Kensington
Enchanted Palace
Kensington Palace’s exhibition shows fashion as art without a single stiff, plastic-limbed, big-haired mannequin in sight
Tonic at the Troubadour
If you want to feel better about your life, pour this Tonic all over your hearts and dancing shoes
Into the Ark
A facial that targets your age, not your skin type: could this be a revolution?
The Prince Albert, Battersea
It is refreshing to see any kind of establishment that has made efforts to maintain its own identity
The Crescent Champagne Bar, Kensington
The Crescent could be forgiven for not being in the best location; coming out of the Tube station onto a fairly nothing sort of road you might wonder if you’re in the wrong place. But then you cross over and you see it, rising like a beacon of intriguing, black-fronted gorgeousness.
If You Fall: Darke’s Light Tale at Imperial College
There are some people who take my idea that man goes for the path of least resistance, climb with it to the top of a mountain and drop it off the top. Karen Darke, who was paralysed from the chest down in a climbing accident at the age of 21, is one such person. However, [...]
Untitled: England’s Greatest Love Story
A king renounces his throne to be with the woman he loves. Doesn’t that just sound like the premise for the most romantic love story of all time? But no, such is the stiff-upper-lip, brush-it-under-the-carpet nature of the British monarchy that the heartbreaking story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson has been largely forgotten, eclipsed [...]
Caroline Charles’ Credit Crunch Catwalk
The build-up to London Fashion Week has been somewhat awkward given the current economic downturn. Should we be celebrating haute couture and lavish presentations of designer clothes when the country is trillions of pounds in debt and people face losing their homes?
Paul Costelloe Opens Understated Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season, but despite this fact the week started in a less lavish style than usually expected, due of course, to the credit crunch. Following in New York Fashion Week’s footsteps, LFW is more understated than usual, with some designers, such as Grochvogel, showing in private 30 minute presentations rather than [...]
The Kensington Creperie
The Kensington Creperie is set in the heart of South Kensington, amidst some of London’s most famous landmarks, including Harrods, the Royal Albert Hall and the Natural History Museum.
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