time I had a very busy schedule which proved to be problematic as I could not pick a date which was suitable for me and Graeme. November and December are both extremely busy months for me due to the Christmas season so it was put on hold for a few weeks. Osprey London’s PR girl didn’t give up and was very eager for me to visit and right after new year we managed to arrange a date for my visit.

I met her at a London railway station on a very cold day and off we went to the countryside of Hertfordshire in St Albans, where a taxi waited to take us to the store. The entire city was covered in a thick blanket of snow and as we drove, all I could see was vast open spaces and lots of trees. It was a sight of beauty and I was spending all of the time looking out of the window, with feelings of fascination. When we reached our destination, it looked like a farm from a distance. With good reason too – the building used to be a barn. Brand Communicator Axia Gaitskell-Kendrick and Graeme Ellisdon both gave me a very warm welcome and then briefly told me about the history of the brand. They then took me on a tour of the beautiful contemporary lifestyle store which contains bespoke rugs and furniture made from salvaged fishing boats. I took a shine to the Saddlery Café as it looked and felt very cosy inside – much like being inside an old wooden house log cabin, and the food is locally sourced.

The sheer range of products on sale is most impressive – with everything from leather goods, jewellery, clothes, fragrances to many very unique looking homeware accessories. I loved my time there and there too many things I wanted to buy!

Editor of BoyMeetsFashion.com. I eat, sleep & breathe fashion. Love the arts. Named as the 8th Top Fashion Insider by Daily Telegraph. Featured in TATLER's Bystander (four times). Described as one of London's "most stylish" people by Daily Mail. Named and featured in Evening Standard's "the Capital's Most Influential" article. I have written for The Times, Stylist Magazine, Harrods, Huffington Post, DUNE and Debenhams.

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