SLOANE SQUARE ART \ CULTURE \ FASHION \ FOOD JUNE 2018

Chelsea in Bloom CELEBRATING THIS YEAR’S FLORAL FESTIVAL Wellness EAT YOURSELF FIT ON PAVILION ROAD

Gift Guide SAY IT WITH STYLE THIS FATHER’S DAY

MASTERPIECE THE RETURN OF LONDON’S SOPHISTICATED ART FAIR

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55 CHELSEA IN BLOOM All the news from this year’s competition, inspired by the Chelsea Flower Show

62 BEHIND THE SCENES 75 We take a sneak peek at how the spectacular arrangements were made

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Chelsea in Bloom CELEBRATING THIS YEAR’S FLORAL FESTIVAL Wellness EAT YOURSELF FIT ON 48 PAVILION ROAD Gift Guide SAY IT WITH STYLE THIS FATHER’S DAY

MASTERPIECE THE RETURN OF LONDON’S SOPHISTICATED ART FAIR

COVER Masterpiece London returns to the Royal Hospital with art, design, furniture and jewellery Page 17

PHOENIX FEATHER BROOCH, BLACK LABEL MASTERPIECE XVI, 2017. COURTESY CINDY CHAO 82

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How Chelsea’s artisan street is Publishing Business leading the way to wellness 3 Princes Street London W1B 2LD 50 LOCAL HERO 020 7259 1050 We talk to the head of Cadogan Christ Church Primary School 10 Duke of York Square 32 London SW3 4LY 52 9 TO 5 cadogan.co.uk Editor Behind the scenes at luxury Cally Squires bespoke hair salon Nyumba 020 7259 1058 [email protected]

66 ON A PLATE Writers 9 CALENDAR Tom Aikens shares signature Reyhaan Day Your essential events diary dishes from Tom’s Kitchen Lorna Davies for June and July in Chelsea Layla Haidrani 68 FOOD NEWS Aliss Wagner Debbie Ward 20 NEWS New restaurants and Sub-editor The latest local happenings fresh menus Holly Kyte in fashion, art and food 71 GIFT GUIDE Designer Andy Lowe 26 COMMUNITY NEWS Solving the problem Advertisements Art inspired by Chelsea and of what to buy this Caroline Warrick a sublime choral concert Father’s Day 020 7259 1051 [email protected] 28 ART ROUND-UP 75 SOCIAL Bridget Rodricks Celebrating English Partygoers gather for 020 7259 1059 art and 30 years of a pop-up charity shop [email protected] Jonathan Cooper and book launch Publisher Adrian Day 020 7259 1055 30 TOP 10 80 BEAUTY [email protected] The best treats to The latest products Printed on ECF (Chlorine Free) paper show your pooch to help you shine this using fibre sourced from well-managed they’re top dog summer forests. All inks vegetable based. Our printers are certified to ISO 14001 33 TRENDING 82 MY CHELSEA Environmental Management. Publishing Business is a Shop Chelsea’s Duck & Dry founder member of the Professional stylish summer Yulia Rorstrom shares Publishers Association and observes the PPA Code of pieces for sunny her local tips Publishing Practice. days @SloaneSquareMag 42 FASHION @DOYSQ @SloaneStreetSW1 Luxe activewear brand @Pavilion_road Lucas Hugh powers into Chelsea @SloaneStreetSW1 @PavilionRoad @dukeofyorksquare 35 @SloaneSquareMag

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UNTIL JUNE 17 RETAIL: SERAPHINA POP-UP Lifestyle label Seraphina has opened a pop-up shop on the King’s Road, offering fresh and colourful hand-block prints for adults and children, including resortwear, beachwear and loungewear. There’s also a selection of mix-and-match cushions and quilts for the nursery and bedroom. The shop is open everyday from 10am–6pm. Seraphina, 340 King’s Road. T: 020 3318 0173, seraphinalondon.com

UNTIL JUNE 17 ART: RADO KIROV Bulgarian artist Rado Kirov developed an interest in metal art at an early age. He has created a unique technique of manipulating

COURTESY PONTONE GALLERY PONTONE COURTESY a sheet of stainless steel by hand, using the properties of the metal to create striking three- dimensional surfaces that dynamically mirror their surroundings and draw the observer into the magic of their reflections. Free, Pontone Gallery, 43 Cadogan Gardens. T: 020 7730 8777, pontonegallery.com EXPANSION BY RADO KIROV, 2016. RADO KIROV, BY EXPANSION

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JUNE 9–10 GARDENS: OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND More than 200 of London’s green (and mostly private) spaces will open their gates to the public for the weekend. In Chelsea, Carlyle’s House, Markham © NICKOLAS MURAY PHOTO ARCHIVES. PHOTO MURAY © NICKOLAS Square and Paultons Square are taking part, as well as Cadogan Place north and south gardens. The latter will offer live FRIDA KAHLO WITH OLMEC FIGURINE BY NICKOLAS MURAY, 1939. MURAY, NICKOLAS WITH OLMEC FIGURINE BY KAHLO FRIDA V&A COURTESY jazz music, food and drink, and David Wynn sculptures will be on display. JUNE 16–NOVEMBER 4 Tickets £15. T: 020 7839 3969, EXHIBITION: FRIDA KAHLO: MAKING HER SELF UP opensquares.org This must-see exhibition will present an extraordinary collection of personal possessions, artefacts and clothes belonging to the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Locked away for 50 years following her death, items on display will include Frida’s cosmetics, jewellery, letters and photographs, as well as the prosthetic leg she wore due to losing a limb to gangrene and a Guatemalan cotton coat. Tickets £15, V&A, Cromwell Road. T: 020 7942 2000, vam.ac.uk

JUNE 7–30 ART: DAVID GROSSMANN – HAVEN The landscapes of David Grossmann are instantly recognisable – a quiet world in which deer and woodland birds calmly cross our field of vision, seemingly undisturbed by the presence of the viewer or artist. For this young American painter, both nature and art represent a place of peace, beauty and connection, and a refuge from our increasingly fast-paced lives. Free, Jonathan Cooper, 20 Park Walk. T: 020 7351 0410, jonathancooper.co.uk PASTURE WITH GATHERING STORM BY DAVID GROSSMANN. DAVID BY STORM WITH GATHERING PASTURE COOPER JONATHAN COURTESY

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JUNE 23 SUMMER FETE: FUN FOR ALL AGES The annual summer fete is returning to Chelsea on Saturday June 23, with festivities centred around Duke of York Square and the foodie hub of Pavilion Road. With a quintessentially British garden- party atmosphere the Chelsea Physic Garden, crafts activities, as well as lots of fun will be displaying a range of locally grown competitions. flowers and plants, while Cadogan Hall will be Entertainment stalls, including splat the programming live music from a stage in each rat, wet-sponge stocks and a human fruit location. machine, will get the games started, while In addition to the weekly farmers’ market, little ones will be kept busy with face painting Partridges will be selling hampers and drinks, throughout the day. From 2–4pm legendary which can be enjoyed on the Duke of York children’s entertainers Sharky and George Square field, with picnic chairs and lawn games provided for the occasion. The National Army Museum will be hosting all sorts of camouflage-themed arts and

will be getting the kids active in Duke of York Square, with space-hopper racing, tug-of-war, water-bomb dodgeball and musical statues. The giant bubble-blasting competition at 2pm is not to be missed! There will also be plenty of food and drink on Pavilion Road. The street party will include a barbecue and rosé wine tastings at Pavilion Wine, to name just a couple of the foodie attractions on offer. Saturday June 23, 10am - 5pm. For further information, visit inchelsea.co.uk

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JUNE 17 EVENT: FATHER’S DAY AT THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM Treat your dad to free tours and family activities including a robot adventures workshop (11am–12pm and 2–3pm) and a marching workshop with a First World War soldier (12–12.30pm and 1–1.30pm). Gallery highlights tours will take place at 11am and 2pm – meet at the welcome desk. Free, National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road. T: 020 7730 0717, nam.ac.uk

JUNE 18 MUSIC: MICHELE BROURMAN – LET’S ORDER IN Celebrating the release of her new album The Price of Love, singer- songwriter Michele Brourman will deliver a selection of her original songs. Salty, sweet, sad, seductive JUNE 21 and everything in between, her wit, CRAFT: MAKE YOUR OWN NOTEBOOK charm and total engagement grab an Discover how to make your very own notebook at audience by the heart and take them this masterclass with the London Centre for Book along on an unforgettable ride. Doors Arts. The fun and social evening will teach you 7pm, showtime 8.30pm. how to fold and manipulate paper using specialist Tickets £15, The Pheasantry, bookbinding tools. Each attendee will make a case- 152 King’s Road. T: 020 7351 5031, bound notebook by hand, which they can take home. pizzaexpresslive.com From 6.30–9pm (doors and bar open 6.15pm). Tickets £45, Royal British Society of Sculptors, 108 Old Brompton Road.

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JUNE 28–JULY 4 ART: MASTERPIECE LONDON Visitors to Masterpiece can view and buy the finest works of art, design, furniture COURTESY CINDY CHAO CINDY COURTESY and jewellery from antiquity to the present day at this celebrated art fair. It offers an unparalleled opportunity for new and established collectors to discover exceptional works for sale across a range of price points from LABEL BROOCH, BLACK PHOENIX FEATHER XVI, 2017. MASTERPIECE 160 international exhibitors. Tickets from £35, South Grounds, Royal Hospital Chelsea. masterpiecefair.com

JULY 12–AUGUST 11 THEATRE: PITY A normal day. A person stands in a market square watching the world go by. What happens next verges on the ridiculous. There’s ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. JUNE 22 Candles. Blood. Lightning. EVENT: MIDSUMMER GARDEN Sandwiches. Snipers. PARTY Looting. Gunshots. Join the Royal Geographical Babies. Actors. Azaleas. Society for an evening to celebrate Famine. Fountains. all things Nordic, including the Statues. Atrocities. And long summer nights. A reception tanks (probably). Rory and dinner will be followed by Mullarkey's new play asks live music and dancing. The dress whether things really are code is white or floral and the getting worse. And if we event takes place from 8pm, with care. carriages at midnight. Tickets from £12, Tickets from £40, Royal Geographical Royal Court Theatre, Society, 1 Kensington Gore. Sloane Square. T: 020 7565 5000, T: 020 7591 3000, rgs.org royalcourttheatre.com

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JULY 23–25 HUMOUR: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS With his sardonic wit and piercing social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s foremost humour writers. A master of satire, the author – who fronts his own hugely popular BBC JULY 15 & AUGUST 19 Radio 4 series, EXERCISE: YOGA AT THE NATURAL HISTORY Meet David Sedaris MUSEUM – is one of the most Take a yoga class with East of Eden underneath observant and incisive the Hintze Hall’s magnificent blue whale skeleton, writers addressing the with a series of ancient yoga movements and human condition today. poses connected to the museum’s ties to the From 7.30pm. natural world. Finish with the serene, resonating Tickets £40, Cadogan Hall, vibrations of a live gong bath and then enjoy 5 Sloane Terrace. exclusive access to the museum before it opens T: 020 7730 4500, for the day. From 8.15–9.30am. cadoganhall.com Tickets £35, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road. T: 020 7942 5000, nhm.ac.uk

AUGUST 2 WILDLIFE: WIGGLY WILD SHOW AND GARDEN SAFARI Embark on a day of discovery into the wonderful world of animals at Chelsea Physic Garden. Children will be able to see and hold a pygmy hedgehog, giant snails and millipedes, as well as exploring the pond, jungle room and an array of medicinal, poisonous and vampire plants. The event runs from 10.30am–2.30pm and is suitable for youngsters aged six to 11. Tickets £15, Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road. T: 020 7352 5646, chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk

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LUXURY BAG BRAND ETHAN K has opened a by-appointment-only bespoke boutique on Sloane Street, offering clients an unparalleled opportunity for personalisation. Once customers have selected their preferred design, they can choose from a wide range of exotic skins – from Zimbabwean Niloticus and Australian Porosus crocodile to python, lizard and ostrich – in an assortment of vibrant colours. Further alterations to the clasps, thread colour and the size of the bag, ITALIAN UNDERWEAR and handles, pockets and interior are also available. “I founded my company on the basis that swimwear company Yamamay has luxury had become too mass market and I arrived at 33 King’s Road, opening a wanted to rekindle the essence of couture and flagship store showcasing the exclusivity in the world of luxury and bags,” says founder and creative director Ethan Koh. brand’s full range. 186 Sloane Street Embracing technology throughout the space, the 72-sq-ft store features maxi-screens, digital signage and iPads for customers to navigate the brand’s collections, which include women’s, men’s and kid’s underwear – as well as its vibrant beachwear lines.

THE JUMEIRAH LOWNDES HOTEL has relaunched its summer terrace in tribute to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, celebrating the V&A’s Making Her Self Up exhibition, taking place this summer. Alongside the barbecue-style menu will be Mexican-inspired food and drink menus, featuring dishes of fish tacos, chicken fajita quesadillas and nachos, and exotic concoctions including a Patrón tequila margarita and citrusy Citrónge Paloma. Guests spending more than £30 each and quoting “Frida Kahlo” can receive complimentary exhibition tickets, subject to availability. 21 Lowndes Street

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THE ROYAL BOROUGH’S stunning Design Museum has won the prestigious European Museum of the Year award, making it the sixth British winner in the award’s history. The museum’s founder Sir Terence Conran described the accolade as his “dream come true.” Previous winners have included Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

FITNESS IS GOING AL FRESCO this summer with plenty of outdoor workouts for gym bunnies to choose from. New boutique gym KXU is running a complimentary weekly run club every Monday at 6pm. For a more chilled out class, King’s Road activewear store Lululemon is bringing back free Yoga in the Square sessions on Sunday mornings at 10.30am, until August 26. For more information visit dukeofyorksquare.com

A-LIST COUTURIER Giambattista Valli has been announced as the latest fashion brand set to launch a UK flagship on Sloane Street. The two-storey space at 29 Sloane Street will house over 2,500 sq ft of retail space, showcasing the fashion house’s signature evening gowns, accessories, jewellery and newly launched activewear line. 29 Sloane Street

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THE V&A is set to open the COINCIDING WITH the first phase of its Photographic Royal Wedding and the Centre this October – more than start of the wedding doubling the space dedicated to season, lingerie photography at the museum. The Photographic Centre brand La Perla has will open with examples of launched a new bridal the world’s first photographic collection. It features experiments, iconic shots from the 20th century’s most celebrated image- elegant silk satin, makers, including Alfred Stieglitz, gossamer-thin tulle and Man Ray and Cecil Beaton, and recent embroidered lingerie and acquisitions by Linda McCartney, nightwear, Lycra garments for a gifted to the V&A by Paul McCartney. Works by contemporary photographers smooth silhouette and a range of blue such as Cindy Sherman and Martin pieces to honour the bridal custom. Parr, and new commissions by Thomas La Perla is also offering a range of Ruff, will also feature. bridal services: private shopping and The contemporary design by David Kohn Architects includes a fitting, a made-to-measure service ‘dark tent’ – a multimedia projection and in-home and hotel consultation. and lecture space inspired by 19th- 163 Sloane Street century travelling darkrooms – and an installation of over 150 cameras. Cromwell Road

SAMUEL FRENCH, the much-loved Fitzrovia bookshop, has relocated to the Royal Court Theatre’s Balcony Bar. Open Monday to Saturday, 11am–5.30pm, the shop will sell works including those of Royal Court playwrights alongside snacks and refreshments. Designed by Haworth Tompkins, who oversaw the redevelopment of the Royal Court in 2000, and Citizens Design Bureau who refurbished the Bar and Kitchen in recent years, the bookshop will also play host to guest speakers. “This is an exciting and significant new partnership,” says Lucy Davies, executive producer at the Royal Court. “We are Scott’s Last Expedition. A Dog Team Resting by delighted that Samuel French’s legendary bookshop can Herbert Ponting, 1910. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London move into a new era with us here in Sloane Square.”

24 CONTEMPORARY WOMENSWEAR trade show Scoop is popping up again at the Saatchi Gallery next month, with over 250 established and emerging international designers showing off their latest collections to fashion buyers and industry experts. Taking place from July 22–24, Scoop was founded in 2011 by Karen Radley, who previously managed designer company Quorum. Several local retailers will be showcasing their wares at the event, including Trilogy, Baar & Bass, Goat and former Sloane Street store Shanghai Tang. THE IVY CHELSEA GARDEN has partnered with Jenny Packham to create a floral installation celebrating British Summer Time and the brand’s 30th anniversary. The al-fresco installation features English garden roses, peonies and lemon mimosas transitioning from white to cream to yellow – inspired by Packham’s iconic ombré pieces. The British designer has also created six upholstered cushions to match the blooms, while the restaurant has come up with two floral cocktails to complete the experience. 197 King’s Road (until early July)

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THE MEMBERS OF CHELSEA ART SOCIETY are celebrating the inspiration found in Chelsea with an exhibition focusing on the area’s bustling streets, leafy squares and the river. The display of eclectic works, THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF entitled An Artist’s Chelsea, runs KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA recently from June 19–24 at a special commemorated First World War hero Julian Gribble VC, pop-up gallery, located at 340 a century after the end of the war. King’s Road. One lucky chosen The Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, Councillor Marie-Therese Rossi, unveiled a special paving stone on artist will be awarded the Sloane Square to commemorate Gribble’s bravery in the William Sloane Medal in Kaiser’s Battle, for which he received the Victoria Cross recognition of their work. – the highest award of the United Kingdom’s honours Although the number of system. Captain Gribble was taken prisoner by German practising artists in Chelsea has forces after his show of gallantry and died from Spanish diminished since its bohemian influenza just days after the Armistice in November 1918. heyday, many of the 100 or so Society members have lived, worked or trained in Chelsea.

KING’S ROAD BRANDRAND BAAR & BASSBASS has partnerednered with the WildWild at Heart Foundation,oundation, which helps reduceduce the world’s world’s 600 million stray dog population, to make four of the Simeon Farrar x Black Score-designed jumpers available in store, featuring dog-friendly slogans including “I Believe in Dog” and “Adopt Don’t Shop”. All proceeds from sales will be donated to the charity. 336 King’s Road The Goat, Fulham Road by Ian Wright Ian The Goat, Fulham Road by

26 THE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA FOUNDATION, the independent charity set up in 2008 working to tackle inequalities in the community, has renewed its Friends membership and is inviting local residents to sign up. The K&C Foundation Friends Scheme is vital to the charity’s existence, supporting running costs that enable it to ensure that all charitable donations received go directly to local charities and groups. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has the greatest gap between wealth and opportunity of any area in the UK; last year, the foundation raised more than £500,000, supporting 61 charities in the process. To join, visit thekandcfoundation.com/donate.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH is set to host the Summer Collection concert, which sees the John Lewis Partnership Music Society present performances from the John Lewis Partnership Cavendish Singers and Ensemble and the Bolton THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA recently Music Service Singers, with celebrated National Care Home Open Day 2018, opening its dedicated care facility, the Margaret Thatcher Infirmary. works including Hadyn’s Now in its sixth year, Care Home Open Day looks to celebrate Insanae et vanae curae, one of our most valued services, and the older and vulnerable Wagner’s ‘Siegfried Idyll’ people they seek to help. The theme for this year’s event was and Rutter’s Magnificat, ‘Linking Communities’ – for which the Royal Hospital Chelsea is well placed, being part plus a selection of choral of both the Army and favourites. care communities. The concert takes place Specially invited guests and dignitaries on June 30 at 7.30pm. attended guided tours, Tickets are priced at £7 for while guests enjoyed under-14s and John Lewis swing dancing and Partnership Society pottery workshops alongside outdoor members and £10 for all games and live music. other guests.

27 JUNE 14–JULY 15 TOM STOGDON Tom Stogdon was born into a family of greengrocers in Bloomsbury in 1964 and worked in the fruit trade until 1998. His first foray into sculpture saw him making elaborate pieces using fruit and vegetables, which were gradually replaced with slate and metal. His experiments with stone and the wearing influence of water have dictated the direction of his work in the last few years. His pieces vary in size and stature, but repetition and movement are recurring themes, always coupled with a strong sense of calm. Tom, who was elected as an associate of the

Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2012, CRANE KALMAN COURTESY uses a combination of found and worked materials. He uses what is best described as an abrasive “washing machine” to give different shapes and textures to the stone. Crane Kalman, 178 Brompton Road

T: 020 7584 7566, cranekalman.com STOGDON. TOM BY BEACHED Art round-up JUNE & JULY

JULY 12–21 JONATHAN COOPER: 30 YEARS A special group exhibition featuring the best of contemporary figurative painting, drawing and sculpture

will celebrate the 30th anniversary of longstanding COOPER JONATHAN COURTESY Chelsea gallery Jonathan Cooper. The milestone exhibition, showcasing 30 international artists represented by the gallery including Rosie Sanders, Craig Wylie and Gary Stinton, highlights Jonathan Cooper’s continued passion for discovering and promoting artists who demonstrate a new point of view within the genres of botanical, wildlife, landscape and still life. Jonathan Cooper, 20 Park Walk. T: 020 7351 0410, jonathancooper.co.uk IT WAS THE TIME OF ROSES BY ROSIE SANDERS. ROSIE SANDERS. TIME OF ROSES BY THE WAS IT

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JUNE 22–JULY 22 TIM WRIGHT, DOLLY THOMPSETT AND KATE TEDMAN This exhibition brings together works by three renowned English artists. COURTESY PONTONE GALLERY PONTONE COURTESY Tim Wright's practice has developed along two strands: portrait and figure painting. His portraits are concerned with capturing likeness and expressing personality, while the figure paintings allow the exploration of broader themes. Since graduating with a PhD in fine art, Dolly Thompsett has had many solo shows at prestigious London galleries. Her BAROQUE FRAME 1 BY TIM WRIGHT, 2018. WRIGHT, TIM BAROQUE FRAME 1 BY works are rooted in an intensely absorbed activity of image-making and evoke a world of fantastic reverie. Meanwhile Kate Tedman has always been intrigued by the LISTINGS concept of collaboration and continues to challenge the traditional cult of identity of the solo artist. Her paintings draw UNTIL JULY 28 inspiration from the outsider and the self-taught art movement. JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE Pontone Gallery, 43 Cadogan Gardens Designer Paul Smith is curating T: 020 7730 8777, pontonegallery.com a series of lesser-known images from the 1950s, 60s and 70s by French photographer Lartigue. They will go on show both at JUNE 28–AUGUST 5 Michael Hoppen and at Paul JEMMA POWELL GALLERY Smith’s shop on Albemarle Street. Jemma Powell creates abstract Michael Hoppen Gallery, works that are both ethereal 3 Jubilee Place. T: 020 7352 3649, and strong. On July 13 she will michaelhoppengallery.com transform the gallery into a studio space from 11am–4pm, JUNE 13–JULY 14 where the public can watch her JOANNA BRYANT PROJECTS create one of her masterpieces.

Selecting favourites from Anthropologie, 131–141 King’s Road. ANTHROPOLOGIE COURTESY their personal collections and T: 020 7349 3110, anthropologie.com represented artists, Joanna Bryant and Julian Page curate a JULY 13–AUGUST 11 summer selling exhibition of small DENBY MEYER: THE LIGHTNESS

paintings, drawings, photographs OF SUMMER JEMMA POWELL. 1 BY and sculpture. South African artist Denby features summer scenes, from The Foundry Gallery, Meyer describes her paintings as days on the beach to café culture. 39 Old Church Street. observations on the beauty of the Everard Read London, T: 07446 935219, landscapes and everyday events 80 Fulham Road. T: 020 7590 9991, joannabryantprojects.com that we don’t always see. This show everardlondon.com

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Looking for an excuse to pamper your precious pooch? There’s no better time than the Chinese Year of the Dog. We’ve sniffed out the 10 best gifts and treats in Chelsea for your canine friend 1 3 LOUIS VUITTON Travel carrier, from £1,740, 190–192 Sloane Street 2 MANDARIN ORIENTAL Overnight stay, with Teddy Maximus treats to take home, from £600, 66 Knightsbridge AESOP Animal wash, £25, 22–24 Duke of York Square

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WAITROSE Lily’s Kitchen snack bar, £1.99, 196 King’s Road 7 LOVE MY HUMAN Tweed and leather lead, £55.50, 308 King’s Road (opening 15 June) 6

FARM GIRL GIRL PETER JONES Latte with complimentary Rope duck toy, £8, gluten-free dog biscuits for canine Sloane Square 10companions, £2.90, 9 Park Walk 8 9

PURPLE BONE Neon puffer jacket, from £39.99, SPACE NK PET PAVILION 155 King’s Road Malin + Goetz dog shampoo, Soopa dental sticks, £4.99, £24, 307 King’s Road 125 Sydney Street

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L. K. BENNETT Jesse cotton dress, £225, 18–21 King’s Road

COS DOLCE & GABBANA Gold-plated resin clip earrings, £675, 175 Sloane Street

CHLOÉ Pixie small suede textured leather shoulder bag, £1,055, 152–153 Sloane Street

ZARA Combined lace blouse, £25.99, 65 Duke of York Square

JOSEPH Twill chino Smith skirt, £345, 76 Duke of York PRADA Square Logo-print rubber sliders, £270, 43–45 Sloane Street

34 MARKUS LUPFER Lara lip printed cotton T-shirt, £80, Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Sloane Street CHLOÉ Rosie round-frame sunsunglasses,glasses, £267, 1152–15352–153 SSloaneloane Street ESCADA

KATE SPADE ‘Shore Thing’ small crab Lottie bag, £315, BOSS 2 Symons Street Red panelled knitted dress, £270, 35–38 Sloane Square

HEIDI KLEIN GUCCI Monaco printed Ace white leather trainers, dress, £220, £540, 18 Sloane Street 257 Pavilion Road

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TD TOM DAVIES Single-layer natural horn frame with bronze lenses, £695, 54 Sloane Square HACKETT

AQUASCUTUM Seaton vicuna-stripe detail shorts, £95, Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Knightsbridge

SLOWEAR Suede leather sneakers in calf skin, £340, 15 King’s Road BOGGI Plain canvas holdall, £299, 28 Duke of York Square

OLIVER BROWN Royal Ascot shirt, £95, 75 Lower Sloane Street

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TOM FORD Sand O’Connor slim-fit linen and silk-blend suit jacket, £2,390, 201–202 Sloane Street JOHN LEWIS CARTIER Calibre de Cartier chronograph watch, large model, in 18K pink gold and leather, £24,500, 143–144 Sloane Street

RAG & BONE Rugged belt in brown, £130, 13–14 Sloane Square

ALL SAINTS Randel shoes in taupe, £148, 19 Duke of York Square

LANVIN Cotton twill trousers, £470, OFFICINE GÉNÉRALE Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Dario camp-collar printed Knightsbridge linen and cotton-blend shirt, £175, Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Knightsbridge

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DOLCE & GABBANA KIDS Boys’ stretch cotton shirt, £155, 8 Sloane Street

BODEN MARIE CHANTAL 3/4-length sleeve and leg angel-wing suit, £34, 109–125 Knightsbridge

BONPOINT Bonbon baby shoes in acid yellow, £87, 15 Sloane Street

PETIT BATEAU Boys’ Bermuda shorts, £29, 106–108 King’s Road

ZARA TROTTERS Girls’ knotted Little Toby T-shirt, £9.99, dungarees, £44, 65 Duke of York 34 King’s Road Square

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THE LUXE LEISUREWEAR BRAND LUCAS HUGH HAS JUST OPENED ITS FIRST EVER STORE IN CHELSEA. CALLY SQUIRES SPEAKS TO CO-CEOS ANJHE MULES AND JASON MARCUS ABOUT THEIR NEW KING’S ROAD BOUTIQUE Fitness Fashionmeets

WHEN DID LUCAS HUGH LAUNCH? WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY LIKE? A: I founded the brand 10 years ago, and J: We have a two year old girl and a three Jason joined about six years ago. He’s been month old boy so we’re up at 5.30am integral in growing the company from tending to their needs. Then I might go what it was then, to where it is now. We try for a run or to the gym before getting to to have rules for working together, but the the office in Notting Hill for 8am. Now reality is that some of it does come home at the store has opened we find ourselves the end of the day. back and forth to Chelsea quite a lot too, delivering stock or training staff. I love to WHEN DID THE STORE OPEN? cook, and will do almond milk with quinoa, A: On the first day of Chelsea in Bloom. We oats and maple syrup for breakfast. For were so surprised that we won the award, dinner I make healthy food like grilled but it was such an honour. We really made salmon or gluten and dairy-free lamb sure our window represented Lucas Hugh meatballs. What we eat fuels the mind in terms of being dynamic and futuristic, as well as the body, and allows us to get and our take on Summer of Love was through the day. inspired by a psychedelic Pink Floyd album cover. Our partners, florist Rebel Rebel, WHERE DO YOU WORKOUT? were great. A: I have been going to a local trainer, Dalton Wong, for many years. I also love WHY CHELSEA? classes at Heartcore and Barrecore, and I A: We chose Chelsea for our first can’t wait to try KXU. standalone store after surveying our J: I run in the park a lot, but I’d love to customers, and finding that the majority start doing some classes at KXU. of them lived around here. The positioning of where we are means we get a lot of HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR international clients too. And it’s nice being ACTIVEWEAR TO BE STYLISH? near all the high fashion boutiques, as well A: Nowadays, and especially in Chelsea, as art galleries and gyms. There is also a people want clothes they can wear for real community feel here, which means we workouts and transition to go out after. can get to know our customers really well. Our leggings can be worn with a shirt and some of the tanks can be worn with a skirt. Our bodysuits too transition really nicely to ready-to-wear.

42 WE REALLY MADE SURE OUR WINDOW REPRESENTED LUCAS HUGH IN TERMS OF BEING DYNAMIC AND FUTURISTIC

ARE THE FABRICS STILL ABOVE: Lucas TECHNICAL? Hugh’s Chelsea A: in Bloom award- Absolutely, the foundation of everything winning window we do is making sure our designs perform. RIGHT: Lucas So using moisture-wicking and breathable Hugh co-CEOs fabric, a lot of high visibility detailing Jason Marcus and so you can be seen at night and all the Anjhe Mules garments are laser cut and bonded so they’re seamless. Secondary to that is making sure they are stylish enough to wear through the day.

WHO INFLUENCES YOU IN FASHION? A: I do get inspired a lot by technical sport and streetwear but I also love a lot of high fashion brands like Givenchy and Celine. I watch all the runway shows.

WHAT LED YOU TO LUCAS HUGH? J: I studied business management and strategy and had experience working in that industry. A: I studied fashion and actually had a swimwear brand in New Zealand before leaving to work for Marc Jacobs. I think it’s important to recognise that we need a high performance swimsuit, so that is in development right now.

Lucas Hugh, 25 King’s Road

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wellbeing on PAVILION FITNESS ROAD KXU IF YOU’RE STILL carrying the effects of your winter sloth and want to get fit fast, KXU can help. The Pavilion Road gym can recommend the classes that will help you gain the quickest results. For instance, for high-intensity interval exercise try Meta-KX, or Hiit & Run – an adrenalin-producing workout combining treadmill and strength training with low lights and a killer playlist. Both help you MORE THAN A PICTURESQUE oxidise fat and build lean muscle, and support well- MEWS, PAVILION ROAD regulated insulin and blood glucose. HAS LEADING ARTISANS IN Cardiovascular endurance exercise training, HEALTH, BEAUTY, FOOD AND meanwhile, can help your body use stored fat as fuel FITNESS WHO CAN HELP YOU and boost heart health and your own antioxidants. FEEL YOUR VERY BEST U-Cycle & Nok Out are great classes for this. KXU’s sessions are pay-as-you-go and priced on a sliding scale from £19 if you book 20 to £24 if you book one, so it pays to commit. Personal trainers can also help you target the areas that need the most work. You can even keep your refuelling on track with healthy breakfasts and superfood salad bowls from the nutrition bar. At the Medispa you can get summer-ready with laser hair removal, or body-contouring treatments like a Body Shock Wrap (55 minutes, £140) or a lymphatic pressotherapy suit (30 minutes, £105). You can also cool things right down with low-tem- perature cryotherapy, particularly good for muscle re- pair – something to consider if you’ve been overdoing things on the tennis court. T: 020 3948 3844, kxu.co.uk

46 FOOD GRANGER & CO. GET YOUR chapattis VITAMINS C and and D at Granger roasted rye & Co. where a flatbread,fl courtyard seating onon June 16 up to 26 means you andand 22 and can graze al fresco JulyJuly 227, costing on the light summer £8£80.0. menu. New salads includeclude TTherehere arear also a turmeric-spiced chickenicken summersummer slotsslots for with slaw and lime andnd coconcoconutut IntroductionIntroduction to Sourdough,So dressing. There’s alsoo a new tuna tartare Introductions to FrenchFrench and with pickled daikon, pink peppercorns Italian Baking and a Pizza Workshop and coriander cress, while grilled squid (each £80 per person for a half day) and is teamed with fennel, rocket, chilli and Bread Bakery, covering ciabatta, soda lemon. For a light pasta try the orecchiette bread, focaccia and a white country loaf with broccoli, spinach and lemon. (£160 for a full day). T: 020 3848 1060, grangerandco.com T: 020 7403 5444, breadahead.com

WULF & LAMB THE ROASTING PARTY THE PERFECT DESTINATION for CUTTING DOWN on caffeine? You can healthy eating is vegan café Wulf & Lamb. still enjoy a decent coffee thanks to The For the warmer months it has a new Roasting Party’s Swiss water decaf. The spring salad made with fennel, mango, whole bean product is from £9.50 for savoury green pea crumbs and seasonal 250g or £34 a kilo, or you can buy a cup Above: The Dragon Bowl greens. Summer’s seasonal side salad at KXU’s café to take away. Below: Wulf & Lamb (pictured right) mixes watercress, green seasonal side salad T: 01962 867 377, theroastingparty.co.uk peas, shaved courgette and pine nuts in a balsamic vinaigrette. It’s open all day so you can start with favourites like the Full Wulf – potato layer cake with borlotti bean ragoût, scrambled ackee and toasted sourdough – then move on to sandwiches, wraps, creative veg-based burgers or an open burrito topped with cashew sour cream. T: 020 3948 5999, wulfandlamb.com

BREAD AHEAD FEW AROMAS give a greater sense of wellbeing than that of baking bread, and you can learn how to create your own this summer at Bread Ahead’s Pavilion Road cookery school. If you’re eating lighter, try the Flatbread Workshop, including thin and airy

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PROVENANCE SUMMER WOULDN’T BE COMPLETE without a barbeque or two, and butcher Provenance has lots of options for keen grillers. For a tender cut, staff recommend Iberico Secreto from Andalusia in Spain. This shoulder cut of pork (£32.99 per kg) has extremely high levels of marbling, making it an easy choice for the BBQ. Likewise the shop’s Pavilion Road burgers (£3.99 each) are made from 45-day dry age beef from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, and are a garden party staple. T: 020 7730 5243, provenancebutcher.com

LONDON CHEESEMONGERS TO COMPLEMENT NEIGHBOUR tastes greatgre simply torn and tossed NATOORA’S fresh withwith tomatoes.to vegetables, London NeNeww to the store is a pecorino Cheesemongers ffromrom Le Marche in central Italy, recommend three cheeses SSana Giorgio (£50.45 per kilo). to mix into light summer IIt’s semi-mature, with a dishes . creamy layer of breakdown Try Sleightlett (£7.50 each)ach) under the rind, making it a very young goats milk cheeseheese idideal for grating over a salad of made by Mary Holbrook inn shaved fennel.f Somerset. It’s often no morere than T:T: 020 7730 2088,20 londoncheesemongers.co.uk a week old when it reachess the shoshopp on Pavilion Road and it’s ccitrusitrus flflavoravor PAVILIONPAVILION WINWINE means it’s especially good with root SUNSHINESUNSHINE MMEANS ROSÉ, and Pavilion vegetables, like beetroot and carrot. Wine offers bottles to buy and enjoy at If you’re looking for a speedy salad, home or to sip by the glass in the upstairs London Cheesemonger’s Mozzarella di Top: Pavilion Road offers tasting room, or even al fresco on Pavilion lovely areas of tranquility Bufala (£8.75 for 250g) is delivered to Above: London Road itself. Cheesemongers – a Chelsea from Naples twice a week, and cheese-lover’s dream T: 020 7824 8249, pavilionwine.co.uk

48 wellbeing on PAVILION BEAUTY ROAD COSMETICS À LA CARTE GIVE YOUR SKIN a boost and create a bit of summer radiance with the new Superglow Serum from Cosmetics à la Carte with marine algae, Vitamin C and pro-collagen peptides. It’s designed to create tauter skin and a brighter, rejuvenated complexion (£59 for 30g). If it’s a dewy glow you’re after, add the Complexion Enhancer, an all-in-one hydrator, brightener, primer and colour corrector with silky essences. It comes in three shades: Nudekiss, Rosekiss ALSO ON plump and soothe flight-dulled skin, and and Sunkiss (£40 for 30g). You can PAVILION the Skinesis Overnight Facial (5ml) – a also protect your lips in style with the ROAD... serum with rose and jasmine essential shimmery, tinted and waterproof Sunbalm BRILLIANT oils recommended for prepping your SPF in Gilt or Rose (£26). FASHION complexion on night flights as well as T: 020 7259 9454, cosmeticsalacarte.com BRANDS LIKE helping skin recover from a day in the sun HEIDI KLEIN, when you land. Skinesis Skin Insurance SARAH CHAPMAN OLIVIA VON SPF 30 (10ml), meanwhile, will give you GET ON-THE-GO GLOW and keep HALLE, THE tinted protection from the sun’s rays. Its your skin hydrated on flights with the LITTLE WHITE light-scattering powders are also designed neat Jet Set capsule collection from Sarah COMPANY, to help give you a youthful boost. Chapman (£59). The handy travel pack T.BA AND T: 020 7589 9585, sarahchapman.net includes the omega-rich Skinesis Ultimate BEAUTIFUL Cleanse (30ml), a professional cleansing FLORIST SALON SLOANE mitt, two Skinesis 3D Moisture Infusion MOYSES THIS SUMMER, if you want to keep your masks designed to instantly hydrate, STEVENS hair healthy while growing your tresses, visit Salon Sloane’s Ivan Ferreira for a ‘no hair cut hair cut’. This invisible layering Above: Cosmetics à la Carte Sunbalm, £26 technique cuts away split ends without Below: Sarah Chapman Skinesis Jet Set compromising the length. collection, £59 For an effortless day or night look in under 20 minutes, get the Spin Dry from Italian hair guru Giovanni Di Gesu. It’s a modern take on the 1970s blow-dry, with the ends of your hair spun round and down to create glamorous relaxed waves. The salon also has tips for ensuring your hair’s wellbeing in the sun: use a hat or an SPF product, dial down the heat on styling appliances and invest in a hair mask like Revlon’s Hydro Nutritive. T: 020 7259 0068, salonsloane.com

49 Heads together HEAD OF CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL AVIS HAWKINS ON CREATING COMMUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM. AS TOLD TO CALLY SQUIRES

“I arrived at the school in 2000 as deputy head The church is very much at the heart of it, but and became head in 2009. I have a psychology what is brilliant about our church is that it’s background originally and was a teacher for really about values rather than being evangelical. seven years before joining Christ Church, in two There is a really lovely sense of belonging, but quite challenging schools in Lewisham. But I it’s open to all. wouldn’t change that experience, because that We live by the value of forgiveness, so that first bit of my career really helped me find out children aren’t labelled and they can make a what was and wasn’t important to focus on in fresh start every single day. Our school is a really a school. happy place, which is what a school should be. We have 210 four- to 11-year-olds, so it’s quite Children learn best if they’re really motivated a small school but a really tight community. and excited about what is going on. We have quite a few families from Chelsea and Year Three at the moment are preparing a Battersea, but also beyond because we have pop-up restaurant for their parents. So their special-needs children who travel a long way. literacy is all linked to the recipes and the

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band. My drama teacher is away at the moment because she’s putting on a play in Ireland, but it’s worth it because when she comes back she’ll give a sense of that experience to the children. We had chickens, but unfortunately they got eaten by a fox. We do have a school dog, Poppy, who has been here for five years. My deputy head George bought her specially to be brought into the school, and because we have children with autism and ADHD, they do often need time out, and one of the things that helps them is going for a walk with Poppy. She’s also really taught the children how to look after an animal and care for living things. The most recent award we’ve won is for being a healthy school, which I’m really proud of. The accreditation for that is really hard. It wasn’t just about children eating healthily, it was about mental health and children being happy and being able to express themselves too. We are very big on our school dinners. We employ our own chef, CHILDREN LEARN BEST IF THEY’RE REALLY MOTIVATED AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON maths is linked to how much money they’ll which is quite unusual, and part of their job spend and what prices they’ll set. So it is to educate the children. It’s not just about makes it really real, and that way of teaching serving meals; they work in the classroom too. creatively has grown and grown. Of course, Similarly, we have a gardener who helps the sometimes it goes horribly wrong! But there is children grow vegetables, which are used in the a trust in teachers that they can be inventive. school dinners. There is a really lovely relationship between We have parent coordinators who are my oldest children and youngest children. very proactive about making links with the The elder ones are called shepherds and the local community. For instance, [chef] Tom younger ones are sheep, and they are paired up Aikens has been in a couple of times through a when a child gets a place at the school. That connection with one of the parents. Some of our sense of being a role model is really beneficial children are quite affluent, but it’s a state school, for the older ones. so some aren’t. Bringing someone like Tom in As lots of schools do, we have music, dance really gives those children the opportunity to and drama teachers come in, but we have pro- have aspirations and experiences they wouldn’t fessionals rather than full-time teachers. So our otherwise have. music teacher is a real musician and he’ll show What I love most about my job nowadays is the pupils scores he’s written or a video of his watching teachers grow; it’s so rewarding.”

51 MICHAEL CHARALAMBOUS, FOUNDER OF CHELSEA HAIR SALON NYUMBA, ON THE WELCOMING ETHOS BEHIND HIS BRAND 9 Michael Charalambous to Nyumba 5

“WE MOVED HERE THE SALON HAS GOT YOU CAN FIND MY WIFE GIULIA FOUR YEARS AGO A VERY HOMELY and MY WORK ON ZUCCAROLI IS THE from Mount Street, very African vibe. I am INSTAGRAM, though, if HEAD COLOURIST but our brand has been a person who likes to you want to, and clients in the salon, and she’s around for 30 years. mix colour, and I’ve used have actually found us done fabulous women When people come to visit flamingoes, chickens, before through Instagram, including the likes of London, Sloane Square parrots and an eagle which is wonderful. Sophia Loren, the Fendi is one of the places they in our interiors in the Hair and beauty are so sisters, Princess Madeleine want to visit. We’re so salon. The sign saying important because clothes of Sweden, Claudia close to Sloane Street and ‘Karibu’ means ‘welcome are transient, but your Winkleman and Saffron we have great shopping. I to my house’ in Swahili. hair is the only thing you Aldridge. She is known also love the buildings and The shells are from wear all the time. as the colour surgeon, how clean the streets are. Zanzibar and all the because she’s the best at fish are handprinted by I AM HERE 12 HOURS doing colour changes and I LIVE OFF THE KING’S kids from charities we A DAY, six days a week. corrections. ROAD myself. I remember support in Tanzania. I Often here in the salon, seeing this building [1 don’t believe in pictures of but I might also be out at a MY STAFF ARE LIKE Sloane Square] when I hair everywhere because shoot or doing a wedding. A FAMILY. We had a was a kid and thinking I think it intimidates We also do an out-of-salon Christmas party in Paris I would love to have an people. service, which is available last year. We have our first interior design shop or hair 24/7 if a client wants Nyumba wedding this salon here one day. privacy in their home. year, too, between a girl

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who came originally from growing up in Africa, but WE HAVE A TO RELAX I LIKE TO Romania and a guy from we were suddenly kicked PARTNERSHIP WITH SPEND TIME WITH Italy. The wedding is in out and had our money THE BOTANIST, MY SON. I speak to him Puglia, so I’m closing the frozen. We lost everything whereby clients can order like an adult, and I love salon for two days so that and went from having food from the restaurant to talk and joke with him. all the staff can join them. nannies, drivers and cooks to enjoy in our premises. I want him to be a man to having nothing. We are recommending of the world, have perfect I THINK WE SHOULD customers to Tom Davies manners and be London’s TRY TO MAKE THE BECAUSE I WENT opposite us, which is next mayor one day. BEST OF WHO EACH FROM BEING where I get my glasses He says he wants to be PERSON IS. I don’t want PRIVILEGED TO from myself. If a client president of America, so I my staff to be like me, and I UNPRIVILEGED, I had wants to treat me, I like love his ambition!” don’t want to be like them. to look after myself and to go next door to The I learnt things the hard Botanist or to Ritorno Nyumba, I HAVE A SOFT SPOT way. So what I’m doing further down the King’s 1 Sloane Square nyumbasalon.com FOR CHILDREN now is trying to find jobs Road, which is my who come from for people who come here, favourite restaurant in underprivileged families, whether they’ve come London. because I was actually from the north or all the a very privileged kid way from Sri Lanka.

OPPOSITE PAGE: MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE GIULIA THIS PAGE: NYUMBA’S CLIENTS INCLUDE TV PRESENTER CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN (TOP AND BOTTOM LEFT) AND SOPHIE STANBURY FROM TV SHOW LADIES OF LONDON (RIGHT)

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The psychedelic heart at Duke of York Square, by Maison de Fleurs

Chelsea IN BLOOM

FOR THE THIRTEENTH YEAR CHELSEA RETAILERS EMBRACED THE SPIRIT OF THE FLOWER SHOW TO CREATE WONDERFUL VIBRANCY ON OUR STREETS

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AS WITH THE FAMOUS FLOWER SHOW, the to enjoy al fresco drinks at The Botanist’s annual Chelsea in Bloom competition returned bigger pop-up Seedlip bar in the middle of and better than ever this year with 65 entrants filling beautiful Sloane Square. their windows and shopfronts with creative and Winners of the highly colourful displays of fresh blooms. coveted prizes were The Summer of Love theme saw participants take announced midweek with inspiration from the Royal Wedding and the cultural Monica Vinader taking Best revolution of the Sixties and Seventies to create their Floral Display, Lucas Hugh displays, enlivening everywhere from the King’s Road winning the Innovation award and Duke of York Square, to Sloane Square, Pavilion and Harry’s Dolce Vita claiming Road and Sloane Street with fresh flowers. both People’s Champion and a Produced by Cadogan in association with the Highly Commended honour. Royal Horticultural Society, the Chelsea in Bloom Also highly praised at the competition also saw breath-taking floral masterpieces 13th annual awards with Gold pop-up for the week of May 21 - 26. Florist All For accolades were Dubarry, Hamptons Love London created a stunning pair of swans on International, Hugo Boss, Emma Sloane Street, a floral engagement ring on Pavilion Hope, Oliver Peoples, Marshall Wace, Road and a floral heart arch on Sloane Square, while Hackett, Rabbit, Wulf & Lamb, Kiki Maison de Fleurs created the spectacular interactive McDonough, Poetry, Salon Sloane, Sarah heart in Duke of York Square. Chapman Skinesis, Moyses Stevens, The Visitors to the area toured the displays on foot with Cloud Boutique, Kiehl’s Since 1851 and maps or complimentary rickshaw rides, and were able 11 Cadogan Gardens.

Engagement ring on Pavilion Road by All For Love London

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THIS PAGE Top: Harry’s Dolce Vita Left: Kiki McDonough Above: Wulf & Lamb

OPPOSITE PAGE Top: Monica Vinader Left: Kiehl’s Since 1851 Right: One of the Chelsea in Bloom rickshaws

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MONICA VINADER SOME OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS JUDGES BEST FLORAL DISPLAY Sarah Hills-Ingyon, Frances Fenwick, Cadogan CEO, Hugh Seaborn with Gemma Lockyer, Dario Spagnoli, Mhairi Graham Jessica Hart and Janette Kett and Sasha Wilkins

59 LUCAS HUGH HARRY’S DOLCE VITA INNOVATION AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED & PEOPLE’S CHAMPION Cadogan CEO, Hugh Seaborn (centre) with Lucas Judge, Frances Fenwick (centre) with Lizzie Powell and Hugh owners Anjhe Mules and Jason Marcus Latoyah Lovatt from florist Early Hours

THIS PAGE Above: Hackett Above right: Rabbit Right: Salon Sloane

OPPOSITE PAGE Top: Rag & Bone Top right: Floral arch on Sloane Square by All For Love London Bottom: Regal swans on Sloane Street by All For Love London Floral / Chelsea in Bloom

The giant ‘LOVE’ sign on Sloane Square raised over £800 for charity. Visitors were encouraged to pick a beautiful flower and make a donation to Sentebale, a charity founded by Prince Harry to help vulnerable children build a brighter future. Thank you to all those who contributed.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK PART AESOP – & OTHER STORIES – ANNOUSHKA – ARTISAN DU CHOCOLAT – BLUEBIRD – BOUTIQUE 1 – BRORA BRUNELLO CUCINELLI – CASSANDRA GOAD – THE CLOUD BOUTIQUE – CLUB MONACO – COSMETICS A LA CARTE DELPOZO – DERMALOGICA – DUBARRY – 11 CADOGAN GARDENS – EMMA HOPE – ESCADA – THE FOLD GIORGIO ARMANI – HEIDI KLEIN – HOBBS – HUGO BOSS – JIMMY CHOO – JUJU – KIEHL’S SINCE 1851 – KIKI MCDONOUGH KUROBUTA – LEMA – LINKS OF LONDON – LK BENNETT – LUCAS HUGH – HACKETT – HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL HANS’ BAR & GRILL – HARRY’S DOLCE VITA – MARSHALL WACE – MONICA VINADER – MOYSES STEVENS – NARS NEVILLE HAIR & BEAUTY – NO 8 PARTNERSHIP – OLIVER PEOPLES – OLIVIA VON HALLE – ORLA KIELY – POETRY – POLPO RABBIT – RAG & BONE – REDVALENTINO – RIGBY & PELLER – PETER JONES – POLIFORM UK PROVENANCE VILLAGE BUTCHERS – SALON SLOANE – SARAH CHAPMAN SKINESIS – THE SLOANE CLUB SLOANE SQUARE HOTEL – SMYTHSON – SUMOSAN TWIGA – TATEOSSIAN – T.BA – TROTTERS – THE WHITE COMPANY TOM DAVIES – WILLIAMS & RICE – WULF & LAMB

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Left: Floral dressing table Right: Sarah Chapman and Tom Davies at the Chelsea in Bloom awards ceremony Below: The 2018 Skinesis window under construction

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SARAH: “WE OPENED SKINESIS IN THE WEEK OF CHELSEA IN BLOOM, so it’s quite a special thing for us now. We literally still had the builders in while the florists were working downstairs. This year we brainstormed with our florist, Petal to the Metal, on how the theme could relate to us. Initially we were thinking of love in terms of pairs, and what skincare pairs together like a cleanser and a moisturiser. Then we thought about going down the wedding route with bridal prep, but beige flowers wouldn’t make as big of an impact. We considered the hippie vibe too, and having a swing in the window, but it just FELLOW RETAILERS, FRIENDS didn’t relate to skincare. AND CHELSEA IN BLOOM We wanted it to be interactive, and the final COMPETITORS SARAH concept came from the idea of loving yourself and female empowerment. People have been able CHAPMAN AND TOM DAVIES to write messages to their 13-year-old selves and TELL CALLY SQUIRES ABOUT hang them on the display. We also asked people THE INSPIRATION BEHIND who couldn’t make it here to write their messages on our Instagram, and we hung those up outside. THEIR DISPLAYS AND THEIR When you read them all, the message is FRIENDLY RIVALRY really positive and we’ll definitely keep them afterwards. And one person will win a year’s supply of our overnight facial. In terms of the flowers, our products have essential oils in them such as jasmine, so we wanted to include those in our display. We also have a chainmail curtain downstairs in the clinic, so we brought an element of the shop outside with the Parisian-inspired love lock bridge. We started putting some padlocks on ourselves, but people have been adding their own! There are other little details - for instance the paint used to coat the metal structure of the dressing table was painted in exactly the same pantone as the shop. We have a bit of friendly competition going on with Tom so every year we try and go bigger and better to beat each other! One year we might do something together that links our two stores!” Skinesis, 259 Pavilion Road TOM: “MY IDEA FOR THE THEME WAS YOUNG LOVE. For me personally that meant sitting in a meadow with wildflowers all round, having just graduated from university, with my whole life

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The finishing touches being put on the Tom Davies window; and Union Jack sunglasses

still in front of me. I just remember thinking that I couldn’t imagine being any happier in that moment. We tried to recreate it by making a meadow in the window with wildflowers and a big wicker heart made from clematis branches. I wanted it to be inside and outside the shop, and really draw people in. My original idea was to do something that would completely and utterly standout. Looking at the swinging Sixties era, I wanted to do hemp plants and lots of poppies, symbolising marijuana and heroin, with psychedelic colours and hippie music playing. We found out we needed a £400 licence to grow hemp, which was fine, but couldn’t get it approved as we are within 200m of a school. Part of me would have loved to have had someone ransacking the shop thinking it was real marijuana - and then a picture of me in the Daily Mail, with the headline Chelsea in Gloom! Heart-shaped glasses have been a staple of my collection for a while, but for Chelsea in Bloom I made five pairs specially with Union Jacks on them, as a nod to the Royal Wedding. They actually all sold on the first day before the judging, so were no longer in the window! But we also made some special pairs in acetate, with daisies and other flowers that were used in the display, on the sunglass frames.

“THERE IS A FRIENDLY RIVALRY GOING ON WITH A LOT OF THE SMALLER STORES WHERE THE OWNER IS REALLY INVOLVED”

What was nice is that the flowers from our window were potted, and as my garden is a mud patch I asked Moyses Stevens to plant what was left for me at home afterwards. There is a friendly rivalry going on with a lot of the smaller stores where the owner is really involved. With Sarah, the first year we entered we got Silver and she got Best Floral Display. So last year we were really in it to win it, and we got the Innovation award. Sarah had an idea that we could do something together next year. Although I think I might miss the rivalry if we do that! I have five stores now, but Sloane Square is my favourite. Things like Chelsea in Bloom, which Cadogan organises, make it such a great place to be. You don’t have that sense of community anywhere else, and that is why so many people take part.” Tom Davies, 54 Sloane Square

65 ACCLAIMED CHEF TOM AIKENS SHARES SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE DISHES FROM HIS CALE STREET RESTAURANT, TOM’S KITCHEN

On a STARTER HERITAGE BEET CARPACCIO, ORANGES, BEET YOGHURT, BEET DRESSING “You know it’s properly summer time when plate beetroot hits the menu – and this dish really encompasses all the joys of the longer, warmer days. It’s colourful and packed full of flavour; the different varieties give Since opening his flagship brasserie earthy and sweet flavours, which combined opposite Chelsea Green in 2006, Tom with the dill and citrus make for a really Aikens and his team have been serving refreshing plate of food.” refined British comfort food to local gastronomes. After closing for two months for an extensive renovation, Tom’s Kitchen is back open, with a revivified menu honouring seasonal ingredients – offering elegant small plates and large sharing dishes, alongside its now-famous classics.

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MAIN MONKFISH TAIL, ORANGE AND BROCCOLI SALTY FINGERS, SEA BEET “This super-light and fresh dish is a combination of perfectly cooked monkfish with a real taste of the sea from the sea vegetables we have chosen. We serve it with broccoli and orange, which is a delicious flavour combination. I love the way the orange oil adds a delicacy to this dish in contrast to the heavier sauces that often accompany monkfish.”

DESSERT BANANA TATIN, BANANA ICE CREAM “I love a classic dessert, and this banana Tatin is exactly that – but with a Tom’s Kitchen twist. Normally associated with apples and pears, we’ve chosen to use bananas for their deep sweetness and the banoffee-like flavour you get when they’re cooked in the caramel. They are topped with flaky yet chewy pastry, before going into the oven and straight out to our guests. This is made all the better when eaten with our banana ice cream – my all-time favourite!”

TOM’S KITCHEN, 27 CALE STREET. T: 020 7349 0202, TOMSKITCHEN.CO.UK

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AMERICAN BURGER chain Five GuysGuys opened on the King’s Road in May.ay. The fast-food outlet, which hass two floors of seating, is famous forr its double-patty beef burger, whichch comes with unlimited toppings,s, including a choice of grilled mushrooms, onions, jalapeños, green peppers, tomato, pickless and hot sauce. Other options onn the menu include a veggie grilleded cheese sandwich, beef hot dogss and milkshakes in traditional flavoursurs like Oreo, vanilla and strawberry,ry, or the more adventurous coffee,e, malted milk and even bacon! Five Guys, 127 King’s Road JAPANESE FUSION RESTAURANT KUROBUTA has launched a bottomless weekend brunch. The new menu is available on Saturdays, and costs £35 for unlimited sushi, buns and other hot and cold dishes, plus an extra £10 for unlimited prosecco, wine and Asahi beer. The Dude Food brunch has two sittings available, at midday or 2.30pm, both lasting two hours. Kurobuta, 312 King’s Road

CHELSEA’S MICHELIN-STARRED chef Phil Howard will be returning to Ascot this June for another residency during the royal racing week. The Elystan Street chef has created a relaxed fine-dining menu for racegoers in the Queen Anne enclosure, designed to champion the best of British produce. The contemporary On 5 restaurant can be found on the fifth floor of the grandstand. For more information go to ascot.co.uk

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Gifts / Father’s Day

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Daddy NO NEED TO TRAVEL FAR TO SPOIL DAD THIS FATHER’S COOL DAY WHEN CHELSEA HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED, AS DISCOVERED BY ALISS WAGNER

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FENDI Sellaria black and rose gold automatic watchface, £2,325, and Sellaria nastro strap, £175, 26–27 Sloane Street

PENHALIGON’S Savoy Steam eau de cologne, £148, 132 King’s Road

DAVID MELLOR Provençal steak WAITROSE knife set in black, Pure Mirabeau en £110, Provence magnum, 4 Sloane Square £27.99, 196 King’s Road

RUSSELL & BROMLEY Lincoln shoe in navy nubuck, £215, 64 King’s Road

72 HARVEY NICHOLS ‘Man Food’ hamper, £80, 109–125 Knightsbridge

SLOWEAR Officina Slowear cotton knit tie, £90, 15 King’s Road

PETER JONES De’Longhi Dinamica SMYTHSON coffee machine, £494.99, Panama reporter bag in navy, Sloane Square £595, 141–142 Sloane Street

AESOP Moroccan Neroli shaving duet, £53, 22–24 Duke of York Square

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Social / People

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Roxxxan and Jade Laurice

Above: Natalie Dormer Fashion Left: Josh Paterson sense

OPENING PARTY FASHION RE-TOLD, 196 SLOANE STREET The opening of pop-up charity shop Fashion Re-told was sprinkled with stardust when Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer was one of the first through the doors. The temporary Sloane Street shop was a collaboration between Harrods and Cadogan, which has raised over £110,000 for children’s Ra and Sketch Felicity Hayward charity the NSPCC.

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David Jenkins and Johnnie Boden

BOOK PARTY BODEN, 23 KING’S ROAD To newly opened Boden clothing store on Rachel Kelly and Laurence Coste the King’s Road for the launch of Georgia Coleridge’s book The Chakra Project. Johnnie Boden himself was among the guests, alongside Georgia’s husband and publishing legend Nicholas Coleridge and local jewellery designer Laurence Coste, who attended with a four-legged friend.

Nicholas Coleridge Robert Fripp and and Laura Lonsdale Toyah Willcox

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Lady Alice Manners

SYNDICATE LAUNCH PARTY BEAUFORT HOUSE, 354 KING’S ROAD Elysia Wren There was plenty of good-natured horseplay at Beaufort House for the launch of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing’s new syndicate. Fine fillies such as Frankie and Chloe Herbert, Daisy Knatchbull, Lady Alice Manners and Lady Sabrina Percy were all there to celebrate the launch of the Tribe syndicate.

Lady Sabrina Percy

Daisy Knatchbull Frankie Herbert and and the Honourable Daisy Knatchbull Harry Herbert

79 THE RECENTLY OPENED NARS boutique on the King’s Road will be stocking the cosmetic house’s new Orgasm collection from the beginning of June. The new additions to the popular shade will be a sheer and hydrating lip balm, illuminating loose powder (£23) and available for a limited time will be a special edition of the award- winning blush in an oversized compact. Afterglow Lip Balm, £22 Nars, 27 King’s Road

SUMMER TREATS FOR Hot list TOP-TO-TOE PAMPERING TRIYOGA’S CHELSEA STUDIO is offering the very latest in hot yoga technology. Gone are sweltering-hot and sweaty studios with Triyoga’s infra-red-heated classes. Panels in the studio emit light that heats the body directly rather than the air, resulting in hot classes at a more tolerable intensity. There is one hot class per day in Chelsea, with a range of instructors to choose from. Hot yoga class, £17 at Triyoga, 372 King’s Road

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JO MALONE has launched a softening new on June 4 is a limited- shower oil in two of the LAUNCHING brand’s cologne intense edition hair and body oil from By Kilian, fragrances. The oils, which available in two of the brand’s most iconic come lightly fragranced scents – Good Girl Gone Bad and Straight to in Velvet Rose & Oud or Heaven. Formulated with apricot kernel oil for Myrrh & Tonka, lather into a its antioxidant properties, the oil is perfect for cleansing balm when mixed nourishing sun-kissed summer skin and hair. with water. Sunflower seed, By Kilian Hair and Body Oil, £90 jojoba and coconut oils leave Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Knightsbridge skin silky smooth as well as cleansed. Velvet Rose & Oud Shower Oil, £32 Jo Malone, 150 Sloane Street

EXCLUSIVE TO HARVEY NICHOLS is Trussardi’s new Scent of Gold eau de parfum. The precious metal is naturally odourless, so Trussardi’s perfumer Aliénor Massenet used her imagination to create an oriental, woody scent with warm Madagascan spices, fresh bergamot, sweet vanilla and bitter tobacco. Scent of Gold eau de parfum, £79 Harvey Nichols, 109–125 Knightsbridge

THE NEWEST LAUNCH from scientific skincare brand La Prairie is a potent moisturiser, White Caviar Crème Extraordinaire. The cream contains a powerful brightener, Lumidose, a molecule exclusive to La Prairie, which brightens skin and lightens dark spots. White Caviar Crème Extraordinaire, £519 Peter Jones, Sloane Square

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us to create beautiful WHAT IS CHELSEA’S hair. We also provide a BEST-KEPT SECRET? different environment The beautiful grounds from traditional salons. of the Royal Hospital It’s all about having Chelsea are tucked away fun in a cool and buzzy and feel very secluded. I atmosphere with curated love taking my children music lists, prosecco bar there for walks. and in-store events. WHAT IS YOUR WHAT’S THE SALON’S FAVOURITE … MOST POPULAR HAIR PRODUCT? TREATMENT? We launched our own Soft and effortless waves product range a year have been the most ago. I absolutely love our requested style in the OOMPH! Dry Volume last year. We have a few & Texture Spray. It variations, from High instantly creates that Tide Waves, where more is ‘just-out-of-bed’ look. YULIA RORSTROM more, to Hot Off the Tong, FOUNDER OF BLOW-DRY BAR with more definition. And LOCAL RESTAURANT? DUCK & DRY ON THE KING’S ROAD Beach Locks is a sexier, I like Eight Over Eight tousled take on the look. for its buzzy atmosphere

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT LIVING IN CHELSEA? I like the village feel of the area. I have my local coffee shop and Saturday farmers’ market on Pimlico Road as well as great restaurants and shopping on my Clockwise from top left: doorstep. But at the and the best Pad Thai same time, I can find Yulia Rorstrom; the Saatchi Gallery; salmon tataki at in town, Chicama for peace and quiet in all the Medlar; a pisco sour beautiful squares. at Chicama amazing pisco sours and pretty terrace, and AND WORKING IN Medlar for exceptional CHELSEA? food and service. A very short commute! Also getting to know GALLERY? our clients and fellow Saatchi Gallery, with Chelsea residents. its constantly changing exhibitions and WHAT MAKES DUCK & DRY SPECIAL? interesting events. We specialise in hair styling – blow-dries and Duck & Dry, up-dos. Our clients trust 335–337 King’s Road

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