London has been in an uncharacteristic slumber for the past few months, and all that pent up demand for action and partying exploded at the Lacoste VIP Trunk show at Claridge’s Saturday afternoon. An A-list of new generation stars—Daisy Lowe, Amber Le Bon (daughter of Duran Duran’s Simon), Pixie Geldof, Olga Kurylenko, and Rosamund Pike—clinked [...]

Last Thursday night was unreservedly iconic. The opening of Atlantis at Palm Jumeirah was filled with elegance, glamour, and a dazzling display of what happens in the crazy collision of East meets West with unbounded imagination, passion, and budget. The evening began with yours truly doing the cocktail set, which was attended by HH Sheikh [...]

Downing Street’s henchmen (i.e., press people) staged their Monday night cocktail event with such tight reigns that even the designers weren’t allowed to bring a guest. So how did Julien Macdonald smuggle in his parents? Perhaps underneath the huge Union Jack he was cloaked in.
—Afsun Qureshi

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