The Shopping Forecast

News has reached me of an exciting new store that’s due to open next week in west London.

Squatters is a boutique being launched by Karolin Maier-Hauf, a former designer for Vivienne Westwood, and her husband Sean Violante. The idea? Emerging designers will be invited to squat in the store for one to six months - already on the list are Olanic (above), Ioannis Dimitrousis, Alice Palmer and Louise Amstrup. I’m also really excited that it will stock Pepper + Pistol, the American brand that Roisin Murphy was championing during fashion week.

Squatters opens at 45 Pimlico Road, near Sloane Square, on 6 November. Visit www.squattersltd.co.uk  for more details.