LONDON THE OFFICIAL LUXURY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE £7 where sold in association with ® local guides worldwide London 30 Old Bond Street 020 77 58 80 60 Explore the Akris Boutique at www.akris.ch ©2017 COACH® A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR ay the word bohemian and for many it conjures entertained – however varied and incohesive one S up images of hippies in the 1970s swathed in might think these to be – still continue to inspire. brightly patterned, loose silhouettes adorned Lois Bryson-Edmett has been busy unearthing with embroidery and appliqué – a rather stereotypical fascinating characters who highlight this point and has vision that hints at the style’s gypsy origins. While hit upon a rich vein of talent that we are celebrating boho chic has certainly infl uenced the pages of this in this edition. On page 22, she meets Rosalind Wyatt, issue, there was an overwhelming desire from the a truly innovative maker who takes embroidery as her editorial team that IN London’s Spring 2017 edition medium and the needle as her tool to hand stitch should focus on the cerebral side of bohemianism. stories on to fabric. Turning traditional embroidery This subculture emerged, after all, in the new world on its head through the act of ‘writing with a needle’, order of post-Revolutionary France, and whether it Wyatt’s work will captivate you from the moment it is in musical, literary or artistic pursuits, those who is viewed. have gravitated towards a more carefree existence have Elsewhere, Emma Levine meets Nicola Beauman, often withdrawn from the conventions of their time founder of Persephone Books, to learn of her very 6 – with interesting results. specifi c publishing agenda (page 29), while David G. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Taylor talks to artist Gillian Wearing ahead of a major Bloomsbury Group. While this band of artists exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery examining and intellectuals still divides opinion – “were the the impact the French artist, photographer and writer Bloomsbury Group sexually incontinent snobs or Claude Cahun has had on Wearing’s work (page 59). free-thinking punk rockers of their generation?” That Cahun was a nonconformist and a trailblazer, the Independent once debated – the ‘Bloomsburies’ expressing thoughts on gender fl uidity that were brought modernist ideas and the aesthetic of French unique in the 1920s, makes her (Taylor debates this Impressionism to Britain. And the ideas they pronoun) the epitome of bohemian living. Kathryn Conway, Group Editor F I N S O L O R N E A D Y O E N V I M F WEBSITE: A Y www.inlondonmagazine.com G T A Z N SOCIAL MEDIA: E I Twitter: @InLondonMVP N W Instagram: @inlondonmagazine E The Leading Lady 0UZWPYLKI`OPZWHY[ULYZOPW^P[O(Z[VU4HY[PU HUKPUÅ\LUJLKI`[OLK`UHTPJ1HTLZ)VUKÄSTZ H^HYK^PUUPUNQL^LSSLY`KLZPNULY1VOU*HSSLPQH OHZTHZ[LYM\SS`[YHUZMVYTLKHJ[+*VSV\Y 0U[LYUHSS`-SH^SLZZ7LHYZOHWLKKPHTVUKVUJLV^ULK I`:LHU*VUULY`[OLKLÄUP[P]L1HTLZ)VUK [V[HRLJLU[YLZ[HNLPU[OPZJHW[P]H[PUNJ[THZ[LYWPLJL )VUKLKI`HÄULSPULVMZL]LUL_JLW[PVUHSS`YHYL (YN`SL7PUR+PHTVUKZHUKLUJY\Z[LK^P[O(YN`SL)S\L+PHTVUKZ [OPZYPUNPZH\UPX\LHUKJVSSLJ[HISLTHZ[LYWPLJL ,_JS\ZP]LS`H]HPSHISLH[! :@+5,@ 365+65 .63+*6(:; ;OL>LZ[PU5V4HY[PU7SHJL ;OL9V`HS(YJHKL6SK)VUK:[YLL[ 4HYPUH4PYHNL:LH^VYSK+YP]L :`KUL` 4H`MHPY>::. 4HPU)LHJO *(33,01(*64 THE GUEST LIST OLIVIA PINNOCK RUFUS WRIGHT DAVID G. TAYLOR As an avid collector of vintage Rufus Wright is an actor by Having spent 13 years as the pieces, particularly from the trade, working in the West End London correspondent for the 1960s and 1970s, and a regular and on Broadway. However, when Sydney-based luxury art publisher collaborator with the Clerkenwell he’s not treading the boards or Studio, David G. Taylor has a Vintage Fashion Fair, sartorial appearing on screen, he turns his particular penchant for art, fashion expert Olivia Pinnock is as attention to his artistic talents. and culture. On page 59, Taylor 8 passionate about current trends Calligraphy is his fi rst love and it explores this season’s blockbuster as she is the history behind them. is a passion IN London was only exhibition at the National Portrait Who better then to delve into the too happy to put to good use in Gallery, which considers the annals of fashion history to explore this issue. On page 12, Wright infl uence of pioneer Claude bohemianism’s cultural past and has brought the words of Virginia Cahun on artist Gillian Wearing. how it continues to infl uence Woolf to life, creating a work in Given the current conversation designers to this day? Turn to page ink that beautifully captures the on gender fl uidity, this exhibition 32 to read Pinnock’s commentary. spirit of this bohemian edition. perfectly captures the zeitgeist. THE OFFICIAL LUXURY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR LONDON GROUP EDITOR Kathryn Conway ASSISTANT EDITOR & DIGITAL EDITOR Lois Bryson-Edmett CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Emma Levine SUB EDITOR Anna Frame FASHION EDITOR-AT-LARGE Thea Lewis-Yates GROUP ART DIRECTOR Tim Benton SENIOR DESIGNER Grant Pearce PICTURE EDITOR Tamsan Barratt CONTRIBUTORS Kate Davis-Macleod, Olivia Pinnock, David G. 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Indeed, Carter is a modern-day polymath, a noted interior designer who holds court as hotelier and impresario, creating events such as his famous Bedtime Story Nights, a monthly literary pyjama party, and Supernatural, a series of horror-themed gatherings comprising ghost stories or the reconstruction of a Victorian séance. These acclaimed experiences are booked up months in advance, so join Carter’s exclusive mailing list to be among the fi rst in the know. www.40winks.org 16 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EXPERIMENTS IN LIVING Celebrating bohemianism in all its irreverent glory, Kathryn Conway curates a photographic essay on one of the most cerebral groups of the subculture 17 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX lthough Leonard Woolf is believed to have A claimed of the group of which he was a founding member that it was in fact “a largely imaginary group of persons with largely imaginary objects and characteristics”, the influence of the Bloomsbury Group is now widely acknowledged.