Occupying a beamy sixteenth century town house, this privately run, long-established and popular shop is more about relaxed and practical elegance than structured city dressing, With an extensive range of rapidly changing stock, labels include Oska, Cut Loose, Adini, Capri, Masai, Backstage, French Dressing Jeans, Viz a Viz, Bohemia, Lauren Vidal, Fenn Wright & Manson, Grizas, Praechtig, Yacomaricard, Senas, Sahara, Eva TraLala, Out of Xile, plus knits from Amano, Saskia, Shepherds, The Quernstone and Sophies Wild Woollens, with gorgeous raincoats from Mycrapac. Alongside we carry an excellent range of jewellery, scarves, stoles, hats, bags and belts from all over the world to complement.
The emphasis here is on quality, colour, texture, interesting shapes and mainly natural fibres, so the cleverly integrated ranges make for a really yummy stash of very different, stylish, up-to-date but practical fashion, with a very individual feel.
A riot of colour and texture, the stock is skilfully co-ordinated and well displayed – there are four good-sized individual changing rooms and the staff are friendly and helpful (without being pushy!) and really know their stuff, always giving good, and honest, advice. The whole experience is as pleasant as clothes or gift buying can get - an attractive and inspirational shop catering for all ages, sizes, silhouettes and pockets, and whose aim is to give women who know what they want the clothes and accessories that will make them look and feel wonderful.
Capriccio is one of Lewes’s little gems –you’ll find it in the smart upper end of the High Street, very near the Castle Gate and round the corner from the Westgate car park.