SLOANE SQUARE ART \ CULTURE \ FASHION \ FOOD OCTOBEROCTOBER 20172017 ART & DESIGN SPECIAL CHELSEA’S CREATIVE POWERHOUSE Trending What I Wore Halloween PICTURE PERFECT: LADY MELISSA PERCY 10 OF THE HIGH ART DRESSES COUNTRY AND BEST GHOULISH HITS THE RUNWAY CITY CHIC GOODIES 24 ART SPECIAL 41 JOSEP FONT On what goes into creating a Delpozo piece 44 MARY KATRANTZOU The fashion designer talks 78 bold prints and colours 48 CORIN MELLOR SLOANE SQUAREUAR On taking over his father’s ART \ CULTURE \ FASHION \ FOOD OCTOBER 2017 35 design store David Mellor 55 JULIETTE LOUGHRAN ART & DESIGN SPECIAL The self-made gallerist CHELSEA’S CREATIVE POWERHOUSE tells us how she got there Trending What I Wore Halloween PICTURE PERFECT: LADY MELISSA PERCY 10 OF THE HIGH ART REVEALS BEST GHOULISH HITS THE RUNWAY HER STYLE TIPS GOODIES 58 THE ARTISTS COVER Three Chelsea artists Our Art and Design share their inspiration Special on Chelsea’s flourishing creative 60 ART ROUND-UP scene Page 44 The latest must-see Image: MARY exhibitions in Chelsea KATRANTZOU Contents / October 2017 14 SLOANE SQUARE / OCTOBER 2017 10 CALENDAR 70 LOCAL HERO SLOANE SQUARE Your essential events diary for Glass Door’s Amanda is produced for Cadogan by October and November Sheppard helps the homeless Publishing Business 3 Princes Street 21 NEWS 73 SOCIAL London W1B 2LD 020 7259 1050 The latest local happenings Celebrating summer and a in art, charity and property 50-year design collaboration Cadogan 10 Duke of York Square London SW3 4LY 26 TOP 10 77 BEAUTY NEWS cadogan.co.uk Our pick of the best treats The latest products from Editor for this year’s Halloween Jo Malone and La Prairie Lorna Davies 020 7259 1054 28 FASHION NEWS 78 BEAUTY [email protected] Deputy editor Louis Vuitton fundraises for Sue Y. Nabi launches radical Cally Squires children in Syria new skincare range Orveda 020 7259 1058 [email protected] 30 WHAT I WORE 82 MY CHELSEA Writers Chelsea’s Lady Melissa Percy Salon Sloane’s Belle Cannan Sophia Charalambous Reyhaan Day shares her style secrets shares her local tips Lucy Douglas Kate White 33 TRENDING 34 Sub-editor Fashion pieces inspired Holly Kyte by great works of art Designer Lucy Wise 63 FOOD NEWS Advertisements Vegan restaurant Wulf & Caroline Warrick 020 7259 1051 Lamb opens its doors [email protected] Bridget Rodricks 020 7259 1059 [email protected] 59 Publisher Adrian Day 020 7259 1055 [email protected] Printed on ECF (Chlorine Free) paper using fibre sourced from well-managed forests. All inks vegetable based. Our printers are certified to ISO 14001 Environmental Management. Publishing Business is a member of the Professional Publishers Association and observes the PPA Code of Publishing Practice. @SloaneSquareMag @DOYSQ @SloaneStreetSW1 @Pavilion_road @SloaneStreetSW1 @PavilionRoad @dukeofyorksquare @SloaneSquareMag 9 Events dıary OCTOBER & NOVEMBER UNTIL NOVEMBER 19 FOOD: OPERA AFTERNOON TEA The Jumeirah Carlton Tower is celebrating the V&A’s exhibition Opera: Passion, Power and Politics with a special afternoon tea, featuring opera-inspired savouries and pastries. Guests who opt for the cocktail afternoon tea will also receive a Don Giovanni cocktail, a ticket to the exhibition and a mini MP3 player preloaded with opera music. £45 or £55 for the cocktail tea, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, 1 Cadogan Place. T: 020 7858 7185, OCTOBER 12 jumeirah.com/opera FOOD: TASTING TOUR OF PAVILION ROAD UNTIL FEBRUARY 25 Pavilion Road will be taking part in the MUSIC: OPERA: PASSION, London restaurant festival’s tasting menu POWER AND POLITICS series. The Pavilion Road Tasting Tour costs The V&A and the Royal Opera House are £85 per person including wine, and gives presenting a landmark exhibition on the story diners the opportunity to enjoy the flavours of opera, from its origins in late-Renaissance of London's newest gourmet quarter, Italy to the present day. Told through the lens followed by a four course menu at newly- of seven premieres in seven European cities, it opened vegan restaurant Wulf and Lamb. takes viewers on an immersive journey. £85, Wulf and Lamb, 243 Pavilion Road. Tickets £19, V&A, Cromwell Road. londonrestaurantfestival.com T: 020 7942 2000, vam.ac.uk 10 Calendar SLOANESLOAO NEN SQUARESQUARE / OCTOBER 2017 UNTIL MARCH 31 SCIENCE: ILLUMINATING INDIA India’s global contribution to science, technology and maths will be celebrated to coincide with 70 years of Indian independence and the British Council’s UK India Year of Culture. Exhibitions will explore India's scientific breakthroughs and cultural history. Free, Science Museum, Exhibition Road. T: 0333 241 4000, sciencemuseum.org.uk OCTOBER 20– SPRING 2018 PHOTOGRAPHY: WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Seals, bears and a bald eagle are just a handful of the incredible images from the finalists of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s 53rd competition. The phenomenal photographs, which reflect the wonder and fragility of the natural world, were selected from almost 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs across 92 countries. Tickets £14, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road. T: 020 7942 5000, nhm.ac.uk/wpy WINTER STEVE 11 Calendar NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER CHRISTMAS: DATES FOR THE DIARY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WEEKEND This year's official Christmas Shopping Weekend will be Saturday December 2 and Sunday December 3. LIGHTS: THE BIG SWITCH-ON Chelsea's festive Christmas lights will DECEMBER 4 be illuminating the area on Saturday MUSIC: CHILDREN & THE ARTS November 18. Event from 2pm, with the CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT light switch-on at 5pm. Classic FM presenter Aled Jones will host a For more detailed information on both events magical evening of performance by special please visit inchelsea.co.uk celebrity guests including Brian Blessed, Adrian Lester (pictured) and Ben Miller, DECEMBER 11 as well as music from soprano Carly Paoli, MUSIC: THE SENTEBALE Ivor Novello Award-winning composer CAROL CONCERT and pianist Nigel Hess, Olivier-nominated Sentebale was founded by Prince Harry Shaun Escoffery and acclaimed violinist and Prince Seeiso to support the mental Jennifer Pike. Join in with the communal health and wellbeing of children affected singing and raise funds for the charity, by HIV in Lesotho and Botswana. Join which brings the arts to disadvantaged the charity as it celebrates the festive children throughout the UK. 7.30pm Holy season and raises vital funds towards its Trinity Church, Sloane Street. Tickets, Cadogan invaluable work. Festive refreshments will Hall box office, cadoganhall.com T:020 7730 be served immediately after the concert. 4500. From 7pm. Check website for ticket prices, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington Church Street. T: 020 7730 0226, sentebale.org/news 12 Calendar Right: Morgan James Below: Devon – Ebbing Tide at Welcombe Bay by Alan Cotton Below right: Petra Bishai North by South West ring, £585, on sale at Handmade in Britain SIMON B. ARMITT. JOHN BLY GALLERY. AKSHAY BHOAN AKSHAY GALLERY. JOHN BLY SIMON B. ARMITT. NOVEMBER 24 MUSIC: MORGAN JAMES: RECKLESS ABANDON TOUR OCTOBER 26 New York-based soul singer, songwriter and ART: KEN HOWARD AND FRIENDS Broadway chanteuse Morgan James has been An auction in aid of Kids for Kids will sell described as “a phenomenal talent whose feel artwork by Sir Quentin Blake, Ken Howard, for classic soul music is bone deep” by the New Susan Ryder and others, with proceeds going to York Times. Combining a powerhouse voice families and children in Darfur. From 6.30pm. with theatrical swing and soulful poise on her Free, email [email protected] to attend newest album, Reckless Abandon, this is a gig private views and auction, John Bly Gallery, 533 that’s not to be missed. Doors open 7pm. King’s Road. T: 07957 206440, kidsforkids.org.uk Tickets £22, Under the Bridge, 434 Fulham Road. T: 020 7957 8261, underthebridge.co.uk NOVEMBER 2–5 TRAVEL: THE LUXURY TRAVEL FAIR Plan your dream getaway at this annual fair, which brings together the finest bespoke travel experiences from luxury safaris to digital detox programmes. There really is something for everyone. Tickets £16.95, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road. T: 0871 230 1091, luxurytravelfair.com NOVEMBER 10–12 CRAFT: HANDMADE IN BRITAIN Renowned high-end contemporary craft and design fair Handmade in Britain is now in its 11th year. The three-day selling event will see more than 100 designer-makers and galleries showcasing their innovative designs across textiles, jewellery, ceramics, glass and more. From 11am–6pm daily. Tickets £8 (one day), £21 (three days), Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road. T: 020 3105 1682, handmadeinbritain.co.uk 14 Jeff Robb Ventures in Light 6 – 29 October 2017 Jeff Robb Two Hands #2 (ii) 2017 Lenticular photograph, Ed. of 12 78 x 59 cm (31 x 23 in) Pontone Gallery | 43 Cadogan Gardens | London SW3 2TB +44 20 7730 8777 | [email protected] | www.pontonegallery.com Calendar OCTOBER 11 TALK: UK SECURITY AND THE ARMY The army has played a visible role in UK security lately. At this event a panel of experts, including the secretary of state for NOVEMBER 24–DECEMBER 30 security, will discuss the THEATRE : GOATS army’s presence on our In a small town in Syria, soldiers are praised streets and whether it as heroes and grieving families are makes us feel safer. nourished on propaganda. As the Tickets coffins pile up, the local party From 7pm. £10, National leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat Army Museum, for each son martyred. Goats Royal is a major new work by Syrian Hospital playwright Liwaa Yazji. Road. T: 020 Tickets from £12, Royal Court 7730 0717, Theatre, Sloane Square. nam.ac.uk T: 020 7565 5000, royalcourttheatre.com The Cottage Below by Kate Fleming OCTOBER 23–27 EXHIBITION: NIGHT & DAY: ART, JEWELLERY AND CLOTHES Three local women will bring together three different art forms in this exhibition.