I was lucky enough to be invited at the Burberry show and party on 22nd of September, to what has been described as “the hottest ticket in town” by the British press: what better subject than an insider’s look into London most glamorous party could I find to launch Chic-Londres new blog?
Liv, Emma, Gwyneth and Mario at the Burberry Show Front Row (Photo Chris Jackson, Getty Images)
I knew when I received my invite by courier (a metal card for the show, a black card for the party in chic cardboard envelops) that Burberry meant business when it chose to show its new Spring-Summer 2010 Prorsum collection -the most luxurious and fashion forward- in London rather than Milan.
I had been invited before by Burberry, the former Establishment name which has reinvented itself over the past ten years to become one of the most fashionable and cool brand on Planet Fashion. Three years ago, I went to the launch party of David Hockney’s exhibition, sponsored by Burberry, at the National Portrait Gallery, where I met the Great Man himself (charming), as well as designer Christopher Bailey (lovely and modest), the talent behind Burberry rebirth. This party was lots of fun, with a good mix of Art figures (Tracey Emin, in a sexy black dress somehow spoilt by trainers), Fashion (shoe supremo Manolo Blahnik and top model Natalia Vodianova), Films (Miranda Richardson and Michael York), with a touch of royalty for good measure (Gabriela Windsor). I had a chat with actress Thandie Newton (very friendly, amazingly beautiful), whom I met in a restaurant in Sydney in 1999 when she was filming Mission Impossible 2 with Tom Cruise, as well as with Jamie Oliver (very cheeky, strong character), whom I had interviewed a few months earlier for a profile piece. In 2007, I was also invited at the launch of The Beat, Burberry’s perfume -modelled by Agyness Deyn-, a very rock’n roll affair at Koko’s in Camden, where The Fratellis played a private concert in front of London’s brat pack. So I had already witnessed firsthand that Burberry knows how to throw a good party… read more