Inspitalfields

I was browsing this shop with my mum on a day out for her birthday. I casually took a photo of a product on display. I often do this in shops leading up to Christmas or a birthday to help me collect gift ideas which nearly always leads me to buying my favourite items on another visit. Alas, on this occasion, the assistant took great offence and was incredibly confrontational in telling me I wasn't allowed to take photographs. I politely asked why, since there were no signs or other indication of this not being acceptable. The assistant looked at me and snobbishly said "well, it's not the done thing" to which I responded "oh.....okay". By this time several other customers had stopped to stare at me and I was now feeling as if I'd done something terrible! I only took one photo using my phone. I wasn't being obtrusive in any way and am a polite and honest person. I feel the assistant was far too confrontational and didn't offer a solid enough reason as to why I was not allowed to take a picture. All she ended up doing is losing mine and my mums custom as we didn't want to remain in the shop for very much longer and certainly didn't feel inclined to purchase anything. Neither of us will be going back. A quiet word in my ear or a sign near the door about the banning of photography would have been perfectly reasonable, but making a prospective customer feel embarrassed and confronted with no solid explanation is terrible for business.

I popped into this shop to write a review for my blog so thought I'd share some of the pictures with you. The shop is located in Old Spitalfields Market. The interiors are lovely and they have a lot of stock. You will discover so many beautiful things that you will want to buy. It's a great place to buy a gift or something adorable for your home.

This is my absolute favourite shop in olive Spitalfields! From their beautiful range of books, to homewares. I wish I could just buy the whole store!

A fantastic little gift shop in the heart of Spitalfields Market!

Stumbled across Inspitalfields by accident and I'm completely glad I did! This wonderful little gift shop has everything from books to homewares.

Definitely the first place that comes to mind when needing to buy a gift for someone and I want it to be a little more quirky than the usual gift.

My go to shop for presents and homeware. Always! Staff are lovely too
& wrapped my gift beautifully.

I bought this diffuser and there is no scent from it at all. I contacted the shop to return but had no response. A waste of £30. Do not buy, these products are probably out of date (or something similar).

Such a cute shop!! Such cute home goods and even Christmas baubles, books, rugs, etc. Definitely want to fill my home with everything here!

cute shop!! v cute products