Talisman London

Talisman is not so much an antiques emporium as the glamorous intersection between antiques, interiors and fashion, enthusiastically and joyfully championing pieces that are more about personality than provenance. This is of course down to the inspired eye of founder Ken Bolan, who launched the original Talisman [in Somerset] in 1982 on his return from Switzerland, where he and his wife, Yolie, had opened their first antiques shop 10 years' earlier. So successful did the Talisman formula prove to be - every piece a star - that in 2006 Bolan opened Talisman London in a converted art deco garage on the New King's Road. This was followed in 2010 by a second London showroom on Ebury Street. The 'third' Talisman store is its highly successful online shop, which has made it possible for devotees of the Wow! factor it showcases to satiate their appetite from anywhere in the world.