Monopoly money in Mayfair

I followed Jon Ronson's Time Out walk around Mayfair today. The evidence of Davies Street and New Bond Street, not to mention the Food Hall in Selfridges, is that business seems to be thriving.

Perhaps fashion won't blink an eyelid after all? Alexander McQueen's signature items were being snapped up from shops like Liberty like there was no tomorrow. The press seem to think his brand may die with him, though, but what do journalists know about anything to do with the future? Perhaps there's a young British designer itching to step into his Jimmy Choo's.