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London
If there’s one city that is never out of fashion its London.
You may not understand British humor (not even the British do) and you will almost certainly
encounter inclement weather, but with her hyper-fash forward design scene, vintage and custom
tailoring that’s the envy of the world, history, romance and intrigue in every footstep and treasure in
spades, it’s little wonder that travelistas the planet over put London at the top of their pilgrimage wish
list. Add a startling resurgence of fine, artisanally-sourced British cooking and a world class bar scene
and nightlife, and you won’t just be visiting, you’ll be immigrating.
The cult pocket city guides and mobile apps for the busy, sophisticated travelerwww.luxecityguides.com
Citi presents LUXE City Guides
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Heathrow to Central: 50
mins / £50 by cab; 15 mins /
£18.00 by Heathrow Express to
Paddington Station; 30 mins / £5
by Underground
The Tube: depending on which line
you take, travelling on London’s
vast underground network can be
either easy and convenient or a
necessary evil, either way, buy a
multiple journey oyster Card, grab
a free map at the ticket kiosk, and
avoid rush hour if you possibly can
Metered black cabs can cost as
much as air tickets, and drivers do
expect a tip as well (min 50p), but
the upside is all drivers have the
world famous ‘knowledge’, know all
the streets and tend to be chatty,
cheery types
Mini-cabs (non-metered) need
to be booked ahead and you can
agree the fee upfront, but be wary
of illegal cabs soliciting you on
the street, they often don’t have
insurance and you could end up on
a wild goose chase
Best deal in town? Most major
museums/galleries in London are
free. How fabulous is that!
If you’re on a budget, make lunch
the main meal of the day, most
of the city’s wish list restaurants
feature an excellent set lunch
prix fixe
Bear in mind that clued-in
Londoners hit bars, restaurants
and clubs on weekdays as the
weekends in town can get, shall
we say, a tad bridge and tunnel
Tipping 10-15% is customary,
but do be aware that some
restaurants add it to the bill as a
discretionary charge, so do check
your bill first
The international code for Britain
is +44, and all landlines begin with
020, the numbers you encounter
prefixed with 07 are mobiles
In all emergencies call 999
(this does not include when
you break a nail, or need a
restaurant reservation)
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RoLAnd MoURET
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For over a decade Roland Mouret has created some of the
world’s most coveted womenswear collections. The designer
has defined the era of the iconic dress, which, has become
known by a single name – Galaxy, Titanium, Moon ¬– and has
earned Mouret a reputation as magician, master of structure
and silhouette, and as a man with an intuitive understanding
of the female form.
www.rolandmouret.com
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1) What do you most love about London?
London has such an eclectic mix of people and styles. It’s such a vibrant city
and a constant source of inspiration!
2) What is your favorite neighborhood to visit for a day of shopping?
My favorite neighborhood is the Southbank. I particularly like to shop at Borough Market early
in the morning and spend the rest of the day cooking up a storm.
www.boroughmarket.org.uk
3) Where do you go to get clothes tailored/bespoke?
Anderson & Sheppard on Saville Row always do a fantastic job.
www.anderson-sheppard.co.uk
4) What are 3 of your favorite restaurants in London?
Helene Darroze at The Connaught, The Wolseley on Piccadilly, and Scotts on Mount St.
www.the-connaught.co.uk • www.thewolseley.comwww.scotts-restaurant.com
5) Where do you go to unwind and relax in London?
I like to go to St. James Park and watch the birds. I love the birds and the ducks!
www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/st-jamess-park
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6) What is your favorite store for vintage and/or antique pieces?
Jerome dodds’ store in notting Hill Les Couilles Du Chien. Jerome is a great friend of mine,
he helped source numerous pieces for my showroom at 8 Carlos Place and his space in notting
Hill is a treasure trove, I never leave empty handed.
www.lescouillesduchien.com
7) Where would you go for a cocktail and what would you order?
You can never go wrong with a Mojito at Momo.
momoresto.com
8) Where do you take visitors when they come to visit you in London?
The Victoria and Albert Museum is always on my list of places to visit. They have just opened
their Ballgowns exhibition in which I am honored to be showcasing the dress Maggie Gyllenhaal
wore to the 2010 Golden Globes www.vam.ac.uk
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THe ConnaugHT
More like a friendly luxury club than a hotel, with creamy,
classic, supremely comfy and wired-up rooms, personal
butlers, fine dine Hélène darroze, svelte socialite Connaught
Bar, quieter hideaway Coburg Bar, and thoroughly swish
Aman Spa. Its location at the very center of the happening
Mount Street scene places it perfectly for gentle ambles
in nearby Green Park as well as all important shopping in
Mayfair and Jermyn Street. divine
16 Carlos Place, W1 / T: Bond Street /+ 44 020 7499 7070
www.maybourne.com
Hotel
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DorSeT Square
After an extensive and expensive revamp, the Kit Kemp-
designed dorset Square Hotel has finally reopened in retail
central Marylebone. Inside its beautiful Regency townhouse
exterior are 38 individually designed bedrooms, each
appointed with bespoke furniture and bold color palettes,
many with picturesque garden views. downstairs, The
Potting Shed restaurant and bar serves Brit classics, while
the high-ceilinged drawing Room is perfect for a spot of
afternoon tea.
39-40 Dorset Square, NW1 / T: Baker Street / +44 020 7723 7874www.firmdalehotels.com
Hotel
Photograph: Andrew Meredith
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THe WoLSeLey
How do we love the Wolseley, let us count
the ways… for breakfast or elevenses, lunch
or brunch, afternoon tea, pre-theatre,
dinner and supper, this carbon and cream
marble ultra-glam verve and vibe café-salon
of mod Euro classics heaves from breakfast
to nightcap. And what’s more, if you like
the table settings, from condiments to
tableware, napery and cake-stands, you can
buy them all online. Hurrah!
160 Piccadilly, W1 / T: Green Park /
+44 020 7499 6996www.thewolseley.com
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DaBBouS
don’t let the industrial mesh, metal piping
and strictly functional corporate canteen
fitout put you off, this is an oasis of pristine,
full-blooded modern European flavor,
as you’d expect of ollie dabbous whose
previous work at Scandinavian bistro
Texture has seen it appear in all editions of
LUXE London since it launched. no wonder
then we’re fans of his new baby, although
getting a reservation here now is an
Augean challenge. If you are lucky enough
to have booked far in advance and been
granted a table, you’ll find produce-centric
small and large plates with a detectable
Scandinavian simplicity and acute attention
to clarity of taste.
9 Whitfield Street, London W1 / T: Goodge Street / closed Sun-Mon / +44 020 7323 1544
dabbous.co.uk
THe LeDBury
Chef Brett Graham’s deft antipodean hand
has fashioned a constantly evolving modern
European menu that has become one
of the city’s most important and desired
dining destinations. The wonderful surprise
with this 2-star Michelin eatelier is the
perfect fine dining blend of urbane and
sophisticated, but deliciously relaxed and
welcoming. It really is a treat, and you really
will need to book far ahead.
127 Ledbury Roadd, W11 / T: Westbourne Park
/ + 44 020 7792 9090 / closed Mon lunch
www.theledbury.com
Dining
Dinner By HeSTon BLuMenTHaL
The wizard Mr. B strikes platinum with his
forage through historic and heritage British
recipes, tweaking them as only a true
genius can and serving them up redux via
a startlingly effective and knowledgeable
staff who clearly love what they do. The
spacious dining room looks out over Hyde
Park, but it’s more likely your eye will be
firmly on your plate. The Meat Fruit and
Tipsy Pudding with roast pineapple are
already the stuff of legend.
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park / Knightsbridge, SW1 / T: Knightsbridge / + 44
020 7201 3833www.dinnerbyheston.com
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CoBurg Bar
Sometimes you just want a nice
quiet drink, but in London that can
be hard to find. Step into the deeply
lovely Coburg nestled in the bosom
of the venerable Connaught Hotel.
The spacious, contemporary India
Mahdavi interior features warm, dark
paneling and Julian opie art, while the
bar concentrates on extremely well
made classic mixed drinks, expertly
served without fanfare, faff or cocktail
umbrellas. Sheer bliss.
The Connaught Hotel / 16 Carlos Place,
W1 / T: Bond Street / + 44 020 7499 7070 www.maybourne.com
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urBan reTreaT
London has a wealth of really top
notch spas, but when it comes to a
one-stop shop, no one does it better
than Urban Retreat, Here you’ll find a
veritable phalanx of experts dedicated
to manicure and pedicure, waxing,
facials, non-surgical, wigs, brows,
make-up and blow out. not to mention
Roja dove’s extraordinary paean to
perfume, the Haute Parfumerie.
Harrods / 87 Brompton Roadd, SW1 / T: Knightsbridge / + 44 020 7893 8333
www.urbanretreat.co.uk
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Tea aT CLariDge’S
Quite apart from being one of
London’s most iconic hotels, with
a legendarily beautiful deco foyer,
Claridge’s has becomes the glam-
daddy of champagne, pastry and
piano with its perfectly balanced
afternoon tea service and palm court
atmosphere. If the mood takes you,
afterwards you can always drift into
the divine little Fumoir bar for an early
evening refresher, it’s but five steps
off the lobby.
55 Brook Street, W1 /
T: Bond Street / + 44 020 7107 8872 / served daily 3-5.30pm www.claridges.co.uk
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exPeriMenTaLCoCkTaiL CLuB
So you think you know about cocktails?
direct from trouncing all-comers in
Paris, the ECC melts silkily onto the
London scene with glass after glass
of classic reinvention, which takes
this rare spirits ultra-speakeasy way
beyond most of its competitors.
Set over two floors of a Georgian
townhouse with a £5 cover charge
payable after 11pm, it’s as well to
reserve a table ahead if you can.
13A Gerrard Street, W1 / T: Leicester
Square / + 44 020 7434 3559 /email to ensure entry at
Bar
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THe MonuMenT
Super simple, and one of our all time
favorite things to do is a jaunty climb
up all 311 steps of Mr. Wren’s doric
column. Commemorating the Great
Fire in 1666 and featuring exhilarating
bird’s eye views across London, you
also get a fabulous thigh workout
for free! note: agrophobics and
claustrophobics may well prefer to
keep their feet on the ground.
Monument Street, EC3 / T: Monument /
+44 020 7626 2717 / daily 9.30-5pmthemonument.info
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ForTnuM & MaSon
This perennial one-stop shopping
landmark is traditionally associated
with chic groceries and hampers,
especially at Christmas, but what
many people miss are the four floors
of wonderful gifts, sweet little Beauty
à la Carte spa, and rather good
wine bar. The Fountain Bar’s famed
Welsh Rarebit is a naughty treat,
and afternoon tea at the St. James’s
Restaurant the perfect start or finish
to your retail therapy in nearby, iconic
Jermyn Street.
181 Piccadilly, W1 / T: Green Park / +44 020 7734 8040
www.fortnumandmason.com
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Sir JoHn Soane’S MuSeuM
Piled to the rafters with art, sculpture,
wonders and curiosities, the eminent
Victorian architect Sir John Soane
filled his house with museum quality
artifacts and then very sweetly left
them to the nation. once a month the
museum opens in the evening and is
candlelit, and while the queue to get
in beggars belief, it’s an absolutely
unique treat.
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2 / T: Holborn
/ Tue-Sat 10am-5pm / 1st Tue of each month 6-9pm the museum is candlelit
www.soane.org
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DeniS SeverS’ HouSe
denis may have passed on to the great
tableaux vivant in the sky, but his
spirit lives on in this extraordinary and
delightfully atmospheric recreation
of a C.18th Huguenot silk weaver’s
home life in once again fashionable
Spitalfields. The Monday and
Wednesday candlelit evening tours are
a delight.
18 Folgate Street, E1 / T: Liverpool Street
/ + 44 020 7247 4013 / every Sun noon-3.15pm / book ahead for Mon & Wed
evening candlelight tours /see website for full detailsdennissevershouse.co.uk
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Berry BroS & ruDD
It’s not often you get the chance to
enter a shop that has been trading
since 1698. Home to legendary
C.18th wine merchant Berry Bros.,
the building has changed little,
and whether you’re a tippler or a
temperance-r, it rates among the
world’s most unique retail experiences
for sheer age alone. In the little alley
just before the shop is London’s tiniest
public square.
3 St James’s Street, SW1 / T: Green Park /
+ 44 020 7396 9600 / closed Sundaywww.bbr.com
Shopping
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CroWDS
Avoid the tourist infested Leicester
Square, oxford Street and Regent
Street like you would dinner with
Lizzie Borden
reTaiL
London’s shopping streets are
becoming swamped with torpid and
ubiquitous international brands, in
a city with so many wonderful and
quirky independent retailers it would
be insane to miss them
WeaTHer BoreS
ok, so this isn’t just London, but
Britain in general. Yes, it rains (get an
umbrella), it’s often cold in summer
(take a woolly) and get over it!
CoST
There are no two ways about it,
London can be an expensive city, and
if you’re on a tight budget, you’ll find
it challenging
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MuSeuMS
With such a wealth of fabulous (and
often free) museums in the city it can
be difficult to know where to start, and
even when you get there the sheer
scale of somewhere like the British
Museum can be really daunting, so
expedite your cultural visits by hiring
your own private tour guide, as the
experience of a personally tailored tour
far outweighs the expense and you’ll
remember your visit for years to come.
www.contexttravel.com
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PiCniCS
There’s nothing quite as
quintessentially British as a summer
picnic (complete with rain), but faffing
about trawling delis and trying to find
paper plates and chilled bottles of wine
can be a serious drain on precious
time, so head straight to the specialists
Picnic 2 U for alfresco hamper heaven!
Just order 48 hours ahead and they
deliver right to your door.
picnic2u.co.uk
arT CoLLeCTing
The world class London art scene is
famed not only for its breadth and
eclecticism but also because there
is so darn much it’s difficult to know
where to start, so if you’re a budding
first-time buyer, don’t waste time
trawling endless websites and galleries,
go straight to the gal who knows, art
consultant Flora Fairbairn.
florafairbairn.com
Free ConCerTS
Londoners are spoilt rotten with an
absolute wealth of concert and music
venues, but paying full price for
tickets can be an eye-watering affair,
so make like the savvy Londoners do
and you can fit a concert into your
lunch hour and often for free! Hasten
along to St. Martin In The Fields for
recitals Mon, Tue & Fri at 1pm, or St.
James’s Piccadilly for recitals Mon,
Wed & Fri at 1.10pm.
www.smitf.org
st-james-piccadilly.org
inSiDer TourS
When your stay in London is limited
each day is precious, and with so
many interesting neighborhoods to
explore and things to discover, it’s
easy to be distracted from your main
interests. Urban Gentry are a super-
hip and friendly outfit that curate
and customize tours on all manner of
subjects from fashion and shopping to
markets, design and architecture, so
you see everything you want to see!
www.urbangentry.com
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Ahh London, nightingales in Berkeley
Square, a stolen kiss on Chelsea Bridge…
but first how about sharing a birds-eye
view over the city? Book ahead to avoid
the queues, and take a gentle turn on
the London eye – you can even book a
special Cupids Capsule complete with
champagne and truffles. Back with your
feet on the ground take an amble over
Waterloo Bridge or catch a cab down the
Strand (home to the divine Savoy Hotel)
and on up to pretty St Martins in the
Fields church to catch their free lunchtime
concert. now, presuming you’ve booked
in advance, six quick skips will have you
seated at lovely old J Sheekey’s oyster
Bar. After that zinc and fizz fix you’ll be
set up for a little retail, and what could say
‘I love you’ better than cashmere? (okay,
diamonds are good too). If something very
special is called for, grab a cab to Elizabeth
Street to find the divine Hawick who not
only specialize in beautiful contemporary
cashmere for men and women, but
choose from their 49 color and they will
also custom knit just for you. oh, what
greater joy can there be? Well, good that
you asked. Back into your trusty cab and
if you’ve timed it just right, there will be
the city’s loveliest afternoon tea (and
champagne, of course) waiting for you at
the divinely deco Claridge’s Hotel. All this
gadding about can take its toll, so to be
sure of being in the pink for ce soir, off with
you now to the sublime espa Life at the
Corinthia Hotel. This vast, deeply delicious
slink-a-dink top to toe-r is spread over four
fabulous floors of marble and leather, or if
time is short, plump (ahem) for the handy
rush Hour Beauty menu that offers
natty, time saving combinations of all the
signature therapies in 60-90 minutes.
Smart! Feeling pretty? All you have to
decide now is, are you feeling flush or
flushing? For a gourmet à deux you’ll have
booked the blissful Ledbury, but for heart-
melting Gallic charm with all the gingham,
dried roses and candles you could ever
wish for, head to London lovers’ all time
favorite, little La Poule au Pot in Pimlico.
It’s but a short step or two to find the river
for a post supper moonlight amble along
the Embankment, or if something a little
spicier is called for, head to Soho and find
saucy, burlesque boîte The Box – even
Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice have
visited! Let the show begin!
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There is no end of stylish areas in London,
but for hip without the grunge you can’t
beat notting Hill’s Ledbury Road. First
off, zap in a cab to Westbourne Park Road
and straight into breakfast and brunch-
ster joy granger & Co for Bill’s signature,
fabulous sweet corn fritters with roast
tomato, spinach & bacon, oh stop it!
Replete and caffeinated, step around the
corner onto Ledbury Road and have your
credit card ready. The joys of Ledbury
Road are manifold, not least Melt for
chocolates, orlebar Brown for guy shorts,
fabulous men’s and womenswear at
Matches, and divine ottolenghi for ultra
colorful salads and cakes that look like
art and taste like heaven. now, there’s
precious little point being on a stylish
itinerary and not looking your absolute
best, and you’re in luck. one of London’s
finest spas is but two shakes of a lamb’s
tail away. Beauty Works West offers one
of the best mani/pedis in town plus all the
Ling and rodial products you could wish
for, amazing oxygen facials and great
anti-aging. darling, it’s wiped ten years
off you! no time to waste. Hop a cab and
ask for Bruton Place, for SHoWstudio
which features unique and one-off props,
items and artifacts from fashion shoots,
plus jewelry and great original prints.
on you go now to The royal arcade on
old Bond Street to find sultry ormonde
Jayne for exotic and sensual, beautifully
packaged fragrance. Stepping through
the Royal Arcade will bring you out on
Albemarle Street, home to the discreet
and lovely Browns Hotel, which in turn
is home to London’s stylista’s favorite
afternoon tea tryster. After you’ve
exercised your little finger on fine bone
china, exit and on parallel dover Street,
you’ll come to the grand slam of fission
hot styling Dover Street Market – five
floors of fashion. Finally, Wolf&Badger
is an innovative concept hosting up and
coming designer wear, individual interior
pieces and custom made clothing. oMG,
look at the time! Its wine o’clock, or rather
it’s cocktail hour, tarry not, into a cab with
you and off to Gerrard Street and the
wondrous emporium of liquid loveliness
eCC (see LUXE Loves). When the dinner
gong goes, your cab awaits to gritty
Bethnal Green and the molecular mouth
magic of nuno Mendes at viajante,
followed by squishy sofa nightcaps at
pretty Zetter Street Townhouse. night
night, one very tired but stylish kitten.
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Uh oh, dropped your morning coffee
over your suit and you’ve a meeting in an
hour?
Gentlemen, you could do worse than hop
in a cab to Vigo Street in Piccadilly to
pick up an RTW at Suit Supply, where
the in-store tailors can turn around
most alterations on the spot. True, it’s
not exactly anderson and Sheppard,
but needs must! With meetings in the
city, the choice of lunch spot is crucial
to avoid long cab journeys in traffic,
and refettorio fits the bill perfectly.
Giorgio Locatelli’s Italian stallion attracts
foodies and serious biz-bods alike for
its easygoing atmosphere and perfectly
provenanced menu. For men in need of a
serious sartorial kick start The refinery
in Brook St is the gentlemen’s club of
good grooming, even going as far as to
offer the all or nothing special ‘galaxy’
wax for those intimate areas… For busy
businesswomen, your all time best shot
is the amazing urban retreat at Harrods
(see LUXE Loves), where you’ll find a top
to toe of every conceivable treatment
and service from a battalion of the city’s
best therapists, all under one time-saving
roof. After work drinks with colleagues or
clients is all very well at any of the myriad
square mile pubs, but for something a
little (or a lot) different take the time to
try The Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell,
this very special little inn is the only
one in the city to serve the wonderful,
nectar-like ales from Suffolk’s St Peter’s
Brewery. For something a lot more swish
The Connaught Hotel’s Coburg Bar (see
LUXE Loves) ticks all the boxes of style,
panache, peace and seriously good
cocktails, and would make the perfect
starting spot before heading down to
the Mandarin oriental in Knightsbridge
where you’ve taken the time to book well
ahead for a table at Dinner by Heston
Blumenthal (see LUXE Loves). When it
comes to business dining you need just
the right amount of show with just the
right amount of taste and surprise, and
dinner serves them both, big time. If
cigars, whiskey and ribald anecdotes are
called for afterwards, shoot up the road
to the Lanesborough Hotel’s garden Bar.
This most luxurious of smoking rooms
contains the city’s largest walk-in humidor
and a cognac list that features labels
dating back to 1770. Careful, you’ve got
work in the morning!
BuSineSS
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London EyeSouthbank
www.londoneye.com
St Martins in the FieldsTrafalgar Sq, WC2 / +44 020 7766 1100
/ recitals Mon, Tue & Fri at 1pm / www.smitf.org
J Sheekey’s Oyster Bar28 St Martin’s Court, WC2 /
+44 020 7240 2565www.j-sheekey.co.uk
Hawick51 Elizabeth Street, SW1 /
+44 020 7259 9995 / www.hawickcashmere.com
Claridge’s(see LUXE Loves)
Corinthia HotelWhitehall Place, SW1 /
+44 020 7321 3050 /www.espaonline.com
Ledbury (see LUXE Loves)
La Poule au Pot231 Ebury Street, SW1 /
+44 020 7730 7763 / www.pouleaupot.co.uk
The Box11 Walker’s Court, W1 /
+44 020 7434 4374www.theboxsoho.com
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Granger & Co175 Westbourne Grove, W11 /
no reservationswww.grangerandco.com
Wolf&Badger32 Dover Street, W1 / +44 020 3627 3191
www.wolfandbadger.com
Beauty Works West11 Lambton Place, Westbourne Grove,
W11 / +44 020 7221 2248www.beautyworkswest.com
SHOWstudio1 Bruton Place, W1 / +44 020 7399 4299
showstudio.com
Ormonde Jayne12 Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street,
W1 / +44 020 7499 1100www.ormondejayne.com
Browns33 Albemarle Street, W1 /
+44 020 7493 6020www.brownshotel.com
Dover Street Market17 Dover Street, W1 / +44 020 7518 0680
www.doverstreetmarket.com
ECC(see LUXE Loves)
Viajante / Town Hall Hotel, Patriot Square,
Bethnal Green, E2 / +44 020 7871 0461 / www.viajante.co.uk
Zetter Street Townhouse49 St John’s Square, EC1 /
+44 020 7324 4545www.thezettertownhouse.com
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Suit Supply9 Vigo Street, W1 / +44 020 7851 2961
www.suitsupply.com
Refettorio19 New Bridge Street, EC4 / +44 020
7438 8052 www.refettorio.com
The Refinery60 Brook Street, W1 / +44 020 7409
2001 www.the-refinery.com
Urban Retreat (see LUXE Loves)
The Jerusalem Tavern55 Britton Street, Clerkenwell, EC1 / +44 020 7490 4281 www.
stpetersbrewery.co.uk
Coburg BarThe Connaught Hotel
(see LUXE Loves)
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (see LUXE Loves)
Garden Bar The Lanesborough / Hyde Park Corner,
SW1 / + 44 020 7529 5599 / www.lanesborough.com
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