Laundry Room

One of the noticeable side effects of setting up the gallery is a sort of obsession about how shops 'work'. Whether they're big or small you find yourself analysing the bits you like and the bits you don't. And a night out with Marie and Will from Old Town will often end with a discussion about the highs (and lows) of being part of this nation of shopkeepers.

Whilst pottering around Norwich on Monday I caught up with twins Oli and Alice Pointer at the Laundry Room. As I've said before, I struggle to stay out of my Old Town clobber but was delighted when Laundry Room opened in 2005.

It's small but perfectly formed, selling a really focussed range of clothes - mixing English made shirting with cult Swedish denim (I'm rather attached to the Acne jeans illustrated here) and artisan sportswear.

Visit the store at 18 Pottergate, Norwich NR2 1DX - see the website for full details and online shopping.