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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Selfridge's: 100 years of retail therapy

100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridge's opening day
Selfridge's opening day on 15 March 1909. 150,000 people had visited the store by 6.30pm that day. Photograph: PR
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridge's in 1917
Selfridge's travel desk and bureau de change, c.1917. Photograph: PR
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridge's
An early incarnation of the famous Selfridge's perfume counter, c. 1920s. Photograph: PR
100 years of Selfridge's: A roof garden fashion show at Selfridge's in the late 1920s
A roof garden fashion show at Selfridge's in the late 1920s. Photograph: PR
100 years of Selfridge's: Shoppers crowd round a counter at Selfridges in 1939
Shoppers crowd round a counter at Selfridges in 1939. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridges circa 1941
People look through Selfridge's window at a dress as clothes rationing starts c.1941. Photograph: Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images
100 years of Selfridge's: The Selfridges household goods department in 1955
The Selfridge's household goods department in 1955, as postwar demand for consumer goods picks up. Photograph: John Murray/Getty Images
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridge's main shop floor, midway through the Swinging Sixties
Selfridge's main shop floor, midway through the swinging sixties. Photograph: Terry Disney/Getty Images
100 years of Selfridge's: In 1975 shoppers queuing up outside Selfridge's during a summer sale.
In 1975 shoppers queue up outside Selfridge's during a summer sale. Photograph: Getty Images
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridges Christmas windows 2003
Selfridge's is famous for its decorative Christmas window diplays, this one from 2003. Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian
100 years of Selfridge's: Selfridge's window displays
A window display for Selfridge's Vegas Supernova season in 2005: a celebration of the centenary of Las Vegas. Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian
100 years of Selfridge's: Elizabeth Hurley lights up Selfridges - London
Selfridge's as it stands today looking out over London's Oxford Street, with its lights turned pink to mark a charity campaign. Photograph: Doug Peters/Empics
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