If you're a fan of jazzing up dinner time, then be sure to book tickets to The Chambers of Favour. I first went to the wacky underground dining experience a couple of years ago and I'm pleased to say that it still retains the joie de vivre I remember. Writing about the event is a little tricky, as all diners are sworn to secrecy. But to the best of my ability, I will offer a little insight... After booking tickets for the event, you are not told the exact location until the night you dine. I received a text message with an intriguing set of instructions, which led me through a kind of buil...
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Ace & Tate, the Amsterdam-based eyewear brand, recently supported photographer, creative director, editor and founder of BRICK magazine, Hayley Louisa Brown, on her portraiture pilgrimage to Memphis, Tennessee. Shown at Protein Studios from 17-19th November, Children of Graceland explored the longevity of Elvis’s legacy on young fans, documenting her travels across a two-month period. We caught up with Hayley to hear more about her latest project.
Read more →Frieze is London’s biggest art fair. Welcoming autumn with a bang from 5th-8th October 2017, the big money tent in Regent’s Park is a maze of the world’s most prestigious exhibitors, parading its cultural fruits for the city’s rich and most curious. Walking in, queues of BMWs skirt the show; buyers, viewers and to-be-seeners collect their varying tiers of tickets to the fair. And so it begins. Frieze Week is the cornerstone of London’s art calendar, attracting 160 international flagship and upcoming galleries from Berlin to Buenos Aries. Albeit slightly terrifying, you can’t deny the energy th...
Read more →For two nights only, on 20/21st October, Veuve Cliquot is inviting Londoners to experience ‘SEVEN’, the highly-anticipated immersive experience curated by non-other than Carine Roitfeld. Guests will enter a world quite unlike anything they have ever experienced, to explore the seven deadly sins. Carine, who is known for her role in the fashion industry (previously Editor of Vogue Paris) will bring her unique sense of style and edge to the event exposing her vision of these sins to anyone who dare enter. # The journey through the seven rooms will not be an easy one, guests will immerse th...
Read more →And so last week we Rude'sters boarded the Eurostar to the French capital city of Paris famed for its café culture, its gastronomy and designer boutiques dotted along the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré. But we weren’t there solely for the purposes of eating, drinking and bringing to life everything we read in 'How To Be A Parisian'. Au contraire. We were there for a conversation with acclaimed French fashion designer, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac about the launch of his newest collection - ‘The Callection’. A collaboration between the designer and smartphone leaders, OnePlus, featuring a line of ...
Read more →Fashion brand Havaianas are inviting Londoners to join them at the Westfield London flagship store tomorrow, Thursday 16th March, to witness one of Brazil's most exciting young artists, São Paulo-based artist, Ricardo Negro, create an art work 'live' at a special installation on to celebrate the “Portraits of Brazil” project.
Read more →Wondering into the depths of Lambeth on a Saturday afternoon, I embarked on a long-awaited visit to Newport Street Gallery for Jeff Koons' first major UK exhibition in seven years. Jeff Koons: Now is a carefully curated collection of thirty-six works spanning from 1979 to 2014, including pieces from his iconic ‘Inflatables’ and ‘Celebration’ series as collected by his friend and admirer, Damien Hirst. The exhibition which fills six rooms, bought to life the ‘Balloon Monkey (Blue)’ and expertly casted aluminium sculptures I had seen littered amongst my Instagram feed of late. Showcasing the ...
Read more →It was only when I was hurtling down an extreme water slide screaming into the Kent country air that it suddenly hit me; this was getting increasingly surreal. The same morning I'd made a tie dye t-shirt, learned how to butcher a deer and whittled a branch into a crossbow. There was also the moment I spotted a naked woman emerge from the undergrowth as a still life drawing session unfolded on the fringes of a field. No, I hadn't fallen down a rabbit hole but ventured to the Wildfire Adventure Camp. Pegged as a 'half music festival half adventure camp for adults' this get-together started...
Read more →Just in time for summer’s swanky house parties and rooftop barbeques (cucumber martini anyone?), the creme of British talent from the worlds of music, fashion and nightlife have lent their creative genius to the latest Absolut Mix bottle for Stonewall and this year's London Pride. The vodka brand challenged 12 artists to add ‘their own twist’ to the acclaimed limited edition Absolut Mix, and boy did they! The result? A one-of-kind Pride auction featuring bespoke bottle designs from Henry Holland, Gareth Pugh, SIBLING, London nightclub purveyors Lyall Hakaraia and Sink The Pink, cutting e...
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