Salvatore Ferragamo is a renowned Italian fashion house, specializing in men's and women's shoes,…read moreas well as handbags, clothing and various other fashion accessories. The brand occupies an upmarket position in the luxury fashion industry and is particularly famous for its high quality leather products. Ferragamo shoes are especially praised for their comfort; the founder having dedicating considerable efforts to finding a formula for the shoe that fits the foot perfectly. The result is the glorious combination of stunning comfort and elegant design of the modern collections footwear. The shop offers a wide choice of men's and ladies' shoes, including the classic official corporate models as well as more casual and some sports oriented. It's also particularly popular with women for its purses and handbags. The men's general clothes section usually also has quiet a few high quality garments on offer. The designs are variable to anyone's taste, but the general trend of the brand is geared toward classic elegance. The prices are very considerable, but given the guaranteed excellence in quality of whatever you buy, it's certainly worth it.

No snobbishness, the service is polite and attentive. Love their classic shoes, such as Audrey and…read moreballerina. Probably the best shoes I have ever worn, and their style is timelessly classic. If you wish to look elegant, this is the right place for you. I also recommend their clutches and purses, bought one purse four years ago and it still looks beautiful. Leather is their strength, so don't forget to look at the handbags too.

So you need some running shoes First thing to do is find your way into the shop. Which means…read morewalking through the bike shop. Once in, forget browsing the shelves. You need help. No seriously. Fashion is out the window. All that matters here is that you get shoes that fit and suit your gait. The assistant will inspect your current footwear for wear patterns (so it's best if you wear something old). They'll then suggest a shoe. If you are very lucky you might even get a choice. But please don't comment on the colour. Next you get to try them out: maybe on the treadmill, maybe running up and down the pavement outside (yes, in public). If they do the job, you are going home with them. If they're ugly you'll just have to get them covered in mud quickly. Clean shoes are not cool in running circles anyway Seriously though, the point of coming to a place like this is to get properly fitted. Assistants in many of the chain 'sports' stores actually have no idea about the mysteries of gaits and arches, and could well sell you a shoe that can lead to injury. I have especially hard to fit feet (unusually small and broad) and they struggled to find me a shoe first visit. I ended up getting a discontinued shoe from another shop, but what I'd found out at Runners Need helped. Since, with my gait having changed somewhat as I've got fitter, they've been able to sort me out no trouble. Though it's strange coming to a shoe shop and being told only one shoe suits your foot! Certainly speeds things up for a terminal ditherer like me. Of course, you can also get other stuff here, like socks, bum bags, water bottles and sports bars. But it's the shoes that are the main thing

GREAT shop for anyone interested in or dedicated to running, from the complete beginner to the…read moreserious athlete. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable - they are all runners themselves and know their stuff! I came here to get my first pair of running shoes and was fitted for them very professionally. My gait was analysed on a special running machine so that they could recommend the correct pair of shoes for me. The products are expensive, but they are top quality and worth the money. Definitely recommend!

Love this place. Actually amazing! Blackman's Shoes sell Dr. Martens and Solivar for an amazing…read moreprice. In addition, the owner of the store was the best. He was so friendly and helped us from the very beginning. The store had basically any size you needed, but only sold a couple of styles. Even though there weren't many styles to choose from, they had the most popular ones. I bought the Black Fine Haircell Boot from Dr. Martens here for 89 Euros and the 8 Eye Derby Boot from Solivar for also 89 Euros. Everything you buy here is affordable and at a reasonable price for these brands. Definitely advise you coming here if you are looking for cheap and popular brand name shoes!

Updating to five stars after successfully finding the shop open. The proprietor is very…read moreknowledgeable about shoes and very dedicated to helping you find the right shoe for you. The store has an amazing selection of Solovair and DMs. Worth a visit! Two notes: 1. It's cash only, no card or Apple Pay 2. The hours online don't match the actual store hours ( see notes below) --------------------------- On Yelp, Blackman's listing shows them as open on Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday. I made a trip all the way across London on Tuesday morning only to find that they are not open Tuesday at all. Their hours are Thursday through Saturday 12-5, according to the sign on their shuttered storefront. Honestly, how difficult is it to keep your hours on Yelp up to date? That trip across London wasted 90 minutes.

We heard the adidas flagship store had Oasis swag, so we went there. If you are looking for large…read moreand extra large sizes, they have them in spades. Everything is high quality as you would expect from adidas. The store is wicked stylish and large. Easy queue for check out and fittings. Perfectly located on Oxford Street across from Selfridges, the Flagship store is great if you love the sneakers, the style, and the quality.

Adidas fans this a cool experience! It has 4 floors of all and anything Adidas! The energy is hip…read moreand high! You can personalized jerseys and design shirts here and the turn around was quick! The staff are very knowledgeable of the products.

Paramo is one of the many, many outdoor clothing shops available to the public in Covent Garden. It…read morebasically sells jackets, and jacket accessories! We're talking two floors of heavy, heavy jacketing. Green ones to camoflague you in the forests, white ones to camoflauge you in snow. Brown ones to make you look down to earth (get it) and red ones. The jackets are of exceptional quality - they feel very light and very silky, but retain warmth like a champion of warmth retainers. Staff are very friendly, well up for a joke and a bit of banter. Fact of the day told by one of the floor assistants - You lose bodyheat 25% faster in water then in air. Fascinating, non? They also sell things like waterproofing spray for clothes, to try and negative this 25% bodyheat loss. Their clothing is designed to allow skin to breathe but also moves sweat across the surface of the body, causing maximum evaporation leading to cooling on the inside but staying warmth on the out. Expensive jackets nonetheless, look to be spending about £200! A nice little place though.

I was very pleased with the service offered by Paramo. I live in Staffordshire and felt…read moredisgruntled that I would miss out on the recent one day sale. Oh no! I ordered some gaiters that arrived post free, together with a bottle of complimenrty Tech Wash and 104 loyalty points were added to my account. The gaiters proved to be the wrong size (my fault) but have been changed and delivered in less than a week. My only negative is that I would prefer to shop personally and don't have a Paramo store near me. Pauline Rooker

If you do ballet or ballroom dancing you likely already know Freed. Their shoes are amazingly…read morebeautiful and comfortable. I went here on a Saturday afternoon looking to buy a new pair of character shoes. Luckily I got there before a huge line up of girls looking for pointe shoe fittings and adults looking for ballroom shoes free to out the door. I couldn't find my size, but they were extremely helpful and patient. Even with a crowd they give you full, professional and undivided attention. The staff in this shop are truly wonderful and the pointe shoe fittings were thorough and well informed. I ended up leaving with a glamorous pair or sparkly ballroom heels that I'll use for Concert performances. A must visit for any dancer.

I suppose looking at me know that one would never guess I trained for the ballet. Like Topsy I just…read moregrew and grew. My friend became a Prima Ballerina with the Royal Ballet..by 15 I was too tall. My first ballet shoes and character shoes came from here. We would order tights and shoes while on tour, in the Med and the Far East, from here and they would be swift to arrive. 'Frederick Freed Ballet' is still going strong - nearly 80 years after the ballet shop was opened by Frederick - it's still pirouetting on. As a pattern-cutter for ballet shoe designers, every week Fred's father would put aside half a sovereign for his son - allowing Fred by the 1930s, to open his own store. Freed's provided the first made-to-measure service and clients including Anna Pavlova and Margot Fonteyn who would wear out her shoes in just two performances.I have had the same pair of pointe shoes since I was 19! Every professional ballet dancer is fussy about their footwear. So much so that each shoe is hand-made to an exact specification. Good things should last the test of time - they should remain and remind us all of what once was and how life used to be - it's important in the ever changing London. 'Freed of London' make 40% of the world's ballet shoes - about 200,000 shoes a year.

So this is a tiny tiny Nike store in terms of merchandise and size, but they organise running…read moregroups four times a week for all sorts of runners. Mondays: Women's 5K or 7K. Wednesdays: Mixed 5K, 7K, 10K. Friday mornings: Mixed, 7K. Sunday mornings: LONG ASS RUNS. This is also in addition to the Nike Training Club classes! Pretty impressive for a small store, I'll say. I go primarily to the Monday sessions and do the 7K, which is a normal, short-ish running distance for me. But you'll get an entirely different workout with the pacers, who make you do all sorts of intervals and sometimes all-body training. It's a great workout while also being a lot of fun. The huge thing is that the pacers aren't your annoying, cliche perky cheerleaders; they're actually down-to-earth, relaxed, and amazing at what they do. They'll take care of the whole group and let you work at your pace. If you're faster, they add in extra workouts to challenge you; if you're slower, they will stay with you and figure out how to guide the group so that you'll be able to catch up. Everyone's really friendly, too. Not the type of competitive atmosphere you'd expect! So if you're ever thinking of trying to run shorter or longer distances more regularly with the support of a friendly group, definitely pop by one of the days they run together. If you can't make those specific days, they also encourage you to check out the store on Oxford Street that runs Tuesdays and Thursdays (ladies), though having been to the other one once I'd say that this one is more organised and more like a collective. And did I mention that after 10 runs, you get a free T-shirt? I know what this sounds like, but I PROMISE I'm not being sponsored by them. I'm just SO STOKED by what they offer and just can't believe that more people don't take advantage of this!! Oh, and I guess their stuff is pretty nice and slick, too. ;)

Of all of my global travels & shopping, I experienced the THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE in this Nike…read morestore. Here's my story. I bought a pair of sneakers here and unbeknownst to me at that time, they were half size too small. I wore them the next day and walked over 9 miles around London. By the end of the day my toes were so much in pain that I went straight back to the same store to buy another pair just in a bigger size. This is where THOMAS, THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDER EVER, comes to into the picture. He professionally explained the sizing for me and guided me to the correct size. I thanked him and asked if there's a way to make an exchange instead of buying another £129 pair to replace the ones I didn't need and he told me that it's not the norm, but considering the situation he will make the exchange. I didn't have the box or receipt with me so I offered to go to my hotel to pick them up. Thomas said that he doesn't need the box because the shoes cannot be sold again and asked if I had a mobile bank statement to proof my purchase. Thanks to Amex app, I pulled up the receipt and walked away with perfect pair and happy face. The moral of the story is that a combination of a great company like Nike, that allows their employees to make decisions based on each situation and doesn't strangle them with strict guidelines; and a fantastic employee like Thomas, who has the capacity to see the big picture and creativity to find a solution, is a winning combination. I will keep buying Nike product and when in London only shop in their Neal Street store. And I truly wish there were more retailers and employees like Nike & Thomas! Thank you both!

Office is Office, it's pretty much the same wherever it's located…read more This store is located on Kings Road. They have a great selection of shoes, boots and trainers. I bought some brogues here once which lasted me a while although I haven't shopped here in quite some time due to my changing taste in shoes. They do have a wide selection so you are bound to find something you like in Office.

I like this office a lot because it is a small one, but they seem to have a selection of the best…read moreboots (probably because it is on the kings road..ooo). The staff are overly friendly and helpful, one woman helped me choose my winter boots last year which my gran bought me for christmas. Whoop. The clientele are generally posh and have money to spend, so it is always really busy. I felt very inclassy in there, but nevermind! It is always fun to pretend. As well as office brand shoes, they have bigger names such as red or dead. This office has some of the more expensive range on offer. A good place to get some shoesies at an affordable price!