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 72 55 CONTENTS 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 SLOANE SQUARE ART \ CULTURE \ FASHION \ FOOD JUNE 2018 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 6 28 Contents / June SLOANE SQUARE / JUNE 2018 SLOANE SQUARE 46 PAVILION ROAD is produced for Cadogan by 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 Aliss Wagner 68 FOOD NEWS Debbie Ward 20 NEWS New restaurants and Sub-editor The latest local happenings fresh menus Holly Kyte in fashion, art and food Designer 71 GIFT GUIDE 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 7 Calendar SLOANE SQUARE / JUNE 2018 Events dıary JUNE & JULY 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 9 Calendar 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 10 Calendar 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 12 Calendar 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. 14 Calendar 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.