Essential was started in 1990 by Clare Andrew in a tiny tucked away shop in Southampton's Bargate Centre. It was carefully designed by Clare to allow as much jewellery and accessories to be viewed as possible and arranged in blocks by style and colour. The store soon built up a regular following of lovely customers who returned to seek out its colourful and exciting jewellery at good prices.
Clare has a background in photography, fashion sales and management. So she used her experience to build her exciting merchandise and good customer service within the store. Despite shops all around closing down during the recession of the early '90s Essential continued to gain momentum and so Clare opened another tiny store in Guildford's Swan Lane and the following year in The Arcade in Bournemouth.
Clare has a background in photography, fashion sales and management. So she used her experience to build her exciting merchandise and good customer service within the store. Despite shops all around closing down during the recession of the early '90s Essential continued to gain momentum and so Clare opened another tiny store in Guildford's Swan Lane and the following year in The Arcade in Bournemouth.
Services
We have made the move from Royal Mail to DPD! We hope the DPD service will provide a much clearer and connected approach to ordering from our website. They will keep you updated on the day of the delivery with a 1 hour delivery window. You will have the option to change your delivery date, add a safe place, deliver to pick up shop or choose a neighbor to deliver to directly through their website.
