Long before Murray Moss opened his eponymous New York City design shop in 1994, he was a Shakespearean actor whose work took him in and out of London. He returns to the British capital every September to scout cutting-edge talent at 100% Design, England's premier industry fair. But Moss still finds time to appreciate the city's more traditional haunts, like the antique shops lining Kensington Church Street, and the National Portrait Gallery. "I get lost in the Tudor pictures," he says of the museum. Among his other favorite places to lose himself in London are:
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