Rose & Co

For all the ladies out there who have even an inkling of an «Ooohhh, something preeeeeety!» bone in their bodice, this shop is where you can indulge all of your most fancy, frilly frivolous desires.
I absolutely adore it.
Bath soaks shaped like cupcakes, soaps shaped like pie, lip balms, foot scrubs, scented oils, lavender sachettes, all arranged in the most precious and quaint displays. Tuck downstairs to pamper yourself with vintage inspired lingerie, jewelry, dresses, and fascinators that will make you want to leave the shop and attend a 1920s speakeasy cocktail party. Immediately.
It’s pure decadence and a delightful way to while away an afternoon. Just watch your pocketbook — before you know it, you have a bag full of goodies!

Wandering past Rose & Co you can’t help but do a double take. Your first thought is ooooh pretty, and you’re second thought is, what exactly are you trying to sell me? Either way it’s a good way to build a sense of curiosity. When curiosity eventually gets the better of you, Rose & Co is a cleverly constructed mish mash appealing directly to a girl’s sense of self indulgence. Vintagey, quirky, elegant, kitsch, stylish, 1920s flapper girly and superbly well packaged, Dita Von Teese wouldn’t be out of place strutting her stuff and fondling all the delights Rose & Co has to offer. A nice girly gift alternative to the Boots 3 for 2 offers when searching for a set of lovely packaged smellies, makes the whole gift buying process a little bit more personal, and with sumptuous scents they’re a little bit special. But it doesn’t stop at smellies, very in keeping with the style of the boutique, there are items of clothing available to purchase, in the form of corsets, lingerie, skirts, tops, dresses. No? How about some skin care, or flowery scented perfumes. How about jewellery or accessories? Fancy splashing out on the man in your life, well they cater to that too with skin care ranges developed for men. It really is a beautiful fabulous little gem of a place, and definitely definitely worth further exploration. Well done Caroline and Patricia Rose.

The Victoria Quarter is the perfect location for Rose & Co, whose interior reminds me of a Betty’s Tea Rooms, very quaint with chandeliers, cake stands, antique furniture and vintage wallpaper. The first products you’re likely to see are the ‘bath fancies’ that closely resemble tiny beautifully-​made cupcakes — what a treat! The room is lined with glass cabinets and polished wood drawers, some tantalisingly opened to reveal neatly displayed goodies such as jewellery and cosmetics, including Burt’s Bees and Dr. Hauschka. They also sell beautiful vintage-​style sewing kits, a lovely gift and a rather kitsch way to inspire one to make-​do-​and-​mend in a stylish and fun way! They sell books as well, all with a vintage theme and many with a photography or illustration focus, such as 50s pinups or burlesque.
Downstairs is the boudoir selling lingerie and carefully selected vintage-​style dresses, including some pretty cute ‘ethically-​made’ dresses from Tara Starlet made in the UK and designed by none other than Tara form BBC’s eye-​opening documentary series ‘Blood Sweat and T-​shirts’. Yay… And not extremely expensive at £65 for a dress. The lingerie section includes some rather pretty vintage-​style underwear from Elle MacPherson.
The products in this shop are not cheap but it is definitely worth a visit even just to browse and inhale the delicious smells. Or perfect for a special gift.

This shop is of another era. As you walk in, to the left of you sits a beautiful apothecary desk with a load of tiny drawers, all holding some exciting and beautiful little item — like soaps and balms and so on. There is a huge bath bomb counter too, with the most exquisitely made bath bombs, the majority of which are produced to look like little cup cakes and sweets. Tempted as you might be, they are not for ingesting! The forties style counter has a range of classic make ups, powders and powder brushes that are utterly vintage in style.
Downstairs you have all the clothes, jewellery, changing rooms and other items such as lingerie and masks and so on. The various independent labels they have in stock are all absolutely divine — with beautifully made vintage and vintage style clothes from the Victorian age right up to about the 50s and 60s. Even the dressing rooms are something else, so posh and lovely that you almost feel like you should pay rent to use them.
Everything in Rose and co. is both delicate and fascinating. The staff are beautiful and helpful, the items are wonderful. They are a little pricey, but for the quality and individuality it is usually worth it.

When you walk into Rose and Co it’s as if you’ve stepped back in time to an old fashioned, but very beautiful apothecary. Arranged in ordered chaos are the sweetest smelling bath fizzers, lip balms and soaps.
You can make your own gift box of bath treats (they look like little cakes, so cute!) The shop is crammed full of gifts and trinkets to suit every personality and they even have a vintage clothing boutique downstairs where the outfits are made to original 40’s & 50’s patterns.
The shop is a big promoter of Agent Provocateur, Lolita Lempicka and Dr Hauschuka, and there’s plenty of choice of products.
The shop plays soft vintage music and creates a cosy, happy atmosphere to shop in. The décor is divine and the staff also dress up in 40’s attire with full make-​up and curled hair. I was amazed whilst walking around and loved the whole feel of the shop. I can’t wait to take my mum shopping there next week!

I write this review with a word of warning to any ladies out there who, like me, have an unfathomable fascination with anything elegant, girly and pink. DO NOT visit Rose and Co on your lunch break as you will almost definitely, through no fault of your own, be trapped within the walls of this exquisite twinkling boutique until at least 5.00pm.
Reminiscent of its sister store in the Bronte town of Haworth — a restored apothecary — this is something dreamt up by a fairytale princess. Lavish perfumes and beauty products are displayed in an impromptu fashion inside antique mahogany cabinets, framing a magnificent centrepiece of individually designed cake shaped bath fancies arranged with all the pizzazz of a ladies tea party.
This shop of fantasia celebrates a time when everything from a lady’s knickers to her baking was an expression of her femininity and innate woman’s touch. Forget about rail after rail of moth bitten cardigans and unflattering denim jeans, this is Vintage in all its splendour, a treasure trove of unusual perfume bottles, original 50s lingerie, lavender scented toiletries and bits and bobs to put your knickknacks in.
And the staff certainly live up to the domestic goddess theme — oozing with 50s charm and dressed in identical chocolate brown sweetheart dresses. Even when faced with a temperamental card reader and a queue of busy lunchtime shoppers, they maintain that age old maxim of service with a smile.
Looking for something special? Swoon over anything chic? Or simply looking for somewhere to escape the mundane for a while? This is the place for you.