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10a Land at London Heathrow
11a Check into Hotel Café Royal
11:45a Massage at Akasha
3p Shopping in Soho — Libertys, ** Perfumer H**, window shopping Saville Row,
7p ** H&M** reception + show at
9p Dinner at Café Clement with Sourcewhere’s Erica Wright — a new-ish restaurant from Soho House founder Nick Jones, inside his hotel St. Clement. The hotel anchors the 180 Quarter, an ambitious block-wide project from husband and wife Mark Wadhwa and Alex Eagle that also holds private residences, cocktail lounge Bobbi’s Bar, and cafe-grocery Corner Shop—plus a boutique of Eagle’s.
10:30a Coffee at Shreeji Newsagents
11p Shopping in Marylebone — ** Jacques Marie Mages**,
12:30p Lunch at Ottolenghi
2p H&M re-see at Rosewood London — I got the chance to speak with Creative Advisor and Head of Design Ann-Sofie Johansson, who I mined for shopping intel; she specifically cited the vintage store Relik in Notting Hill as a go-to source for old Galliano and McQueen, references that made their way into the collection’s more period-piece laces and corsetry and even its accessories (belt were a big focus this season). She told me her top destination for inspo in London, though, is Dover Street Market—better than the New York one, perhaps because the Comme des Garçons universe that encompasses it tends more British than American.
4p London Design Festival in Brompton Design District — curated this season by Alex Tieghi-Walker, who tapped Rafael Prieto and Beverly Nguyen among others to set up installations at its Cromwell Place venue; spotted works by Laila Gohar, Conie Vallese, Isamaya French, Wretched Flowers, Shane Gabier, and Calico Wallpaper. Plus, a delightful assembly of “One Tool, One Stool” figures by students of the Royal College of Arts.
6p Spa time at Akasha — a sauna, steam, lap pool circuit with intermittent dips into the Jacuzzi, mostly just lying around emailing from my phone in the loungers.
8p Room service at Hotel Café Royal
H&M Studio Tie-Belt Puffer Coat, $199 / H&M Studio Lace-Trimmed Knee-Length Skirt, $89 / H&M Studio Textured-Finish Leather Court Shoes, $169 / H&M Studio Fluffy-Trim Leather Gloves, $89
H&M Studio Long-Sleeved Cotton Polo Shirt, $44
Several of the H&M pieces that went down the runway launched online at 9pm, the moment the show ended, but
the motherload ofH&M Studiopieceshas just arrived to site today, my ownlayered sheer skirtandfur-trim puffer coatamong them. Having seen it first on stage, then on racks at the re-see, it’s additive to see it on ecomm, too. My wishlist has grown to include asculptural leather jacketwith a chin strap and tie-belt that add styling opportunities, a cheekywool pencil skirt, and severalfringylayersthat I am imagining stacked on top of each other.Pop-up newspapers and zines were everywhere during NYFW: from
ALC(I wrote a piece for it),Emily Dawn Long,Kallmeyer(I posed for this one), Vogue Shopping, Nordstrom,Westman Atelier,Coach, evenTalbots. And LFW was on the same kick as early as day 1.Shreeji Newsagents—London’s Iconic or Casa Magazines—had a line halfway down the block 5 hours ahead of a giveaway of the new issue ofDazed Magazineplus freeAdidasStan Smithsfor the first 100 shoppers.Did you know
Jacques Marie Magedoes more than just eyewear? I contemplatedat lengththiseelskin walletduring my appointment at the store, but decided I’d hold out until Paris this October, when the brand is rumored to be debuting its custom frames program (h/t )—I can already confirm (scoop?) it’s announcing its entry into fine jewelry then, too.was a big supporting character of the week—aside from my own purchases, I gathered intel that the brand is launching its latest fragrance, Clay,Perfumer Htomorrow. I also learned that founder Lyn Harris created a bespoke fragrance for the lobby at St. Clement, lemon-and-orange themed like its signature Clementini cocktail (I had two and half at dinner), available exclusively in person at the gift shop.A
High Touch-y note, and LAST THING about this hotel group, I swear: It’s opening a three-story wellness club this October with a gym, banya, hammam, sauna, steam room, ice baths, treatment rooms, and an 82-foot lap pool. All I can say is…see you again soon, London.
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