The outside of The Button Queen in Fitzrovia, London

Button Queen

The West End


Make a beeline to this place for all your fastening needs. It’s been in business for more than 60 years and is creaking under the weight of an absurd variety of buttons, including ones old enough to qualify as antiques.


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