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This fashion-forward accessories shop is stocked with an enviable array of designer shoes, bags, sunglasses, and more, catering to downtowners who might otherwise head uptown to Barneys. Named after co-owner Davinia Wang’s Oxford family home, the spot is designed to resemble a style-savvy library: Built-in bookshelves are filled with books on art, architecture, and fashion alongside sandals, leather purses, and studded belts from designers like Alaïa, Givenchy, and Nina Ricci. A rolling wooden ladder is propped against the shelves for browsing out-of-reach selections. In back, a cozy nook is adorned with a fireplace, a zebra-print rug, and antique British tea sets, where shoppers try on shoes and flip through coffee-table tomes from custom-made hooded wingback chairs in hunter-green velvet. A restored antique armoire bears Chloé and Proenza Schouler sunglasses, silk scarves, and cashmere stockings, while teetering heels and fresh-from-the-runway booties perch on suspended stacks of artist biographies (an illusion created by Strand staffers). All the shoes and books scattered throughout the store are for sale. — Molly Finkelstein