Retail

It’s a Shirt is a family affair. Founder Christina Christodoulou works with her father’s tailoring workshop to create her shirt and jacket designs. The brand was launched back in 2017, when Christodoulou returned from five years working and studying in Sweden and she decided to start a label that combined a pared-back Scandinavian aesthetic with Greek textiles and tailoring. The young designer sources most of her fabrics from a family-run factory in the coastal town of Antirio, one of the last of its kind in Greece, and from vintage deadstock textiles that she picks up from small suppliers around Athens.
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Plant shop and flower studio Kopria opened in the heart of the lively Exarchia neighbourhood in 2018. Alongside an array of classic houseplants and outdoor varieties, its team has a penchant for the unusual and stocks an array of oddly shaped cacti and other curiosities. Flower arrangements created by the staff can be spotted decorating some of the city’s most stylish hotels and restaurants. Within the shop’s jungle-like interior is also a small range of international design magazines, ceramics by local makers and handmade Japanese garden tools from UK brand Niwaki.
Eresou 30, Athina 106 80, Greece

Frequenters of London’s Chiltern Street might recognise this boutique – and its Athenian outpost is also a must-visit. Specialising in a pared-back range of clothing, jewellery and homeware, Mouki Mou is a welcome addition to Athens’s downtown. The shop is housed in a concrete 1970s building in the city’s Plaka neighbourhood, a pedestrianised area best known for its narrow, cobblestone streets, where neoclassical homes meet family-run tavernas. Its external tranquillity is matched inside by the Leda Athanasopoulou’s calming interiors, which feature repurposed terrazzo floors and aluminium accents.
Diogenous 15, Plaka, Athens

The four-floor Apivita “experience store” is the best place to browse the full range of the Greek skincare brand’s natural cosmetics. Every product is made from various combinations of extracts from the 5,500 different Greek plant species: think olive-and-lavender cleansing foam; body moisturiser with Greek thyme honey and beeswax; and hand-wash with grapefruit and propolis. The elegant olive tree on the ground floor is the work of sculptor Constantinos Valaes. And don’t forget to visit the Juicy Bee juice bar or to book in advance for a treat at the Beehive spa on the top floor.