Harvey Nichols may be for sale, but it will always be an important part of UK fashion history

Constantly namedropped in Absolutely Fabulous – one of the sharpest and funniest sitcoms of the 1990s – London’s most iconic fashion department store is up for sale following a significant downturn in business over the last five years. Sadly, the retail pressures of a declining luxury goods market and the removal of VAT-free tourist shopping post-Brexit appear to have done for the once-indomitable Harvey Nichols. Founded in 1831 by Benjamin Harvey, it was originally a linen shop positioned on…