Once upon a Thursday in December a whole host of beautiful boutiques, heritage brands and vintage stores opened their doors to the adoring public for an evening of fashion, music, art and food to rival no other…

Let us introduce you to Seven Dials and St. Martin’s Courtyard Christmas exclusive shopping evening. On Thursday the 1^stof December over 100 stores and venues across the  courtyard and seven streets will be hosting a 20% off shopping evening to let us get all our fabulously stylish Christmas shopping wrapped up early and avoid the chaos that is sure to follow in the coming weeks. Strolling around the Covent Garden fashion wonderland you’ll find hoards of independent boutiques, heritage brands, vintage stores and indulgent beauty salons just waiting for you to find the perfect festive season gifts.

The evening will kick off at 5pm and run until 9pm with extra goodies including in-store entertainment, DJs, giveaways, live music, drinks, nibbles and mini beauty treatments to keep us entertained while we shop to our hearts content. If you haven’t already heard enough to have your oyster and credit cards at the ready, then luxury gift wrapping service, carol singers and an exclusive lucky dip with luxurious prizes should do the trick.

Pop by Sevendials.co.uk and grab your 20% off voucher for the evening, that will also get you a complimentary drink at the pop up bar in St. Martin’s Courtyard and a free meal worth £25 from Gourmet Mexican restaurant Cantina Laredo if you’re one of the first 25 people to turn up there after 6pm.

Some of our favourite stores participating in this festive- tastic evening include Fred Perry, Urban Outfitters, Office, Coco de Mer, Tatty Devine and Pepe Jeans, to name a few. For more info where this came from including a full list of participating stores click here.

By Alice Welby