Dar Leone's Blog

• Jet Style

  Friday Jun 01 2018

  

  We are thrilled to be featured in this month's easy of Easy Jet Traveller magazine. Our Weekender bag now comes with Easy Jet's seal of approval.   

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• 12 Best Hammam Towels

  Saturday Apr 28 2018

  

  How lovely for our Babooshe Tunisian hammam towels to be included in The Independent's latest round of the 12 best hammam towels.    Dar Leone Coral Fouta: £22.50, Dar Leone...

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• Best of Clerkenwell Design

  Thursday Feb 22 2018

  Thank you to Culture Trip for including us in their latest round up of the best home design boutiques in Clerkenwell. It's an absolute honor and we are thrilled.  (excerpt...

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• Hello Sierra Bay

  Wednesday Feb 21 2018

  

  In a few days, we welcome the arrival of our new range Sierra Bay. A salute to the classical beauty of West African Baule cloth, Sierra Bay is exemplified by...

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• Cirque Musa joins the tribe

  Thursday Sep 07 2017

  

  September 7, 2017 Introducing CIRQUE MUSA, the latest member of our design tribe. We went back to the well on this one and were inspired by vintage kpokpo cloth from...

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• LA life

  Friday Sep 23 2016

  

  This summer we had the great pleasure of meeting LA design maven Molly Schoneveld when she scouted Islington looking for niche shopping outposts.  We are truly thrilled to be included...

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• Savane coming this A/W

  Monday Sep 05 2016

  

  As summer draws to a close, we prepare for the A/W season with a brand new textile collection: SAVANE.      In a continuing nod to vintage Sierra Leonean country...

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• Summertime Style

  Saturday Aug 27 2016

  

    A huge THANK YOU to The Times' fashion editor Anna Murphy for a brilliant mention in this week's Times 2 supplement below.    Our Dea Hots travel bag continues...

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• High in Style features Dar Leone

  Tuesday May 17 2016

  We are delighted to be included in the latest edition of the online magazine High in Style. Editor Karolina Barnes' beautiful shots of our flagship store in Islington evoke the...

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• A View of our outpost on Chadwell Street

  Friday Mar 18 2016

  

  March 18, 2016 After ages of focusing on the set up of our very first (and only) trading post on Chadwell Street (Islington); our new hub of contemporary African interior...

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• Top Drawer 2016

  Wednesday Jan 20 2016

  January 20, 2016 Happy New Year everyone!   We started the New Year at Dar Leone with a bang at Stand J6 Top Drawer Spring Show at Olympia. On show,...

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• A Shop in Islington

  Friday Nov 20 2015

  November 20, 2015 Thank you Islington for a brilliant first day in our new home at 1 Chadwell Street. We are around the side of Sadler's Wells and a minutes...

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