Mon 03 Nov
|BookBar Chelsea
BookBar Presents... An Evening with Mary Portas
Retail legend, brand expert and champion of the high street Mary Portas joins BookBar in conversation to discuss her revitalising of Chelsea's iconic department store Harvey Nicholls.
Time & Location
03 Nov 2025, 19:15 – 20:30
BookBar Chelsea, 11 Chelsea Manor St, London SW3 3TW, UK
About the event
Retail legend, brand expert and champion of the high street Mary Portas joins BookBar in conversation to discuss her new book I Shop, Therefore I Am, the story of her role in revitalising Chelsea's iconic department store Harvey Nicholls.
Join us at BookBar Chelsea to hear from Mary Portas on Monday 3rd November. The doors will open at 6:45pm with the conversation starting at 7:15pm.
About I Shop Therefore I Am
It's the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols, at the time more likely to be associated with dowagers than daring designers. With department stores in decline and an alpha male leadership team watching closely, the pressure is immense:…