With Dior, Cartier and Asprey as neighbours, Ollie Claridge is now the only true local on the famous street. He reveals what it’s like to live among the super-rich
From his vantage point at the oriel windows of his Bond Street flat, Ollie Claridge has an unrivalled view of the super-rich going about their business. In London’s most opulent shopping street, where a billion pounds is spent each year, this might involve choosing a £5,000 handbag, trying on a £3m diamond ring, bidding at auction for a Mercury Cougar used in a James Bond movie or sipping pink champagne mid-morning as flawless shop assistants flutter around.
Claridge is a part of this world and apart from it. “I’m a bit of an anomaly,” he says. “Lowering the tone.”
