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Mr russell Crowe What next for Hollywood’s ultimate action hero? British fashion ChaMpions The Brit pack that created a global style empire australian odyssey Acquiring a taste for life down under
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CITY LIFE: the edit The commodities and consumables raising our interest rates this month the soCial Whisky, wine and a damn good steak
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COLLECTION: oCean wonders Classic Yachts Challenge sponsor Panerai celebrates its links with the sea BranChing out Peter Pilotto designs his first jewellery collection
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STYLE: she’s in fashion The industry is pulling out all the stops for the new season The falling into fashion Tips on coping in the whirlwind world of fashion Tips
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(thi s i s esp ecially tru e once that follicle-murdering hormon e D H T chooses y our hair style for you , and you’ve reali sed that b eard s only look good on bari stas from Hackn ey). You n ever get a second chance to make a first impression . Typically, not being naked i s a good start. So it stand s to reason that a wardrobe of decent clobb er represents a winning investm ent. Luckily, if y ou live or w ork in London , you have on e of th e w orld’s most compreh ensive fashion arsenal s from w hich to draw. As with music, film and th e O lympic Gam es, fashion i s an area in w hich Britain punch es above its weight. In recent decades, design ers from Blighty have export ed a style empire that now stretch es to stores in th e furth est f lung streets of th e glob e. In thi s i ssu e, we look at th e fashion industr y h eavyweights w ho have creat ed a sector that currently contribut es £26 billion to th e UK economy ( p. 44). Putting togeth er thi s Sept ember edition highlight ed th e enlight en ed tim es in w hich th e modern man now lives. We’ve b een emasculat ed to th e point w h ere it ’s now acceptable to talk about prot ein shakes, read pseudo-scientific self-h elp books and chase Pokémon in public, apparently. Even still , asking th e bloke standing outside Bank station w h ere h e buys hi s brogu es might b e a st ep too far. Fortunat ely, we’ve got you covered from th e feet up in our Style section that starts on page 43. Happy shopping.
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A WEBS IT E. A M IN DS ET. A L IF ES T Y L E.
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Crafted to showcase complexity and depth, Rare Cask is drawn from the broadest spectrum of casks, 16 different types, ever identified by the Master Whisky Maker. Far less than 1% of those casks maturing at the distillery have been identified as fitting to bestow the Rare Cask name. With rarity at its core, this is a whisky crafted from casks so rare they will never again be used in any Macallan whisky. Combining Spanish and American sherry seasoned oak casks, a high proportion of them first fill, gives rise to an exquisite whisky with a splendidly rich hue, and an unmistakable woody whisky. This is a single malt which captures a true decadence; its creation goes beyond any other Macallan whisky and its rarity is absolute. It is a single malt of such diversity and intricacy it challenges the very conventions of whisky creation.
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locked-up luxury Shoreditch’s latest boutique hotel promises visitors a criminally good time East London’s latest luxury hotel isn’t located in the first place you’d expect. The Grade II-listed former courthouse, home to gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray during the 1960s, has been transformed into a 128-room boutique hotel, with the main courtroom now a restaurant and the youth court a private members’ club. The main restaurant incorporates five of the old cells, but the bedrooms upstairs are a far cry from the original digs, with large, open-plan rooms and high ceilings. The food is hearty and well-prepared, and the staff are impeccably polite. Leisure facilities include a gym, pool, sauna, pristine private bowling alley and impressive, Odeon-sized cinema room.The roof terrace looks out over the City, and sits across from the recently renovated Shoreditch Town Hall, where the word ‘Progress’ is aptly etched into the stonework. Rooms from £199 per night, Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch, 335337 Old Street, EC1, shoreditch.courthouse-hotel.com
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It’s 1997 and TUMI opens its first store in Santa Monica, California. Nineteen meteoric years later and the brand now boasts more than 50 outlets in over 30 countries. How? Innovation. In the 1980s, TUMI introduced ballistic nylon to the luggage industry; in the ’90s, the brand presented the tri-fold garment bag and revolutionised wheel-a-way suitcases; in the ’00s, we got patented swivel handles and the Omega closure zip system. TUMI’s latest creation? The V3 collection – its lightest-ever hardside luggage line. Bags are constructed from a multilayer polycarbonate shell, engineered to offer serious strength and resistance to impacts while weighing practically nothing. Take the International Carry On, for example; eight wheels, one 3-stage telescoping handle and 36-litres of space, all weighing less than 3kg. It’s luggage for a lighter life. International Carry On, £475, Tumi, tumi.com
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THE BIKE BESPOKE CYCLING Bored of the money, glamour and success that comes with investment banking, Barry Scott quit the industry in 2005 and went into bikes. His company, Bespoke Cycling, started as a cycling distribution company selling high-end products to the UK’s best bike shops. Its first store opened in Hoxton Square in 2007, followed by premises in Gresham Street, Jermyn Street and Canary Wharf. Bespoke Cycling offers clients the chance to build their bikes from scratch, offering custom paint jobs and the best components money can buy. Head to its online Build Gallery for some seriously arousing bike porn. bespokecycling.com
IN THE SPIRIT OF RIO The backdrop to the Olympic and Paralympic Games may be an 11-hour flight away, but you can immerse yourself in South America’s most celebrated city from the comfort of your living room. A contributing editor to Brazilian Vogue and GQ, Bruno Astuto has produced a coffee-table bible on Rio de Janeiro for luxury publisher Assouline. In the Spirit of Rio includes a guide to the city’s best hotels, restaurants, art galleries, shops and sightseeing attractions. From Christ the Redeemer and the Mantiqueira Mountain range, to Guanabara Bay and the world’s largest urban forest, discover a landscape that has captivated travellers, artists, designers, architects and poets since explorers landed in the 16th century. In the Spirit of Rio, £32, Bruno Astuto, assouline.com
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THE COMPETITION The 2016 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy has been won by West Australian surfer Taj Burrow. Entry to the competition is invitation-only, with six world champions invited to battle for inner-circle kudos and a £20K prize pot. surfingchampionstrophy.com
THE TOY OSPREY EAGLE LONGBOARD With California’s skate culture having crossed the pond to influence everything from music to street style, longboards are the latest way of getting from A to B. The Eagle board from Devon-based surf brand Osprey features an illustration drawn by the company’s in-house design team. Its wide deck makes it perfect for beginners. £129.99, osprey-surf.co.uk
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RUNWELL CHRONO The reason Switzerland enjoys a complete monopoly on mechanical watches isn’t because other countries lack the prerequisite skills needed to manufacture their own. It’s simply that Switzerland has established an incredibly complex chain of interlinked companies that are able to supply each other with the zillion components it takes to construct a wind-up timepiece. To build a watch that wasn’t reliant on Switzerland, a wannabe watchmaker would have to spend tens of millions on machinery and upskill a whole army of watch assemblers. It’s the reason no other country produces mechanical timepieces in meaningful numbers. Not Britain. Not even the USA. But there is one plucky American brand that’s giving it a punt. Established in Detroit in 2013, Shinola intends to bring back manufacturing jobs to the Michigan city. To that aim, the brand created a 30,000sq ft watch factory, from which it delivered the Runwell Chrono 48mm. The brand’s first titanium watch comes with double-curve sapphire-crystal case, Super LumiNova printed dial details, and a screw down crown. Shinola may still count on Switzerland for its movements, but if anyone’s going to re-establish the allAmerican wrist watch, expect it to be the brand from Motor City. Runwell Chrono 48mm, £1,150, Shinola, shinola.co.uk
THE WISH LIST Felt baseball cap £75, Maison Kitsuné, mrporter.com
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Backgammon set, £385, Hector Saxe, hectorsaxeparis.com
Small duffle bag, £610, Shinola, shinola.com
Button down shirt, £175, Private White V.C., privatewhitevc.com
6 7 Jérémie sweatshirt £156, APC, apc.fr
6" Moc toe boots, £210, Thoroughgood, thorogood-shoes.co.uk
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PORTABLE PEDAL POWER Gone are the days of lugging your heavy-framed, toomany-gears-to-understand bicycle up three flights of stairs, as more and more companies make the move to elevate the commuter bike. JIVR has gone the furthest by creating a foldable e-bike. Weighing less than 16kg, and taking fewer than ten seconds to fold (with a bit of practice), there’s no excuse not to get on your bike. Choose between electric, manual or assisted pedalling. The battery range is a commendable 30 kilometres and you can charge the bike in two hours through the mains. It’s also chainless, meaning no more greasy fingers at the side of the road. JIVR Bike, £1,999, jivrbike.com
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20-inch wheels make this a nippy bike, and it comes with a mudguard and rear rack, along with a handy bag in which to store your tyre pump £649, Bickerton Junction, halfords.com
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The top name in foldables, Brompton has revolutionised the commuter bike, with a unique folding system to minimise the frame from £925, Brompton, evanscycles.com
VERGE X10
The Verge X10 weighs less than 10kg thanks to a carbon fibre and titanium frame. Makes stairs a doddle. £1,500, Tern, evanscycles.com
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The royal parks foundation half marathon start date is catching up with The City Magazine’s resident runner. here, official pacer-provider, Xempo, gives its top tips to getting the most out of 13.1 miles
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well-run half-marathon doesn’t need to be a near-death experience. Run it evenly, and you’ll find that you overtake hundreds of other runners as everyone around you slows down while you are charging through the field at a steady rate. Turning up on the start line and ‘seeing how it goes’ is a recipe for disaster. Start with a realistic target time, based on your training and ideally previous races over shorter distances. Making it up as you go rarely leads to an enjoyable run. Once you’ve started, run your own race, not someone else’s. Don’t let your ego get in the way – the guy dressed as Batman might just be a top club athlete having a laugh and raising money for charity. Think of the race as a tide. At first the tide goes out – have confidence that the majority of runners start too fast. In the middle of the race, you’ll be running at the same speed as those around you. It’s in the closing miles when the tide
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comes back in, and all those who darted off at the beginning come back towards you. As you overtake them all, you can be confident that you’ve got your pacing just right. Keep asking yourself: ‘Can I keep this pace going until the end?’ If the answer is ‘no’, slow down. If the answer is ‘yes’, speed up a little. To run the race to the best of your ability, the answer should really be ‘maybe’. You are stronger than your mind is telling you. Don’t worry about the discomfort – if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. You can always follow the pacer. Stick with the one bearing the flag closest to your own target time, and let them worry about split times and mid-race adjustments. They’ll get you to the finish line just under your target. Pacers at the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon are supplied by Xempo, providing specialist running wear uniquely printed with your race time. Find them at xempo.co.uk; royalparkshalf.com
TRACK THE PACK
ATHLETIC AUDIO get smart to get fit FROM TOP BeOPlay H5 Stylish and magnetised for easy storage around the neck £199, beoplay.com BOse sOundsPORT wiReless HeadPHOnes Open-ear design means more awareness of surroundings, and less chance of shoulder barging the runnner beside you £139.95, bose.co.uk
Imagine an app where you could face off against Mo Farah – and beat him. MyZone’s chest strap and app isn’t just the most effective calorie counter on the market, but also measures your effort in comparison to others. Your heart rate is measured in conjunction with personal body metrics to calculate just how knackered you are. If you’re suitably more tired than your friend, you win – even if they’ve run double the distance. The app also doubles as a social media network, meaning you can congratulate others for their workout, or admonish them for their lack of effort. Carrot or stick: you decide. Activity Tracker, £129.99, MyZone, myzone.org
adidas sPORT ResPOnse By MOnsTeR Helps you stay aware of surroundings while delivering the tell-tale Monster bassline £39.95, johnlewis.com GiBsOn TRaineR Ti100 Lightweight, comfortable, and includes a flashing light on the back for night running £149.99, selfridges.com MOnsTeR ROC sPORT suPeRsliM Big, brash, but stay firmly on the ear and deliver a punchy soundtrack to your workout £149.95, johnlewis.com
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The screen of the OLEDE6V is so thin that its tantamount to a picture on glass
This LG uses WebOS 3.0 – the award-winning, best Smart TV platform on the market
Sound is designed by Harman/Kardon – a world leader in sound technology
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there’s a new category of tv in town – welcome to picture paradise
ith OLEDE6V, LG is making a serious claim for the crown of most ingenious television manufacturer. ‘Picture-on-Glass’ technology, unique to the brand, means that the ultraslim 2.57mm OLED panel has been bonded to a translucent glass plate, creating an unbelievably thin screen, and impressing even before you turn the thing on. It’s when you do so, however, that you see the real difference. On OLED TVs, High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR) steps up to another level, its potential
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heightened by its unique self emitting pixel technology. Unlike with LCD screens, where the backlight dims parts of the screen locally, each pixel on an OLED can turn on and off independently, meaning that both colour and black are as close to perfect as you could hope for, and contrast beautifully. It helps that the television has access to more than a billion possible colour options. All well and good, but what about the sound? It certainly has the pedigree, as the front-firing soundbar speaker system
has been designed with high-end audio experts Harman/Kardon. The bar points forward instead of downward (unlike most TV speakers), resulting in clear, nondistorted sound. It is also kitted out with extra woofers should you really want to ramp up the volume. No issues with what to watch, either: WebOS, the best Smart TV platform on the market, which now includes All 4 and ITV Player, means the world really is your on-demand oyster. Get switched on. OLEDE6V, £3,299, lg.com
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The Maestros Rare whisky is an intimidating field in which to be an amateur, so it takes a certain steel to jump into the industry as a business owner. Fortunately, cofounders of The Last Drop Distillers, 91-year-old Tom Jago and 73-year-old James Espey, have had plenty of experience in the spirits world, working for decades together at companies as big as Diageo, elevating drinks brands such as Johnnie Walker Blue Label and creating spirits like Baileys. Now, the duo have handed the reins to their daughters, Rebecca and Beanie. The Last Drop does exactly as its name suggests, searching the world for hidden gems lurking at the back of warehouses and distilleries, trying to find the very finest – and very last – drams of spirits to share with the world. The batches vary wildly in size, with the latest product limited to just 32 bottles. Prices for The Last Drop’s first bottles now reach £10,000. lastdropdistillers.com; whiskyshop.com
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SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY LONDON’S BURNING Following the hugely successful Lumiere London earlier in the year, ingenious events company Artichoke is returning to the capital to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, from 30 August - 4 September. London’s Burning will bring the Square Mile and beyond to life with a series of art installations, performances and talks reflecting on a significant moment in London’s history. The programme takes place in landmark locations, including a six-hour underwater performance-artwork at Broadgate; a domino-like sculpture tracing the paths of the fire through city streets; and a spectacular riverside finale, as a 120-metre long sculpture of Restoration London floats onto the River Thames and is set alight. London’s Burning runs from 30 August until 4 September throughout the City and surrounding areas. visitlondon.com/greatfire350
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HOXTON’S (NOT-SO) LITTLE SECRET Better known as somewhere you go to drink before a big night out in Shoreditch, Hoxton Square has never really screamed ‘foodie hangout’. This changed in 2014 when the man behind Soho’s celebrated 10 Greek Street, chef Cameron Emirali, opened 8 Hoxton Square and London’s epicureans went beserk. The City Magazine might be a little behind the times, but having visited last month, we’d like to add our name to the roster of proper restaurant critics who have been united in unanimous praise for this most unpretentious of outposts in N1’s creative Coolville. Honest – but by no means simple – European dishes are tasty-ashell and a handwritten wine list might just be the most reasonable in London. Take clients, colleagues, lovers or spouses – whoever you take, just go. RB 8hoxtonsquare.com
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O K T O BE RF E ST AT GE R MAN GYMNA SIUM It was on e of th e most talked about restaurant openings of 2015, now German Gymnasium i s t eaming up with th e Rothaus brewer y from Germany ’s Black Forest to bring O ktob er fest to King ’s Cross. C elebrations will take place al fresco on th e restaurant ’s t errace, with gu ests being able to enjoy a number of b eers on tap, as well as a selection of traditional barrelled beer between Friday 16 Sept emb er and Sunday 2 O ctob er. A German-style m enu will be ser ved by wait ers in conventional dress and di sh es will include giant butt ered Brezel s (think huge German pretzel s) and Giant Curr y D ogs – curr y-infused pork sausages with all th e trimmings. P roust! G erman Gymnasium , King’s B oulevard , N1C, germang ymnasium .com
Get clued up on the fire and its aftermath with three new publications. The Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood includes first-hand descriptions of the fire from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. After the Fire by Angelo Hornak details the renaissance of church-building and restoration in the 60 years after the destruction. The Great Fire of London: 350th Anniversary edition by author Emma Adams and east London illustrator James Weston Lewis includes detailed drawings that document the fire, from the lump of burning coal on Pudding Lane, the fire at its peak, to the rebuilding of the city from the ashes.
FINE WINE The Great Fire of London: The Essential Guide by Adrian Tinniswood, £4.99, waterstones.com
After the Fire by Angelo Hornak, £50, amazon.co.uk, pickabook.co.uk
Hidden down a passage off Fleet Street, the welcoming Humble Grape is what every den should strive to be. Walking in, you’re greeted by warm colours, comfy benches and more wine than you could shake a vine at. All the wine on offer is directly imported by Humble Grape, meaning you pay for what you’re drinking, and not the agent’s fees. This also means that most wines are biodynamic, organic, or from sustainable vineyards. Coincidentally, they’re also delicious, as is the range of no-nonsense Continental plates, including the archetypal baked Camembert and an indulgent meat platter. While there, get yourself ‘vinotyped’, with a series of questions to determine if you’re more likely to prefer a nice mild Riesling or something like a stormy Shiraz. Humble Grape, 1 St. Bride’s Passage, EC4, humblegrape.co.uk. To find your vinotype, go to myvinotype.com
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ny habitual reader of The City Magazine will have gathered by now that we can be pretty partial to a good steak. There aren’t many steakhouses across the city that haven’t had their doors darkened by our intrepid department of gastronomy, so it should come as no surprise that once the alarm was raised of a new milestone at the Modern American Steakhouse (MASH) in Soho, it didn’t take us long to pay a visit. I was late for our booking, but needn’t have worried, my guest having been made more than comfortable at the bar fronting the basement restaurant. ‘Basement’ does it a disservice: this sprawling, ’50s-inspired Americana steakhouse is anything but damp and dreary. The drinks are ably put together by a team of confident mixologists, who suggest cocktails based on your individual tastes. I went for a warm Old Fashioned – when this returns to the winter menu, be sure to try it. You won’t
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need a jacket when you leave. We began with a table full of smaller plates, each consciously fresh and light in preparation for the heavy-hitting mains. The tuna tartare and tomato salad were particularly full of flavour, providing a sweetness to match the rich, savoury second course. And so to the main event. The milestone mentioned earlier alluded to the fact that MASH restaurants are now the world’s leading importer of Kobe Wagyu – the stuff that has taken on an almost mythical reputation in the minds of steak enthusiasts. By the end of 2017, MASH will account for 50 per cent of Kobe meat exports, so it’s little wonder they want to shout it from the rooftops. We were given a taster plate of four different steaks: the Kobe, of course, an Australian Tomahawk, a Uruguayan Hereford and a dry-aged Danish. The Kobe was, as you’d expect, sublime, offering an unrivalled tenderness. The Danish steak
was the evening’s other stand out moment: in these smaller portions, the saltiness lent a savoury, indulgent kick to an already rich meat. I wanted more. Accompanying the meat were more sides than I had space for, both on the page and in my stomach, but I could have easily managed another plate of chilli cheese balls, and the creamy spinach was a temporary relief from the carnivorous mountain. The desserts, MASH’s ‘Dreamcake’ and cheesecake were almost too much for us to bear, especially after working our way through a considerable section of a very moreish wine list, but, against all odds, we fought on and finished our Roman feast. The test of a good meal is how long it sticks in the mind. A month on, I can still recall every plate, down to its position on the table. In some cases, my stomach can, too. 77 Brewer Street, W1, 020 7734 2608, mashsteak.co.uk
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hen discussing Mediterranean food, you’d most often be referring to its northern coastline, with Italian, Spanish and Greek cuisines repping the entire sea. However, in London, this concept has been expanded to absorb influences from further afield, whether they are Cypriot, Cretan, Israeli or Maghrebi. Sam and Sam Clark, proprietors of Moro on Exmouth Market, as well as Yotam Ottolenghi, were progenitors of this movement as some of the first London chefs to realise the influence each region had on each other, with different empires such as the Roman, the Ottoman and the Moorish washing up on one another and leaving their stamp on each other’s gastronomy. Sam and Sam Clark spent three months in a camper van travelling through Spain, Morocco and the Sahara, paying rapt attention to the various ways that food was prepared. Their
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newest restaurant, Morito, on Hackney Road, opened a few months ago and has already proven immensely popular. With a horseshoe-shaped dining counter and an airy design, the restaurant brings chef Marianna Leivaditaki’s Cretan upbringing into the foreground, with many regional dishes on the menu. Ottolenghi’s eponymous Islington restaurant was one of the first to set the pace for the new Mediterranean cuisine, and a breeding ground for a crew of hungry young chefs that wanted to redefine the piecemeal approach to the regions. Josh Katz (chef) and Mattia Bianchi (wine buyer) went on to open one of the most sought-after restaurants of 2015, Berber & Q, which spliced the time-honoured spicing and seasoning of the Middle East with the low-and-slow techniques and edgy attitude of a Brooklyn barbecue joint to exceptional results. This summer, they’ve opened their
second restaurant, Shawarma Bar, which draws inspiration from Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Golders Green, where Katz grew up. Situated on Exmouth Market, it aims to revitalise a dish that’s often given a bad rap in London. Another touchstone for the movement is The Palomar. Launched by Layo and Zoë Paskin, the siblings behind The End nightclub, the 40-cover restaurant quickly garnered interminable queues. Earlier in June, they opened their second restaurant in Neal’s Yard, with chef Eyal Jagermann taking the reins in the kitchen. The Barbary is perhaps my favourite of the new Mediterranean restaurants and counter dining par excellence. The interiors are cool, the managers (Tulisa Lawrence and James Steel) are fun to hang out with, and the food and wine can’t be faulted. There’s a lot to make your way through on the menu, but the house naan and baba ghanoush are a fine way to rev up the meal, and a special of Galician dairy cow really kicked it into fifth gear. In Fitzrovia, the newly launched Foley’s also boasts a chef from The Palomar – Mitz Vora. It strays slightly from the other restaurants in that Vora borrows inspiration from countries that lie further afield than the Med, but would have been closely interlinked through the spice trail, including Indonesia, China and India. Its small plates pack a powerful playfulness into each bite. Trade has always been an important factor in determining a cuisine. Mediterranean food cannot be boiled just down to Italy, Spain and Greece. Each country’s culinary history is interlinked by the waters lapping up against their shores, and London could very well be the best city to get a taste of it.
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have recently moved flats. Directly beneath my new living room window – third-floor, east-facing, uncomfortably hot in the mornings – is an area of concrete where youths like to congregate. These are the sort of youths who wear hoodies and jogging bottoms even when it is sunny. They talk at least two octaves higher than is necessary and pronounce ‘th’ with a ‘d’. As in, ‘Dat brah in dat window up dere keeps looking at us, innit’). The group is industrious enough to be able to afford marijuana and a portable loud-speaker device, the bass on which is something quite terrific, ask any of my neighbours. These chaps while away their evenings by spitting and drinking liquor from white plastic cups. I have considered buying those spikes that stop pigeons from sh*tting everywhere. The plan being to super-glue the barbs to the wall on which the young gentlemen sit, but the other half claims that this would be illegal. The next most obvious option is a high-powered air rifle – á la that scene in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels where Plank gets shot in the neck, providing the eternal line ‘Could everyone stop getting shot’, itself immortalised by Oxide & Neutrino’s garage anthem of 2001 – but this may prove counterproductive. If the foe locate the source of fire, I fear great retribution. Alas, I digress. Each night, as the weed runs out, or the bottle runs dry, I peer through my blinds, being careful not to be seen, as these would-be Carphone Warehouse salesmen disregard their chicken shop boxes and white plastic cups almost ceremoniously onto the floor outside my home. They then disappear in drunken stupor like hyenas into the night. Of course, the causes behind the litter epidemic that grips our nation are Byzantine and sundry. I’m not proportioning blame at your feet (a letter is already in the post to the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Secretary of State
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The youths outside my window may not be the type to carry National Trust membership cards in their wallets, but I do believe their nightly litter fiesta might be tempered by the provision of bins
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, don’t you worry about that). But I do believe it is within your power to provide a bit-part antidote to this most modern of social scourges. You see, while the youths outside my window may not be the type to carry National Trust membership cards in their wallets, and I doubt they live for the weekends when they get to tend to their allotments, I do believe their nightly litter fiesta might be tempered by the provision of bins, a chronic shortage of which Tower Hamlets is currently plagued. A case in point; I recently, optimistically, took my parents for a stroll along Regent’s Canal. What a positively unpleasant place it was to be. Bar the hipsters, the Boris bikers, and all those canal-boat-dwelling soap-dodgers, what really, truly, deeply depressed the spirit was the ubiquity of the litter lining the canal’s (crap) graffiti-laden banks.
Father was so incensed he had to have a half-pint of Adnams Broadside just to calm himself down. Again, I’m not holding you responsible for perpetuating the type of mindset that mutates a rhododendron bush into the shape of a litter bin. But there are no litter bins. Between Limehouse Marina and Victoria Park there are approximately three, a woefully inadequate number for the 17 million people who descend there every time the sun comes out. Canary Wharf ’s squeaky-clean towers glisten like beacons of prosperity in front of my stiflingly-hot-in-the-morning living room window. Why do I have to walk through a sea of sh*t to get there? Yours faithfully, Bindere Donedat RB.
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The western is film’s most transformative genre. after Tarantino’s revisionist romps, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight, the remake of The Magnificent Seven marks the return of the classic gunslinger movie, writes Chris allsop
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would not put hip-hop in The Magnificent Seven,” director Antoine Fuqua said in a recent interview. “By any stretch of the imagination.” Fuqua was responding to rumours of a modern soundtrack funking up his highly anticipated update of the 1960s Old West classic. But the director – best-known for 2001’s Training Day – has apparently erred on the side of the seriously classic by contracting an 80-piece orchestra to supply the soundtrack. “The hardest part for me was making sure [this film] felt contemporary. Not old-fashioned,” he added, “but respectful of the genre.” Admirable sentiment, but – one has to ask – why bother? For of any genre in film history, the Western has perhaps proven to be the best for hybridising, subverting, and updating. The list of sub-genres spawned is endless: Acid Westerns (Dead Man), Horror Westerns (Bone Tomahawk), Martial
Arts Westerns (Shanghai Noon), Electric Westerns (Zachariah), and the granddaddy of them all: the Spaghetti Westerns (A Fistful of Dollars). Perhaps it was Fuqua’s backers – despite bankrolling an apparently bulletproof box office cast that includes Training Day alumni Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, alongside Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Peter Sarsgaard (not to mention Vinnie Jones) – that counselled caution. Only five years has passed since the star-studded Daniel Craig Space Western Cowboys & Aliens flopped into town off the back of mixed reviews, replacing 1999’s Razzies-magnet Steampunk Western Wild Wild West as the go-to cautionary tale involving ambitious genre-bending blockbusters. But, despite what financiers of mainstream American movies broadly believe, innovation doesn’t always court disaster. Over the past six years, Hollywood
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Immersive, visceral and epically intimate, The Revenant is a brutal revenge saga that chronicles the true-life story of fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), a man, who, almost fatally wounded by a bear, crawls, swims and treks across hundreds of miles of America’s most inhospitable wilderness to murder the man who left him for dead.
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“The hardest part for me was making sure [this film] felt contemporary. Not old-fashioned, but respectful of the genre”
has witnessed startling success for what can be grouped under the Revisionist or Modern Western umbrella; essentially Westerns that, in short, temper the romance with two-fingers of throatstripping reality. Quentin Tarantino has been a leading exponent of these with his revenge fantasy Django Unchained in 2012 (budget: $100m; box office: $425.4m) followed, less successfully, three years later
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year: 1992 director: Clint Eastwood Box office: £123 million academy awards: 4
The definitive ‘one last job’ story. Former outlaw-turned-pig farmer Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood) is coaxed back into his gunslinger ways in order to avenge the disfiguring of a prostitute by a pair of cowboys, aiming to collect a bounty in the process. Sheriff Little Bill (Oscar-winner Gene Hackman) has other ideas.
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year: 1960 director: John Sturges Box office: £3.8 million academy awards: 0
Made in the same year as Ocean’s 11 and boasting an equally impressive cast, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Robert Vaughn star as four of seven gunfighters assembled to protect a Mexican village from a group of marauding bandits. The film is an American remake of Japan’s highly acclaimed Seven Samurai of 1954.
by The Hateful Eight (budget: $54m; box office: $155.8m). Django Unchained merged the heightened violence of the Spaghetti Western (the title actually references Sergio Corbucci’s Django, controversial upon its release for its heightened violence) with Blaxploitation and satire into a uniquely Tarantino-esque perspective. Samuel L. Jackson’s bombastic Stephen is perhaps
TRUE GRIT
year: 1969 director: Henry Hathaway Box office: £24 million academy awards: 1
The inspiration behind 2010’s remake starred John Wayne as Rooster – one of the most genre-defining characters in American Westerns. A hard-nosed, hard-drinking US Marshal, Rooster is employed by 14-year-old Mattie Ross to track down her father’s killer. True Grit provided Wayne with his only Academy Award.
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the best illustration of Tarantino’s technique; how he imbues a typical Western archetype with extra layers of darkness. And then there was the N-Word, apparently spoken no fewer than 110 times over Django Unchained’s 165 minutes. Unsurprisingly, considering his oeuvre, Tarantino identified race as his main thematic contribution to the Western genre, something that he believed “hadn’t been dealt with [there] in any meaningful way”. Responding to criticism of the film’s liberal N-Word abuse in an interview with Henry Louis Gates Jr, Tarantino added: “Well, you know if you’re going to make a movie about slavery and are taking a 21st-century viewer and putting them in that time period, you’re going to hear some things that are going to be ugly, and you’re going see some things that are going be ugly. That’s just part and parcel of dealing truthfully with this story, with this environment, with this land.” It’s this idea of dealing in truth and, therefore, complexity that divides the classic Western – those cosy scenarios of wrongs righted and solid gold lawmen defeating black-hearted bandits – from a
film like The Homesman (2014). As one of the genre’s first female leads, Hilary Swank plays an unmarried, quietly desperate frontierswoman who is “plain as a standard pail” and “as good a man as any man hereabouts”. She sets off to return three women, driven insane by the demands of pioneer life, to the nearest thing resembling a care home in their particularly uninspiring patch of the Wild West. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Tommy Lee Jones’ beautifully shot elegy swerves away from high noon adventure, and is rather a meditation on the nature of the West and those that chose to inhabit it; a response to the inquiry of why would anyone want to try their luck in what was, quite clearly, a godforsaken dustbowl on the fringe of civilisation. Also touching on this subject in its own narrow, visceral fashion was last year’s The Revenant. A gripping study of survival and revenge set against a frostbitten Dakotan background, The Revenant demonstrated how an ostensibly arthouse Modern Western could command Marvel-sized takings at the box office (budget: $135m; box office: $533m). Not that director Alejandro González Iñárritu would agree:
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It’s the most famous Spaghetti Western of all time – that is, an American Western made by an Italian director. Concluding the Dollars trilogy, the epic drama cemented Eastwood’s place among Western royalty. Joe (Eastwood) teams up with a fellow bounty hunter in a race against a third gunslinger for a cache of Confederate gold hidden in a remote graveyard.
Adjusted for inflation, this retelling of the myth surrounding lovable outlaws Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh made £475 million dollars at the box office, and the hit was a defining movie for Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Newman performed almost all his own bicycle stunts, after the stuntman hired wasn’t able to stay upright.
Year: 1966 Director: Sergio Leone Box office: £19 million Academy Awards: 0
Year: 1969 Director: George Roy Hill Box office: £79 million Academy Awards: 3
“I don’t consider [my] film a Western,” he gently informed The Financial Times. “Western is in a way a genre, and the problem with genres is that it comes from the word ‘generic’, and I feel that this film is very far from generic.”
HIGH NOON
Year: 1952 Director: Fred Zinnermann Box office: £9.3 million Academy Awards: 7
Will Kane (Oscar-winner Gary Cooper), former Marshal of Hadleyville, New Mexico, has married pacifist Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) and given in his badge. But a man he helped put away is free and looking for revenge. The American Film Institute ranked the peaceful gunslinger as its fifth greatest movie hero of all time.
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When it was released, the original The Magnificent Seven didn’t exactly set the box office alight
Iñárritu’s art-house sniffiness aside, this statement, in turn, suggests that Fuqua has plumped for the generic, ignoring the obvious momentum available for an alternative Western. And the thing is, The Magnificent Seven offers such rich seams
DANCES WITH WOLVES
year: 1990 director: Kevin Costner Box office: £329 million academy awards: 7
When Dances with Wolves ran £2.3 million over budget, director Costner covered the cost himself. His belief in the project paid off, the three-hour epic becoming the highest grossing Western of all time within six months of its release. It remains top of the chart today. Costner was made an honorary tribe member by the Sioux Indians portrayed in the film.
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for a dark, alternative revamp (something Tarantino obviously realised with his The Hateful Eight title nod). The basic story of the original involves seven hired guns (their pasts no doubt drenched in blood) finding their collective moral core to aid a helpless village of Mexican peasants. Despite a brief scene involving Robert Vaughn’s leather-gloved Lee having night terrors, the director John Sturges obviously thought that dressing Yul Brynner in black was about all the darkness his audience could handle at the time. Hired gun Steve McQueen’s Vin is relentlessly affable, while Charles Bronson’s Bernardo O’Reilly is a big hit with the village kids. When it was released The Magnificent Seven didn’t exactly set the box office alight, only with hindsight has it come to be viewed as a classic. Fuqua, perhaps mindful of this, has spoken about how his focus is on the Akira Kurosawa film, The Seven Samurai, upon which The Magnificent Seven’s plot is based. Perhaps, with that touchstone, he’ll bring something deeper.
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year: 1956 director: John Ford Box office: Not available academy awards: 0
John Ford’s masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the most influential films ever made, directly influencing David Lean and Steven Spielberg, and inspiring the finale of Breaking Bad. Critic Roger Ebert stated character Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) was “one of the most compelling characters Ford and Wayne ever created”.
It’s also possible that audiences have had enough of the complex. In interview, Tarantino has posited that Westerns are the best genre for revealing truths about the decade in which they appear. Will The Magnificent Seven start a new trend pointing back to that straightforward, sepia-tinted binary of Good versus Evil? In test screenings for the forthcoming film, Fuqua and his team asked the audience what they loved most. “And they all raised their hands and said, ‘It’s a Western’.” The Magnificent Seven is in cinemas from 23 September
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
year: 1968 director: Sergio Leone Box office: £4.1 million academy awards: 0
Sergio Leone’s epic film is ranked number 14 on Empire’s ‘The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time’, and centres on ownership of a small piece of land called Sweetwater. Frank, a sadistic gun for hire, kills the owner to make way for a rail tycoon, but a woman comes to claim the land, and Frank is pursued by a man known only as Harmonica. A tale of vengeance ensures.
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THE MERCURIAL MR CROWE Russell Crowe may be as formidable in the flesh as ever, but Karen Anne Overton meets a far mellower man than the person portrayed in tabloid tales
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don’t have so many people coming up to me on the street and I appreciate that. I like walking uninterrupted,” says Russell Crowe, in typically brusque fashion. He may have been out of the spotlight these past few years, but Crowe is still a major Hollywood player, and if fewer people approach him these days it’s more likely a result of his formidable presence than fading star status. He will, after all, forever be the moodiest Robin Hood, the goriest gladiator and Superman’s coolest dad. The swarthy Kiwi, 52, is the first to admit he can’t quite wield a sword like he used to. Still, while his current level of fitness is a far cry from his days as muscle-bound Maximus, he’s still faring considerably better than your average topheavy, middle-aged man. “Right up until I was 47, I didn’t care about my age. It never crossed my mind,” says Crowe. “And then 48 hit and I suddenly looked older, and lumpier. But since then, I haven’t thought about it. Well, that’s not entirely true. Some mornings, you catch a glance of yourself and think, ‘who’s that guy?!’” Considering his reputation as a fitness fanatic who regularly tweets updates of his gruelling workouts and insists on doing his own stunts, you’d think that Crowe would find the debilitating effects of growing older hard to take. While he’s aware that one day he’ll have to say goodbye to the on-set aerobatics, that time hasn’t come just yet.
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“It used to be something I prided myself on, but we’re now working with 52-year-old bones and tendons. There needs to be more of a conversation before anything happens! It’s a reality that we all face. I still do a lot of my own stuff, I just can’t throw myself in as foolhardily as I once did.” For his recent role in Seventies crimecaper The Nice Guys, Crowe fattened his own goose. Following the tried and tested ‘don’t give a sh*t anymore’ diet, he put on 27kg simply by exercising less and eating more. Set in a very retro Los Angeles, he plays Jackson Healy, a hired hard man paid to beat up Holland March (Ryan Gosling) who is, by his own admission, the world’s worst private detective. Soon the pair are embroiled in an elaborate murder mystery involving gangsters, porn stars and sexy mermaids (are there unsexy mermaids?) and their friendship blossoms into the cinematic bromance of the year. It’s refreshing to see someone who is known for serious roles take on a more light-hearted part – after Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, or his Oscar-nominated performance in A Beautiful Mind, a chance to play for laughs helps portray the other side of a man who has garnered a reputation for being a grump. He once hurled a mobile phone at a startled receptionist, and is well known for his verbal assaults on hapless journos. “I’ve done lots of comedy before,” he smiles, wryly. “Gladiator, laugh a minute! All those decapitations – they weren’t
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT A Beautiful Mind (2001); Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); Les Misérables (2012); Robin Hood (2010); with Denzel Washington in American Gangster (2007), images courtesy of MovieStillsDB.com
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originally in the script but I improvised them. Hilarious, right?” In actuality, Crowe is quite the joker – typically dry, cynical and cutting to the bone, a side we perhaps weren’t privy to before the advent of YouTube skits. A perfect example of this comes in Ridley Scott’s romanticcomedy A Good Year in which Crowe triumphs as Max, a highly successful but entirely unethical London-based bond trader who inherits his Uncle Henry’s vineyard in Provence. Naturally, the steely city boy softens under the Côte d’Azur sunshine and the irresistible charms of Marion Cotillard and they all live happily ever after, but Crowe’s at his best when, near the start of the film, he strides arrogantly onto the trading floor and greets his team: “Good morning, lab rats. Today we’re shifting gears. Today... is ‘greedy bastard’ day.” This habit of swaying between devilishly charming and feverishly furious will serve the actor well for his upcoming role in the highly anticipated monster-romp remake
of The Mummy, in which he’ll star as the infamous Dr Jekyll (and Mr Hyde). Algerian beauty Sofia Boutella will reportedly play the part of the Mummy, and it will be more of a nod to the classic era of horror rather than Brendan Fraser’s slapstick version. “It’s Universal’s take on the Monsters Universe,” Crowe explains. “The start of a series of monster pictures from the ’40s and ’50s like Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Wolfman… and it’s a stream that will blend together. It’s a fascinating, creative project that did it for me. And my kids – there was a large part of their enthusiasm for this role that led me to say yes. They think it’s really cool.” Crowe’s kids – Charlie, 12 and Tennyson, nine, are from his previous marriage to actress Danielle Spencer. And rather than telling us to mind our own effing business as the Crowe of old might, here he’s unusually ebullient when asked if either of them are expected to follow in his footsteps: “Potentially my youngest. He’s very entertaining, so funny. He cracks me up. I could see him as a comedian or an actor. Although he’s always changing his mind. My eldest, I don’t think he’s as into it but I could be wrong. He’s got a great eye and sensibility for performance – he’s even gotten into critiquing my work!” Having grown up in film studios (Crowe’s parents were set caterers) he admits that, far from inspiring him to be an actor, time spent behind the scenes left him disenchanted. It was only when he discovered musical theatre, in particular The Rocky Horror Show, that he began to see it as a viable career path. The idea of Crowe camping it up in fishnets and singing the Monster Mash is amusing (and horrifying), but it’s not surprising when he reveals his original boyhood dream… “What I really wanted to be,” he says, “was Elvis Presley.”
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WATCHES & JEWELLERY Celebrating the delightful and the divine from the world of fine jewellery and haute horology
BEST IN SHOW England’s got Goodwood; America’s got Pebble Beach. Established in 1950, and typically held on the third Sunday of August, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance brands itself as the most opulent motor show on earth. Tyres meet turf on the 18th hole of the hallowed Pebble Beach Golf Links course, as 200 prized cars and motorcycles roll onto the fairway, where they are judged for style, historical accuracy and technical merit. Rolex has lent its services as the event’s official timekeeper since 2007. Each year, the watchmaker presents the winner of the Best of Show with an Oyster Perpetual Datejust 41 (right). Last year’s victor was Louisville’s Jim Patterson, owner of a 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Cabriolet (not pictured). The eight-litre beauty has reportedly had only four owners and previously claimed the Grand-Prix d’Honneur at Cannes... in 1933. Rolex’s motorsport heritage dates back to 1930s, when it strapped a watch to the wrist of Sir Malcolm Campbell during his successful world land speed record attempts at Daytona Beach, Florida. It was a partnership that helped spawn the release of the brand’s most iconic timepiece, the coveted Cosmograph Daytona, three decades later. rolex.com
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alue for money is a prickly issue in the watch world, a direct result of the industry having to reposition itself as the epitome of luxury following the quartz crisis of the 1970s. The upshot is that it’s getting far harder to tell what you’re actually getting for your dosh. Which makes Oris’s Divers Sixty-Five something of a revelation. Offering retro looks, a rotating bezel and an automatic Swiss movement for an industry-busting £1,150, the watch made waves – sorry, couldn’t
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resist – when it was launched last year. Debuting on a black rubber or NATO fabric strap, the 40mm timepiece is now available on a stainless steel bracelet. The price has increased, slightly, to £1,250, but for that you get a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal case and a date window at 6 o’clock. According to Oris, the Sellita calibre inside is bulletproof – it’s the first time we’ve heard that claim in watchmaking. Divers Sixty-Five, £1,250, Oris, oris.ch
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OCEAN WONDERS Celebrating its links with the sea – the brand formerly supplied watches to the Italian navy and today sponsors the Classic Yachts Challenge – Panerai has unveiled a series of four timepieces in the colour of the ocean. Blue dials may have been a recurring ‘theme’ at watch fairs for years, but Panerai’s latest collection really does stand out from the azure-coloured crowd. The series comprises a 42mm Luminor with a three-day power reserve, a 44mm Luminor with a 10-day power reserve, and an elegant, albeit portly, 47mm Radiomir (power reserve also three days). The star of the fleet, though, is the Radiomir 1940 10 Days Automatic Oro Rosso, whose red gold case houses Panerai’s first skeletonised automatic movement, allowing for a second time zone function and an am/ pm indicator. All four watches feature an in-house calibre and are water resistant to 100 metres. Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic, £7,000, Luminor 1950 10 days GMT Automatic, £10,800, Radiomir 1940 3 Days, £7,300, Radiomir 1940 10 Days Automatic Oro Rosso, £29,500, panerai.com
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BRE I T L I N G’ S AL L BL AC K S Breitling re vealed its dark side in 2016 by launching allblack versions of a series of its most iconic tim epieces. Versions of th e Avenger 45mm (£6,480), Colt 44mm (£3,910), Chronomat 44mm (£7,110), Navitim er 46mm (£7,030) and Sup erocean 44mm (£ 4,260) all received th e black, carbon-based coating treatm ent, ele vating each example to a w hole n ew le vel of masculin e. All watch es feature robust screw-lock crowns and rotating bezel s. W hile most Breitling watch es are born to f ly, th e Superocean Sup erocean 44 Sp Special ecial Blackst eel will op erat e at depths of up to 1,000m , w hile th e Avenger II Seaw olf Blackst eel can , notably, descend for a furth er 2,000m . Breitling i s th e only watch brand to submit e ver y on e of its collections to th e O f ficial Swi ss Chronom et er Testing Institut e, th e industr y ’s leading preci sion-t esting facility. breitling.com
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The Three Cs
BRANCHING OUT
For A/W16, British fashion designer Peter Pilotto has branched out from ready-to-wear and designed his first jewellery collection for Atelier Swarovski, with his partner Christopher de Vos. The design duo have certainly made the most of their partnership with the renowned crystal-making brand, having created a collection that explores the versatility and creative possibilities of crystal in a range of necklaces, earrings, rings and a hairpin – all inspired by the architecture of nature. Atelier Swarovski by Peter Pilotto Arbol collection, from £69 to £749, atelierswarovski.com
FIT FOR A KING
Known as the ‘Diamond King of India’, billionaire Nirav Modi is bringing his eponymous jewellery empire to the capital this month with the opening of his first UK flagship store on Old Bond Street. Set over four floors, the boutique will house the brand’s extensive range of diamond pieces, which have been worn by the likes of Kate Winslet and Naomi Watts, as well as the house’s signature Embrace bangles – an innovative, stretchable design comprising more than 700 parts and 1,600 diamonds that was inspired by Modi’s daughter’s elastic toy bangles. Nirav Modi, opens 1 September, 31 Old Bond Street, W1X, uk.niravmodi.com
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Anyone who knows anything about diamonds is familiar with the concept of ‘The 4 Cs’; created by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to certify a diamond’s quality and value, they include: colour, clarity, cut and carat. However, we imagine few of you will be aware of Dalit Nuttall’s personal interpretation of the concept. The founder of Saqqara Jewels has redefined the traditional notion of a sliced diamond’s value, instead choosing to showcase its charisma, character and cachet in two new pieces. The Double Butterfly and White Gold Long Meadow rings both reflect the brand’s love of organic forms and exclusive use of sliced, naturallyshaped diamonds. From a selection, saqqarajewels.com
New to Dior This September sees Dior launch its second Archi Dior collection in stores. Arriving last year, Archi Dior marked the brand’s first entry into a diffusion jewellery range, offering a more wearable and attainable high jewellery collection. Designer Victoire de Castellane has once again sought inspiration from the house’s haute couture archive and transformed the founder’s architecturallyinspired, sculptural dress designs into a range of jewellery. “I wanted to create each piece with the same mindset that Christian Dior had in creating dresses like an architect, as if the jewellery were made of fabric that is sculpted, gathered, pleated, belted or draped,” she explains. Available from 1 September, from £1,950, dior.com
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BACK TO THE FUTURE Superstar. Sex symbol. Icon. Just some of the words that have been used to describe Rihanna over the course of her 11-year career in the limelight. Frequently courting controversy, the star remains a subject of endless fascination among fans and critics alike, with close to 41.2 million Instagram followers to her name, and a further 63.5 million on Twitter. Alongside her record-breaking musical success – she is second only to The Beatles for the most millionselling singles in the UK – the star has dabbled in fashion, fronting campaigns and collaborating with brands from Puma to Manolo Blahnik. Her latest venture – with French fashion house Dior – is a line of futuristic-style sunglasses, which she recently debuted on her Instagram account. The relationship with Dior began last year, when the singer became the first black woman to be the face of the brand. Simply called Rihanna, the sunglasses, like the star herself, need no further introduction. dior.com
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HEROES OF BRITISH FASHION
SARAH BURTON OBE
Creative director at Alexander McQueen
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hen Alexander McQueen passed away in 2010, the world of fashion was aghast. Not only had the industry lost one of its greatest talents, but the question arose of who was equipped to succeed McQueen at the helm of his eponymous brand. At this time, it seemed that the only person who didn’t assume that Sarah Burton would occupy this role was the lady herself. Previously head of design for womenswear at the brand, Burton had been mentored by the late designer for more than 14 years – she started out at the
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company in 1997 as McQueen’s personal assistant – making her the perfect person to fill his shoes. Only a year into her reign at McQueen, Burton pulled off a major fashion coup when she was commissioned to create one of the most high-profile dresses of the past decade: the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress. A model of discretion, Burton has always remained relentlessly tight-lipped on the subject, but in an interview with the New York Times she commented that she “loved making the dress. I loved adapting my ideas to suit the
person and the occasion, and we put our hearts into it.” All reports of Burton say she is the antithesis of her dark, dramatic collections; in person she is sweet, modest and unassuming. And having enjoyed incredible success in the wake of McQueen’s passing, she is now focusing on forging a legacy of her own. “We’re in the enchantment business,” she said. “Fashion will never stagnate so long as there are teams of people willing to tackle the soul of the culture. That’s what we do here at McQueen, that’s what we’ve always done.”
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CHRISTOPHER BAILEY MBE Chief creative officer at Burberry
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he man credited with turning the brand’s fortunes around, Christopher Bailey joined Burberry in 2001 as design director before rising up the ranks to the position of chief creative and chief executive officer 13 years later. Bailey has not only been responsible for reinvigorating the company’s design, but has established Burberry as the digital leader in the luxury industry – a realm that has been notoriously reticent when it comes to the use of technology. Burberry has been particularly pioneering in its use of social media under Bailey’s leadership,
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with the brand being among one of the first in luxury to launch a Facebook page – it has amassed more than 17 million followers – and more recently the first to launch a campaign through Snapchat. Bailey has spearheaded a host of innovative campaigns, including ‘The Art of the Trench’ back in 2009 – a microsite where users were invited to share pictures of the iconic trench coat – while the brand’s 2015 festive video featuring the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and James Corden has garnered more than 12.5 million views on YouTube.
What Bailey has achieved at the brand to date has been no mean feat, but he’s not finished yet. From September this year, the brand will replace its current four-show calendar with two shows, creating fashion that is seasonless. The unprecedented move will also allow customers to purchase items immediately following the show. “The changes we are making will allow us to build a closer connection between the experience that we create with our runway shows and the moment when people can physically explore the collections for themselves,” says Bailey.
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STELLA McCARTNEY OBE Designer and founder of Stella McCartney
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tella McCartney has achieved something that most famous offspring do not: she has successfully stepped out from under father Sir Paul McCartney’s shadow and established herself as a name and a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Instead of music, McCartney chose to carve out a career in fashion, landing her first major big break in 1997 when she was appointed creative director of Chloé. She assumed a role previously occupied by Karl Lagerfeld who was openly sceptical of the Parisian brand’s choice: “Chloé should have taken
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a big name. They did, but in music, not fashion. Let’s hope she’s as gifted as her father.” It didn’t take long for her to prove her worth; in 2001 she launched her own eponymous fashion house in a joint venture with Gucci Group (now part of Kering) – and the rest is history. The designer now has 17 stores worldwide, three perfumes, a skincare line, a lingerie line and a children’s collection. McCartney is well-known for her work on the campaigning for animal rights; she is a vegetarian and a supporter of PETA
and famously avoids using fur or leather in her collections. Her most recent campaign, featuring Amber Valletta, bears the slogan ‘No leathers, feathers or fur’. McCartney has a longstanding partnership with adidas, which began in 2004 when she collaborated with the brand on a sportswear collection. In 2010, McCartney became Team GB’s creative director for the 2012 Olympics by adidas, kitting out all the Olympic and Paralympic stars – the first time in the history of the games that a designer of her ilk has created the clothing for a country’s team.
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ir Paul Smith’s illustrious reputation has been founded on his contributions to men’s fashion and tailoring. Born in Nottingham, in his teens Smith harboured ambitions to become a professional racing cyclist before sustaining serious injuries in an accident when he was just 17. Proving that the cycling world’s loss was fashion’s gain, Smith soon thereafter became interested in fashion and garnered recognition for his idiosyncratic take on traditional British styling. He was swiftly snapped up by Lincroft Kilgour on Savile Row.
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After showing his first menswear collection in Paris in 1976 under the Paul Smith label, the business flourished and he became the first designer to open on Floral Street in Covent Garden in 1979. During the years that followed, Smith played an integral part in the reinvention of the suit. “I started my little shop in Covent Garden in 1979”, he said, “and it was in the 1980s when Mr Armani and I were relaxing the suit – although I’m not comparing myself to Mr Armani. We were making them softer, and making people think that they weren’t only for interviews or funerals or
weddings, but were something you could wear more informally.” Womenswear and children’s lines followed. Paul Smith stands out as a label that refuses to rest on its laurels. The brand has just announced a collaboration with Caran d’Ache and the man himself has recently partnered with Apple Music to create a series of playlists to celebrate his taste in music and the role that music plays in his work. “From the album artwork to the friendships I’ve built over the years with musicians, it’s all a part of my creative process,” remarks Sir Paul.
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DAME VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Designer and founder of Vivienne Westwood
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he mother of punk culture, Dame Vivienne Westwood is one of the most outspoken and controversial figures in the business. The designer is credited as shaping the punk scene of the 1970s, when she made clothes for Malcolm McLaren’s boutique on the King’s Road, which later became known as SEX. Defined by the use of bondage gear, safety pins and chains on clothing coupled with outrageous hair and make-up and traditional elements of Scottish design such as tartan fabric, the punk style has remained with Westwood, forming a strong
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part of the identity of her brand: “I was messianic about punk, seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way”. Tirelessly bold, Westwood has never been one to shy away from making a political statement. She uses her designs to convey these – and the messages aren’t what you would call subtle. During 2014’s London Fashion Week, she used her catwalk to speak out on her support of Scottish independence, sending models down the runway wearing ‘Yes’ badges – despite being English. Later, Westwood told reporters: “I hate England … I like
Scotland because somehow I think they are better than we are. They are more democratic.” In 2008, her models walked the catwalk holding placards with slogans including ‘Fair trial my arse’ in reference to the incarceration of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Westwood may be unconventional, but this isn’t to say she avoids the mainstream; her designs were featured in the Sex and the City film, when Carrie is sent a Vivienne Westwood wedding gown. At 72 and with a DBE to her name, the question remains ‘what next’ for Vivienne Westwood?
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Editor of GQ and chairman of London Collections Men
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man who has been at the helm of Britain’s premier men’s magazine for more than 15 years, Dylan Jones is a journalistic powerhouse and a huge influencer over men’s fashion in the UK. Credited with introducing a roster of new and high-profile writers to the magazine, Jones has taken GQ from strength to strength, with the title winning a total of 34 awards since he joined as editor. While the magazine took on a more political direction under his leadership, fashion has always been a core focus, and in 2012, Jones cemented his status
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as style guru and inspiration when he was appointed chairman of London Collections Men. The event, which now spans four days rather than the original three, is the menswear equivalent to London Fashion Week and enjoys endorsement by everyone from David Gandy and Tinie Tempah to Samuel L Jackson and Boris Johnson. And it’s expanding at a rapid pace; the S/S16 event earlier this year saw more than 77 designers showcasing their collections, a huge increase from the initial schedule of 46.
The editor has been integral to this success. He has triumphed in establishing the event on a global scale, persuading the likes of Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford to bring their shows to London. Jones has said of the event: “I don’t think LCM would have been successful ten years ago. It’s a generational shift – you look at the younger men now and they are really, really interested, because they don’t have any qualms about it. They’re more sophisticated. They shop more like women. It’s wonderful to see men make an effort.”
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the industry’s biggest names are pulling out all the stops as we move into the new season. we shine a spotlight on the ones to watch
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FAMOU S FAC E S AT JI MMY C H O O Shoemaker extraordinaire Jimmy Choo has enlisted the help of not just one supermodel for the launch of its A/W16 collection – but seven . A celebration of the brand’s 20th anniversar y, the line-up for the new campaign includes Amber Valletta , Milla Jovovich and Taylor Hill . For the new collection , creative director Sandra Choi has drawn on inspiration from masculine militar y regalia and the rainbow palette of Art Nouveau . jimmychoo.com
“The autumn/winter campaign is a reflection of the characters who embody the Jimmy Choo brand values both during the past 20 years and into the future. It is a modern vision for our woman and signals a bold new chapter” - SANDRA CHOI, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, JIMMY CHOO.
ROKSANDA MAKES HANDBAG DEBUT
on the hunt for the next ‘it’ bag? look no further. london-based designer, roksanda, has launched her first handbag collection for a/w16, and it’s a winner. displaying an architectural yet feminine aesthetic, the range comprises clutches, satchels, pouches and tote bags crafted from leather, velvet and crocodile. available in a range of colourways – from lilac and damask pink to burgundy and tobacco – there is a bag for every occasion. the cross body bags are particularly versatile, making the perfect option for taking you from day to night. the only problem is, how do we choose just one? roksanda.com
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WHO? Christian Siriano, American designer and member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America
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JAEGAR LAUNCHES LABORATORY: VOLUME TWO Bored of your workwear wardrobe? Turn to Jaegar, who is this month unveiling its second Laboratory capsule collection. The limited-edition range comprises 30 select pieces, which showcase Jaeger’s most diverse and pioneering designs. Volume two of the Laboratory collections focuses on bold silhouettes, contemporary styling and a strong colour palette. Creative director of the brand, Sheila McKain-Waid, says of the designs, “We wanted to create a collection that mixed high culture with street culture and as such, we used fabrics more traditionally found in couture and mixed them with sport jersey and shock cord.” jaeger.co.uk
LABEL LOVE: CHRISTIAN SIRIANO TELL ME MORE... Siriano has had quite the year, designing for the likes of Lady Gaga and Christina Hendricks and launching his first bridal collection back in May – but the highlight has to be the dress he created for America’s First Lady Michelle Obama to wear at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, when she made that speech. It was Obama’s words but also her exquisite fit and flare midi-length blue dress that grabbed headlines worldwide.
WHAT’S HIS STYLE? Siriano first rose to fame when he won the fourth season of Project Runway with a Musketeers-inspired collection, complete with ruffles, feathers and headwear. Of his A/W16 collection, which was inspired by artist Sheila Hicks’ Art of the Yarn exhibit, Siriano says “This collection uses volume, texture, soft fibres, and masculine undertones in shape and silhouette. It was important to stay true to the inspiration while remaining mindful of our loyal customer and her love of femininity, and we are introducing her to a hint of tailored, Bowie-style androgyny.” christiansiriano.com
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TREND REPORT
POWER SUIT workwear is reinvented as the suit takes a more relaxed turn, with slouchy trousers and long jackets in a range of classic pinstripes and tweeds
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dare to bare with this season’s penchant for delicate, sheer fabrics. intricate and fabulously feminine, this is the go-to party look for autumn
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SPORT the trend for activewear shows no signs of abating, and now designers are elevating sports clothing to the next level with lustrous fabrics and savvy layering
FROM LEF T Balenciaga L acost e Vet em ents Rag & B on e Amanda Wakeley DKNY
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METALLIC whether it’s glitter, metal detailing or all-out sparkle, a/w16 is all about standing out in gold and silver
Hijinx sandal, £389, Stuart Weitzman, stuartweitzman.com
Shoes, POA, Dolce & Gabbana, dolcegabbana.com
Mandala Sandal, £650, Aquazzura, aquazzura.com
Gold Elyse Shoes, £575, Stella McCartney, stellamccartney.com Earrings, £265, Salvatore Ferragamo, ferragamo.com
Leather bag, £1,680, Marni, marni.com
Leather embroidered bag, £1,945, Valentino Garavani, valentino.com
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BRIGHTS as the nights get darker, acccessories get brighter, with collections that celebrate fashion’s most vibrant hues
Patchwork Leather Bag, £1,320, Salvatore Ferragamo, ferragamo.com
Kimiyah Pump, £795, Aquazzura, aquazzura.com
Bunny Love sandal, £425, Stuart Weitzman, stuartweitzman.com
Leather studded heels, £680, Valentino Garavani, valentino.com Love Power Cerise Mini Silk Satin Drawstring, £174, Diane von Furstenburg, dvf.com
Shoes, POA, Dolce & Gabbana, dolcegabbana.com
Runway bag, £2,300, Dior, dior.com The Patchwork bag, £1,495, Burberry, burberry.com
Zoe Kidsuede Loafer £425, Tabitha Simmons, tabithasimmons.com
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BEST IN SHOW words Katy parker
september isn’t all about fashion; beauty’s biggest names are gearing up to launch their latest innovations, too. here are your latest handbag must-haves
THE MASC ARA Make like Audrey Hepburn with th e n ew Cat L ash es mascara from Burb err y. With its innovative hourglassshaped brush and buildable, lightweight formula , th e product delivers eye-op ening v olum e and a b eautiful cat-eye ef fect. Purr fect. uk.burberr y.com
THE LIP
every woman needs a lipstick they can rely on, and for most this means chanel. For autumn, global creative director for makeup at the brand has chosen to expand the lip wear collection to incorporate a host of sultry new shades. we love the audacious rouge vie from the rouge allure velvet range. chanel.com
THE CREAM
Update your skincare regime with the new range from Shiseido: Bio-Performance LiftDynamic. The result of extensive research into what causes the signs of ageing, this eye treatment combines the strengths of super bio-yeast extract with rosemary extract and vitamin A acetate to promote the skin’s production of hyaluronic acid, which is key to maintaining resilience in the eye area. shiseido.co.uk
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THE FOUNDATION THE FRAGRANCE A new season is the perfect time to adopt a new scent. Galop d’Hermès combines notes of leather and rose in a truly seductive fragrance that is both masculine and feminine. The stirrup-shaped bottle harks back to the brand’s equestrian heritage. uk.hermes.com
As light as a feather but with real staying power, the new foundation from YSL Beauté ticks all the right boxes. Le Cushion Encre de Peau offers a flawless, luminous matte finish that enhances your natural skin tone with the help of its soft pillow applicator and game-changing cushionstamp foundation ink. Don’t miss the label’s new Couture eyeshadow palette from the limitededition Scandal collection, also out this month. yslbeauty.co.uk
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Linear Winter Edit silver bracelet £95, Monica Vinader, Jubilee Place
Longline leather gloves £70, Whistles, Jubilee Place
THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL This season it’s all about being bold. Welcome bright reds and jewelled ballet flats, be brave with large prints and try adding a little velvet to your wardrobe for a soft touch this season.
Karen Millen, Jubilee Place
Velvet highheeled sandals £299, Maje, Jubilee Place Oldiva citrus bloom midi dress £159, Ted Baker, Canada Place
Fleming in Red Tortoise glasses £98, Bailey Nelson, Jubilee Place
Vance cropped mac, £235, Reiss, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place
Mount Street Tech bag, £650, Aspinal of London, Cabot Place Leopard print scarf £35, Dune, Cabot Place
RETURN OF THE MAC: THE STAPLE PIECE
Ben-Amun trend earrings £69, Cadenzza, Jubilee Place
Betsy burnt amber scarf-let £75, Reiss, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place
Red zip Coat £79.99, Mango, Canada Place Cancun red bracelet £9.99, Mango, Canada Place
ANIMAL INSTINCT
Whether it’s leopard print, cheetah, zebra or croc skin, animal prints made an appearance on almost every AW16 catwalk. Embrace your inner wild side and coordinate printed pieces with block colours or dare to wear print on print.
Ella Dragonfly ballerinas, £279, Pretty Ballerinas, Jubilee Place
STORE DISCOUNTS
Melbourne shoe £110, Dune, Cabot Place
30% Whittard of Chelsea
25%
Mustard gloves, £140, Hackett, Cabot Place
David Clulow Opticians (Exclusions apply), Whistles (Terms and conditions apply)
20% Aspinal of London, Bailey Nelson, Banana Republic, bareMinerals , Bimba Y Lola (Selected items only), Blink Brow Bar (eyebrow and skincare products only), Cadenzza (Private Label & Crystallized only), CPRESS, Charbonnel et Walker (Selected items only), Dunhill, French Connection, Gant, Gap, Hobbs, Jones Bootmaker, Kiehl’s since 1851 (When purchasing 2 products or more), The Kooples (Selected items only), L’Orchidee (Minimum spend £20), L.K.Bennett, Levi’s (Minimum spend £100), Links of London, Maje (Exclusions apply), Moleskine (Minimum spend £50), Molton Brown, Monica Vinader, Nails Inc (Products only), Oasis, Orlebar Brown, Paul Smith (Exclusions apply), Pure Sports Medicine (Exclusions apply), The Rejuvenation Clinic & MediSpa (Exclusions apply), Rituals, Sandro Paris (Exclusions apply), Seanhanna (Cuts and colours only), Smilepod (Select services only), Superdry, Swarovski, Sweaty Betty, Ted Baker, Toni & Guy (All services, excluding blow dries), Warehouse, The White Company
15% Asics, Brown’s Florist (Exclusions apply), Carat*, Charles Tyrwhitt, Penhaligon’s, Pretty Ballerinas
DAPPER DESIGN Classic, masculine style dominated the male AW16 catwalks. Look out for sharp tailored jackets, stylish trench coats and smart accessories.
Campbell cotton trousers, £165, Orlebar Brown, Jubilee Place
Belt, £85, Hackett, Cabot Place Squared striped cufflinks, £49, Ted Baker, Canada Place
Mount Street small bag, Description £350, £xx, Aspinal of London, MontBlanc, Cabot Place Location
British warm cashmere overcoat, £2,990, Dunhill, Cabot Place
Dark Tan shearling coat £699, Jaeger, Cabot Place
Birchet oxblood wallet £65, Reiss, Jubilee Place
Wegton classic fit trousers £99, Ted Baker, Canada Place
Navy brown bag, £450, Hackett, Cabot Place
FUNCTION FIRST
When it comes to the trends for men this AW16, it’s safe to say that function comes first. Invest in quality outwear (the shearling coat has made an epic comeback), warm tonal shades and slick leather accessories.
Slim exploded check jacket £299, Jaeger, Cabot Place
10% Hotel Chocolat (Friday only), Oliver Bonas, Reiss, Reiss Womenswear, Scribbler (minimum spend £10), T.M.Lewin
Ray Ban sunglasses, £134, David Clulow, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place
Other Offers Bang & Olufsen, The Body Shop, Boisdale of Canary Wharf, BOSS, Chai Ki Toddy Shop Bar, Crockett & Jones, Karen Millen, L’Occitane, Michael Kors, Space NK, Sytner Canary Wharf, Third Space, Thomas Pink, Vision Express, Wolford Terms & conditions apply. Retailers reserve the right to amend their offers.
Check scarf, £200, Hackett, Cabot Place
Paddington Tan bag £70, Dune, Cabot Place
Horizontal ottoman crew sweater, £99, Jaeger, Cabot Place
Orlebar Brown, Jubilee Place
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| FASHION | Grey cashmere double-breasted suit, £4,770, Brunello Cucinelli, brunellocucinellicom; Navy/orange classic check cotton shirt, £195, Turnbull and Asser, turnbullandasser.co.uk; Navy and grey speckle silk tie, £120, Thom Sweeney, thomsweeney.co.uk; Two tone driving glove, £275, Dunhill, dunhill.com; Bamboo tube frame umbrella, £135, Fox Umbrellas, harveynichols.com; Patterned socks, £17, Richard James, richardjames.co.uk; DAKS x Trickers brogues £345, 40th Anniversary check bag £495, DAKS, daks.com
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THIS IMAGE: Grey contrast windowpane check suit, £550, Hackett, hackett.com; White cotton shirt £145, Gieves and Hawkes, gievesandhawkes.com; Diagonal stripe tie £165, Facet Tiebar £135, Dunhill, as before; Modern varsity campus backpack in sport calf leather, £575, Coach, uk.coack.com RIGHT: One-and-a-half breasted jacket in overcheck silver blue wool with reflective tape £960, overcheck wool trousers with deep side pleat £500, Emporio Armani, Armani.com; Blue / grey melange gingham shirt, £115, Hackett, as before; Black silk tie, £105, Turnbull and Asser, as before; Tan calf leather ‘cousin Charles’ shoes, £725, Christian Louboutin, christianlouboutin.com; Metropolitan dark tan Jubilee satchel, £1,415, Ettinger, ettinger.co.uk; Duke small zip tote, £3,900, Dunhill, as before; Patterned socks, £17, Richard James, as before
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Three-piece charcoal wool business suit, £900, BOSS hugoboss.com; Oxblood business shirt £220, Sterling silver tiebar £180, Dunhill, as before; Navy and grey speckle silk tie, £120, Thom Sweeney, as before; Silver metal and brown leather MH40 over ear headphones, £319, Master & Dynamic, masterdynamic.co.uk; Burlington large briefcase in tan, £1,395, Smythson, smythson.com; Light grey Mayfair cap, £55, Hackett, as before
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Houndstooth silk suit (sold as three-piece) £1,950, green patterned silk tie £125, Turnbull and Asser, as before; Pale blue casual shirt, £265, Dunhill, as before; Brown wool roll neck, £495, Gieves and Hawkes, as before; Brown and green rimmed glasses, £325, Eyevan7285, mrporter.com; Wispy superfine cashmere denim Brighton scarf, £235, Begg & Co, beggandcompany.com; Heritage nut bank lidover attaché case, £3,585, Ettinger, as before; Tobacco leather G12 messenger bag, £625, Gladstone London, gladstonelondon.com
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LEFT: Double breasted grey wool jacket £225, grey wool trousers £110, Jaeger, jaeger.co.uk; Brown/navy/white check shirt £115, grey pocket square £55, Hackett, as before; Silk black barathea tie, £95, New and Lingwood, newandlingwood.com; House check umbrella, £95, DAKS, as before THIS IMAGE: Brown wool jacket £495, brown wool trousers £195, wool striped tie £95, Gieves and Hawkes, as before; Red and white striped cotton shirt £250, brown leather sartorial oxford shoe £450, Ermenegildo Zenga, zenga.com; Brown leather bag with smooth dark brown handles, £2,910, Brunello Cucinelli, as before; Executive laptop briefcase in brown matt croc & stone suede, £695, Aspinal of London, aspinaloflondon.com
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MODEL: Jacey Elthalion @ Select HAIR: Dany Mikael MAKE UP: Jonas Oliver PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT: Ben Duah STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: Carmen Hudgens
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| FASHION | Charcoal chalk stripe flannel three piece suit, £1,975, Thom Sweeney, as before; Light grey wool blend Prince of Wales shirt with small collar, hidden pressstud fastening, £280, Emporio Armani, as before; Black and white Prince Of Wales silk tie £95, heavy satin pewter pocket square £45, New and Lingwood, as before; Camel cashmere double breasted top coat, £2,990, Dunhill, as before; Limited -edition socks, £28, Falke for Liberty, as before; Cavendish brown calf leather tassel loafers, £385, Crockett and Jones, crockettandjones.com; Signature touch phone, from £6,500, VERTU, vertu.com; Speedmaster backpack, £795, Belstaff, belstaff.co.uk; Lifestyle chestnut A4 envelope portfolio, £625, Ettinger, as before
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TREND Fashion journalism was never on David Taylor’s radar, until a nefarious editor threw him in at the deep end. The City Magazine’s man-on-front-row considers what he wishes he’d known from the start
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hen I first arrived at The City Magazine as a lowly intern, I was given a few tasks: put together the technology product pages; write up new restaurant openings in the area; try to look like I know what I’m doing. Never did I think that within a year I’d be front row at London Collections Men, eyeballing David Gandy from across the Jermyn Street catwalk, trying to look simultaneously interested and nonplussed about the high-fashion situation I’d found myself in. It was a rapid introduction to the men’s fashion world, but I am, slowly but surely, beginning to understand this surreal and immensely fascinating subculture. There are, however, a few things I wish I’d known before the start of my sartorial journey. DON’T BE STAR-STRUCK You WILL see David Gandy. It’s a given. Don’t keep looking over at him: he’s used to it, and is a lovely man, but it’s tacky, and you’re actually meant to be watching the catwalk show in front of you. The same goes for any of the usual suspects in fashion – they’re patient, but don’t test them.
BE PREPARED TO TALK You’ll be able to instinctively discern between those who are there to look at the clothes, be aloof, and nothing else, and those who are there to enjoy the occasion. Talk to the latter group. Not only will you take in a fascinating spectrum of nationalities and walks of life, but you can also form a strong network of colleagues – handy if you’re lacking inspiration at 4pm on deadline day. WEAR BLACK This is the handiest tip on the list. Black clothing is the secret weapon of the intimidated, slightly podgy fashion journalist. A black T-shirt is simple, hides (most) lumps, and paired with a bomber jacket lends a hint of the (on-trend) rebel. God knows you need something. You can
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The world you’ve entered is weird, wonderful, vibrant, sincere and a whirlwind of cocktail evenings and seasonal presentations even try a full black ensemble, but only if you’re feeling particularly Mick Jagger that day. Or hungover. Or most likely both. DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF Most fashion houses want to be your friend, and not just because they want coverage – they’re genuinely nice people. Embrace that, and don’t worry too much how you come across. As long as you don’t walk into Gieves & Hawkes in cargo shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, you’ll be fine. Actually, why not give it a go: it’ll probably be a thing next summer. You heard it here first. BE COMFORTABLE It’s all well and good putting on a £2,000 Versace cape, but if you think you look
like a berk, you probably do. Wear whatever makes you feel relaxed, and that confidence will be reflected in how you look. Much better to be confident in a T-shirt than self-conscious in couture. ENJOY THE CIRCUS The world you’ve entered is weird, wonderful, vibrant, sincere and a whirlwind of cocktail evenings and seasonal presentations. Sometimes it’s best to sit back, take stock of your situation, and realise how lucky you are to have these experiences and know the people tirelessly working behind the scenes to create beautiful clothes. It’s also mildly thrilling to have a gin and tonic at 2pm on a work day. Savour the moment.
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he has made suits for sir mick jagger and david beckham, designed british olympic team uniforms, worked as a creative consultant for marks & spencer, is credited with changing the face of savile row and has been dressing the city for a quarter of a century. in the year that he celebrates 25 years in business, renowned british tailor timothy everest talks to Emma Johnson about style over fashion, knitted ties and dysfunctional design
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imothy Everest doesn’t like the word ‘fashion’. He thinks it is antiquated. “The thing is, it’s difficult to do anything that’s truly new anymore,” he says. “If anything, it’s about micro-trends now, rather than fashion. I mean, if you talk about the fashion of the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, even ’80s – that makes sense, but ’90s or noughties onwards – what is that? It’s just a mix of previous eras.” It’s a fair point. ‘Fashion’ as it stands – in a world of considerable technological developments, increasing globalisation, the stratospheric rise of social media and major economic shifts worldwide – is a somewhat outdated concept. Buying a ‘look’ just doesn’t make sense anymore in a world where things can change in an Instagrammed-moment. “The pendulum of fashion can’t swing any faster than it does today,” says Everest. “You can wear any style and still be OK. The only way to be modern now, is to be yourself. But that’s a bold statement, it’s very hard for people to really understand that. Style is about being an individual, about your sense of yourself,” he adds – dressed in cycling Lycra (he’s just dashed in from a meeting), drinking tea, perched on the arm of a battered leather sofa in his trendy Spitalfields headquarters. If there’s anyone really comfortable with being themselves, it’s Everest, whose eponymous brand’s winning formula centres around its founder’s unique sense of self. “Being myself is very important. I’ve always done what I wanted to do, which has helped us. If it’s your name, it’s all about you, and you have to deal with that. I think re-examining yourself and questioning what you do is really important.” It is this questioning approach, this clear sense of self which has ensured Everest has been in business for a quarter of a century, a major milestone in style circles. Awarded an MBE in 2010, this distinguished tailor makes clothes for everyone from art dealers and hedge fund managers to rock icons and film stars. He has worked on film franchises such as Mission Impossible and James Bond, as well as collaborating with brands as diverse as Superdry and Marks & Spencer. Credited with rejuvenating a stuffy and dated British tailoring scene, Everest, who started his career with the legendary tailor Tommy Nutter on Savile Row, says he is constantly treading a line between traditional British elegance and cuttingedge city style. “The British design scene is good at traditional Savile Row menswear, and we’re also great at the conceptual, street/ casual look. But the bit in the middle, which is really about style, is something
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“Our customers are all young people in different aged bodies. Mick Jagger is a very young man, he just happens to be 73. He doesn’t dwell on the past, he references it. This keeps him cool, keeps him fresh” that’s growing. It’s about looking at Britishness, but in a more modern way. So our business has its roots in the traditions of Savile Row, but we’re also interested in pushing those boundaries to see how we can make tailoring contemporary.” With a showroom and lounge in Mayfair, a shop on Redchurch Street and his bespoke house in Spitalfields, it’s clear that Everest has, for a long time, been walking this middle line between two worlds. He describes what he sees as the three types of businessman in London – the classic, very well-dressed English man, in a well-cut Savile Row or Hackett suit, a Ferragamo or Hermès tie and a vintage watch – “very old school, lovely.” And at the other end of the spectrum, the man who doesn’t want to wear a suit, but doesn’t know what else to wear, and has bought something oversized, the wrong shape – “he’s a mess.” Then, in the middle, is the most exciting style, the one that Everest finds himself exploring more and more. “It’s the more metrosexual guy, dressed in a little town coat, a cashmere jumper, a clean jean,
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maybe a washed button-down shirt and a nice blazer with a knitted tie and a smart watch. These guys want to dress up, but they’re using separates again. We sell lots of three-piece suits now, but we’re giving permission for people to wear these with a pair of jeans or some knitwear to break it up.” This is a radical look for a City entrenched in its suited and booted uniform, but, says Everest, change is afoot. In Japan, he notes, where Everest has a number of clients, the need for a reduction in emissions has seen a reduction in the use of air-conditioning in offices, meaning a government decree has said businessmen don’t have to wear ties anymore. “The problem is that now they don’t know what to wear,” laughs Everest. “So business style is becoming about being casual but elegant – a blazer and jacket in a softer construction, worn with open neck shirt and a very clean chino. Or a clean jean with a polo shirt and a blazer, a pocket handkerchief – the pocket handkerchief has replaced the tie. Then it’s all about accessories – the watch, the shoes, the sock, the haircut. And it’s all quite subtle.” But, despite this more casual look and the rapid pace of modern progress and invention, the classic suit still holds great
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sway in the boardroom. “It’s so exciting that the suit is still relevant in 2016,” says Everest. “It was definitely in jeopardy. Things like ‘dressed-down Friday’ meant people got confused – it got extremely casual for a while. I think we were instrumental in keeping the suit current. I’ve always believed that if you stop talking about suits people will stop wearing them. So we’ve been about creating a look that was a bit neater, the right shape of lapel, a better fit, shorter jacket, a neater trouser, a shirt that looked good open-necked. Something businessmen could go to work in and be in the boardroom, and then out for cocktail and look cool in the evening.” Everest has been very clear about describing himself as a ‘tailor who designs’ and not a designer who is into tailoring. This is a clear distinction, which sets him apart from fashion designers, who took to tailoring for a time because it became ‘cool’, rather than because it was part of their intrinsic design style. “It’s always been very important to me that we celebrated the art of tailoring,” Everest insists. And yet, while Everest started out as a tailor – and still makes numerous bespoke suits for clients from every walk of life – he has expanded his offering in recent years to include a range of tailored shirts, ties, socks, scarves, sportswear and knitwear. While he also stocks a personally-curated range of brands in his two shops – Co-Lab jeans, Doek trainers, Troubadour bags and Oak Street
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Bootmakers brogues. It’s all part of an evolving aesthetic that he calls ‘dysfunctional tailoring’. “Our next 25 years is to explore what this new, middle-ground wardrobe is. At the moment in Shoreditch, we’re selling lots of jackets and shirts, but they’re washed jackets, washed shirts – they’re unstructured. People are mixing things up. So you’ll see a guy wear a blazer and a bit of sweatwear over a chambray shirt. Or someone else has got an unstructured parka over a corduroy suit – it’s this mixture of things.” This mix and match approach, says Everest, means the likes of bespoke and made-to-measure items are becoming increasingly popular; people don’t want lots and lots of clothes anymore, they want versatility. And, as we discuss this idea, we circle back to this concept of fashion over style again. Everest tells a story about a client of his who came to his bespoke house one day with a revelation: “I’ve realised I’ve been getting it wrong,” he told Everest. “I’ve been trying to buy ‘fashion’. But I’m not about fashion. I want style.” “I learnt so much from that guy,” says Everest. It’s true. It’s about style, rather than being trendy, the modern city
“People are mixing things up. You’ll see a guy wear a blazer and a bit of sweatwear over a chambray shirt. Or someone else has got an unstructured parka over a corduroy suit – it’s this mixture of things”
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gentleman wants that feel of ‘now’, but with a classical, elegant approach. “Guys want to be different and noticed, in a subtle way. That’s what’s great about the bespoke and ready-to-wear movement. The end result should be an extension of yourself, but most importantly, it should be effortless.” Looking ahead, Everest is clear that the bespoke approach to fashion will take centre stage in the next 25 years. Customisation, he says, will be the biggest thing – you can pick a suit, but choose from a range of different cuts, fabrics, buttons, linings – you should be able to customise clothing, just like furniture, cars, houses, playlists. “My dream is that when you walk into The Owl and Pussycat (a cool hipster pub just across the road from his offices) you can see someone in there whose entire outfit has been made to order. That’s going to become more and more the norm. And it’s the only way you can be different.”
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sk any farmer for advice on which shoes to invest in, and more often than not, they’ll send you in the direction of Tricker’s. Sturdy, waterproof, and supremely comfortable, a pair of boots from the family-run business is remarkably well-suited to a person shearing sheep knee-deep in mud. Since 1829, Tricker’s has become synonymous with the country brogue, worn by farmers and landed gentry alike. Things have moved on in the 187 years since James Tricker founded the Northampton factory, but some things never change. “The company developed a unique welting system and it created this waterproofing protection for the boot, so farmers realised they could wear this leather boot and they could go into their wet, straw-filled cow sheds and they wouldn’t get wet feet,” explains Martin Mason, CEO of Tricker’s since June 2015. “I think that’s the root of what we do. We create something that’s functionally
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perfect, a superb item that does the job. But it’s also, I think, a product that has made the transition from country to town.” And from there, to other countries. In Japan, says Martin, the shoes and boots produced by Tricker’s are truly iconic. “Go around Tokyo, pop into any department store, and they will stock Tricker’s. That’s been the same for about 30 years. They’re also very strong in the Italian market.” It says something that the two most style-conscious societies on the planet are opting to lace a pair of Tricker’s to their feet. Almost 250 individual processes are needed to make a single pair of Tricker’s shoes, and the narrow factory corridors are permanently busy as workers move between stations, checking leathers, welting shoes and forming the shape of boots over bespoke lasts (those footshaped wooden moulds). I’m taken to a room covered in the unique lasts of thousands of Tricker’s
The City Magazine visits the Northampton HQ of Tricker’s to discover what makes the famous bootmaker tick WORDS: DAVID TAYLOR
clients. I manage to spy the names of HRH the Prince of Wales and Magnum, P.I. himself, Tom Selleck, before I’m whisked away to see the rest of the work floor. It’s clear that Martin has fallen in love with a company that’s been making all of its products in the same factory since 1903. “If somebody wants to buy a country boot or brogue, they come to Tricker’s. Everything else is an imitation. “I’d been approached towards the end of 2014 by somebody who felt that I should talk to the family that run Tricker’s. It’s been run, or had been run, by five generations of the same family. The fifth generation is now the chairman, so he was looking to bring somebody in to take the business forward. The opportunity came up, and it’s an absolutely fantastic brand.” The family feel is still evident as I enter the old factory and hear the hubbub of modern machines mixed with the laughter of craftsmen who have worked there for their entire careers. Martin sees how
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Henry elastic brogue boot in espresso, £390
impressed I am with the operation: “There are now only what I call ‘top tier’ shoemakers left in Northampton. The companies that are still here are maintaining the craftsmanship for which the town is known. “Everything we do is literally made in this building. A number of shoe companies have uppers made abroad and brought back. Those are easy to identify – their prices are half the price of Tricker’s and Crockett & Jones, and that’s because of the manufacturing process. Anything around our retail price will all be made in the UK.” The atmosphere is fantastically British, reminiscent of a Victoria Wood series, with typically open and jovial staff showing patience as I pry into their work. The pride is obvious, as is the age of the
produced today was conceived by Walter James Barltrop, son-in-law to Joseph Tricker, in 1840 (the same year as the world’s first stamp, the ‘Penny Black’). The quality of Tricker’s shoes was appreciated during both World Wars, when the factory was tasked with making boots for the officers. Post-war, many soldiers who had left the forces continued to buy
“The great thing is, we have customers who come in and say ‘these are my father’s brogues’, and they’re wearing them”
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building, notable when I climb a steep staircase to the leather cutting area. It’s like trying to ascend the Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest, I joke - the irony of which isn’t lost on Martin. Pulling out an old log book, Martin shows me an entry for a certain Sir Edmund Hillary, detailing pairs of Tricker’s for a ‘Himalaya Expedition’ – a trip that turned into Sir Edmund’s successful 1953 ascent of the highest mountain in the world. Hillary isn’t the only famous name to have slipped on a pair of Tricker’s: Lord Carnarvon wore them when opening the tomb of Tutankhamen, and the James Bond franchise has enjoyed plenty of time in the store on Jermyn Street, from Ian Fleming himself to current 007, Daniel Craig. Elsewhere, icon of the French Resistance during WWII, Jean Moulin, noted in his journals that during his London meetings with Charles de Gaulle, he only ever bought Tricker’s from Jermyn Street. Heritage is an intrinsic part of the Tricker’s identity. The country boot
Tricker’s, and passed on the love to their children. This loyalty is still being handed down today. “We’ve had instances where our store manager has spoken to somebody whose father brought them in, and who has brought their son in, so we’re talking about three generations now,” says Martin. “It’s almost like a rite of passage: when you get to a certain age, you get your shoes from Jermyn Street. “The great thing is, we have customers who come in and say ‘these are my father’s brogues’, and they’re wearing them – they’re proud to wear them because they’re worn in.” The second, ‘new’ store on Jermyn Street opened in 1938, and has changed very little since then, still boasting its original cabinet tree, in which client’s orders are held. “That’s what people are buying into,” says Martin. “They’re not buying into a concept that someone in marketing has thought up to try and create the illusion of heritage or Britishness. Tricker’s exudes authentically.” It may have one foot in the past, but Tricker’s isn’t a brand that’s scared to
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Grey Shrunken Grain Martin. “He wanted a new heel, new Stow Revival Boot, £390 sole, and new welt, but he said ‘under no circumstances do I want you to do anything to the uppers. Don’t polish, don’t clean, don’t do anything.’ There were scuff Lollipop Red Stow marks on the shoes, and the guys were Revival Boot, £390 dying to put some polish on them. But he just loved them as they were.” Invest in pair of Tricker’s, it seems, and they quickly become far more than a pair of shoes; they become a part of you. Parisian Blue Stow Revival Boot, £390
Stow Revival march into the future. It launched a new website in December 2015, and has recently become available through MR Porter. “It’s about pushing the brand into a slightly more modern idiom to make it more relevant to today,” says Martin. This doesn’t mean the brand is forgetting its roots. Tricker’s legacy is wrapped up in family, something that is reflected in the requests the master cobblers receive every day. “We had someone who brought in a pair of shoes he’d had for 35 years,” says
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In celebration of its first ever seasonal collection, debuting A/W16, Tricker’s has added six new colourways to its most iconic boot collection. For one season only, the Stow Boot will be available in Parisian Blue, Grey Shrunken Grain, Black Mock Crocodile, Lollipop Red, Espresso Scotch Grain and Earth Brown Repello Suede. Each pair has a contrasting coloured sole, coloured cotton pulls and ‘Tricker’s Blue’ lining. The Stow Revival is Tricker’s most contemporary collection to date. The boots are available at 67 Jermyn Street or at trickers.com. Get them while you can.
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ason Basmajian, new chief creative officer at Cerruti 1881, is sitting in a simple and stylish collection of blues and blacks as we meet in Mayfair’s George Club. As engaging and charming as an interviewee can be, it isn’t hard to see how he has made a success of every project he’s touched. Indeed, he could be seen as the standard-bearer of how to succeed in the fashion industry. Having started a summer job in a speciality menswear store, he was bitten by the fashion bug, and hasn’t looked back. He credits his
success partly to this focus on product: “My role is kind of a culmination of my career in the fashion industry, where it’s been a really strong merchandising and product background, as well as design, marketing and branding, and bringing all of those touchpoints of a brand together.” Without formal training, this modest start paid dividends as he moved to houses such as Calvin Klein and Donna Karan, before his first job as creative director at ST Dupont. From there, stints at Brioni and Gieves & Hawkes helped earn Basmajian a reputation
for revamping heritage brands. Now at Cerruti, which turns 50 next year, he’ll be sticking to the formula that has won him so many plaudits. “What I try to do is extract the core values of a brand, and then distil these to rebuild the foundations of a company. You want to be modern and relevant, but I think you need to always go back to go forward. You can’t diversify before understanding your core brand values.” At Gieves & Hawkes, where a loved but tired house was revitalised by the steady inclusion of modern pieces, even the
“You can’t trick the consumer. With digital, with online, with information that’s so available, the consumer knows what’s credible and what’s not”
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introduction of something as innocuous as a T-Shirt was done so as to be true to the brand’s values. “You can’t trick the consumer. With digital, with online, with information that’s so available, the consumer knows what’s credible and what’s not.” So, why Cerruti? “I thought Cerruti was a really interesting project. It’s very international. On any given day we’ve got French, Italian, Mandarin, English being spoken in the studio, and it’s great. I have a couple of senior people and a group of really talented younger kids who are super professional, and it just makes a really nice energy. You need that mix – the senior element pulling, the younger element pushing. That dynamic creates something quite exciting.” The new team also has the thumbs up from Mr Cerruti himself, who has supported the project wholeheartedly, opening the archives and giving full use of the family mill for fabric development. For Basmajian, who sees Cerruti as a personal hero, this is an important milestone. “Mr Cerruti gave Mr. Armani his first job, back in 1967. He was always, to me, a cooler Armani. He invented this casual tailored chic look. He was always more relaxed, and he was one of the first designers to really focus on cut and fabrics in menswear. “I think what he appreciates is that we’re dedicated to building something long-term, it’s not a seasonal fashionality or a seasonal trend, it’s actually about a brand’s DNA and philosophy.” Steady as she goes, then. And look good while doing it.
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TRAVEL I always pack pieces that are versatile: a dark suit where you can split the trousers and the jacket, a white shirt and maybe a knit tie, couple of crew neck sweaters, couple of T-shirts, maybe one pair of elegant trainers and one pair of shoes, a pair of dark jeans. Then you can really mix it all up and never go wrong. A dark suit is like a little black dress, you can put it with anything. I try to pack very minimally, but I love to throw a tuxedo in if it can fit, because I always like wearing a tuxedo jacket with a T-shirt and jeans.
TAILORING Tailoring is always important, and at the end of the day, men look and feel great in a jacket. I think it’s about just giving men more options, and realising that they don’t have to wear a suit with a shirt and tie. They can wear it with trainers, a T-shirt, a polo shirt, they can break up the pants and jacket. It’s really how guys shop. You can buy a Gieves suit, a Cerruti overcoat and a Topshop T-shirt, and it all works. That is how a modern man dresses.
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I think men today probably have the same values as our fathers and grandfathers but our lifestyles are really different. I think the rules have changed. We do things differently, there aren’t the same codes. With Cerruti, it’s really taking it back to the idea of relaxed elegance, sportswear and tailoring. Mr Cerruti was always very ahead with his modernity, but he was never about superfluous detail. His personal aesthetic very much aligns with mine. I don’t think it’s a question of age, it’s a question of attitude.
ON CERRUTI A/W16 Autumn/winter is a very sophisticated colour palette, with lots of texture and a mixture of casual and tailoring fabrics. There was a tremendous amount of exclusive fabric research, a lot with the Cerruti mill. The collection itself really broke out of tailoring and sportswear, bringing in a lot of these menswear jacquards, whether it was a herringbone or Prince of Wales, into really technical outerwear fabrics that look like traditional materials, but which are actually waterproof and windproof.
THE FUTURE OF MENSWEAR I think it’s going to go more direct to the onsumer, and I think this idea of clothes and collections filtering through the fashion press and buyers as a kind of validation will become less important. We still need feedback from the industry, for checks and balances – that is important – but I think the way people do business now is so different. The way we present and think about delivering a collection to stores has to change. The fashion season will be less important, although I don’t advocate a fashion season going away: it’s what creates interest, it’s what creates buzz, and I think it’s what pulls the industry together as well.
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JAMES FOR JIMMY
Jimmy Choo’s A/W16 men’s campaign has a front man with some pedigree. James Jagger, Sir Mick’s son, certainly looks at home in the campaign shoot, the simplicity of which reflects Jimmy Choo’s men’s department moving forward. Creative director Sandra Choi sees Jimmy Choo and Jagger as the perfect fit: “The autumn/winter campaign is a reflection of the character of the Jimmy Choo man for now and into the future. James Jagger embodies the rebellious gentleman spirit of the Jimmy Choo man and was the perfect choice for the campaign. He has an innate confidence and combines a clever wit with the charm of a true gentleman.” jimmychoo.com
MODERN MAN Look good, iN aNd ouT of THe offiCe
COOL BRITANNIA The exotic world of polo brand La Martina meets British substance in Timothy Everest, with a new capsule collaboration between the two. The brainchild of La Martina founder, Lando Simonetti, the range is inspired by British style. Classic cuts are mixed with vibrant colours and the paraphernalia of modern life. For Everest, the collection stems from a desire to create clothing addressing both those loyal to classic British tailoring and those with a penchant for a more contemporary, European aesthetic. lamartina.com
WO ND ER WO O L Ti m e s a v i n g h a s n e v e r l o o k e d s o g o o d . Ja e g e r ’s new collection of wool suits is fully machinew a s h a b l e . Wo v e n i n Mi l a n f r o m I t a l i a n w o o l , the suits are engineered to remove any elements that would create the need for the dreaded ‘d r y c l e a n o n l y ’ l a b e l . The f lannel will stay soft, and a lack of structure and internal lining means the tailored shape will stick around after a spin in the machine.
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DESERT DESIGNS
Berluti is working alongside Brooklyn-based tattoo artist Scott Campbell to produce geometric designs across the entire Berluti range, including its boxy bomber jackets, which have a natural-cut shoulder and a balanced silhouette. The colours are inspired by the desert, with scorpion black, salt-lake white and buffalo brown among other colours. berluti.com
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DINNER JACKET Not just for soirées. Slip over a white T-Shirt and some dark jeans to smarten up an informal look.
Black velvet dinner jacket, £695, Gieves & Hawkes, gievesandhawkes.com
KNITTED TIES A nice middle ground between fat silky tie and no tie at all.
Above: Hazy knit tie, £85, Hardy Amies, hardyamies.com; Below: Knitted cashmere tie, £120, Berluti, mrporter.com
DARK SUIT
POCKET SQUARES
The male equivalent of the little black dress. Goes with almost anything.
One place a man can show a bit of character.
Navy and taupe baby check Hyde suit, £1,095, Richard James, richardjames.co.uk
From top: Navy pink spot pocket square, £20, tmlewin.co.uk; Cross print pocket square, £45, duchamplondon. com; Continuation pocket square, £55, rampleyandco.com
WHITE T-SHIRT If it’s good enough for James Dean and Paul Newman, it’s good enough for us. Slub jersey T-Shirt, £55, Folk, folkclothing.com
CHECKLIST KLIST Get preppy and embrace that back-to-school time of year
THIS IMAGE: Navy v-neck jumper, £115, Hardy Amies, hardyamies.com
CHINOS The bread and butter of a preppy look. Days feel better with a good pair of chinos. Slim-fit cotton-twill chinos, £650, Thom Browne, mrporter.com
LOAFERS Nothing goes with chinos and a shirt quite like a pair of quality loafers. The Mayfair in chocolate, £195, Fairfax & Favor, fairfaxandfavor.com
CRICKET JUMPER OXFORD SHIRT OXFO An absolute classic, and a vital component in any man’s wardrobe.
Perfect for long warm nights, even if you’ve never picked up a bat in your life. Cotton-blend cricket sweater, £345, Ralph Lauren, ralphlauren.co.uk
Slim-fit Oxford white shirt, £50, Charles Tyrwhitt, ctshirts.com
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4 1 2 3 BACK YOURSELF 1. City backpack in gold and silver, £575, S aint Laurent, ysl .com 2. Backpack, £775, S alvatore Ferragamo, ferragamo.com 3. Burlington backpack, £895, Smy thson , smy thson .com; 4. London ch eck backpack, £795, Burberr y, uk.burberr y.com 5. Krøyer canvas backpack, £249, Skagen , skagen .com
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SHOE-IN NavigaTe THe sMaRT-CasuaL MiNefieLd wiTH a paiR of LuxuRy-LiNed TRaiNeRs
With the lines between formal and informal becoming ever more blurred, trainers have stepped up their game, with high-end materials adding an extra layer of luxury. Types of leather once reserved for handbags are finding their way onto our feet. Wear a pair of trainers made out of Nubuck – that’s leather rubbed on the outside to give it the appearance of suede – and your footwear is instantly taken up a notch. Crocodile (or imitation crocodile) also ups your trainer game. Pair them with dark jeans and a jacket for a ready-to-goanywhere ensemble.
from Top Germain polished-leather sneaker, £325, Officine Creative, mrporter.com portman sneaker, £450, Jimmy Choo, jimmychoo.com Nubuck calfskin low sneakers, £350, Lanvin, store.lanvin.com russel low top sneaker, £575, Tom Ford, harrods.com ‘rivington’ sneakers, £2,200, Myswear, farfetch.com
“Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life” CALLIE KHOURI, SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR
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MAKING A SPLASH uNCoveRiNg oNe of sydNey’s BesT-kepT seCReTs Bondi Beach presents bathing for the brave at the Bondi Baths, an Olympic-sized swimming pool that has sat on the shore of the Tasman Sea for more than a century. Thanks to the pool’s concrete structure, it is always slightly colder than the ocean, even though it uses the same water. Today, eager swimmers can monitor its fluctuating temperatures on Twitter. The Bondi Baths have been home to the Bondi Icebergs, a winter swimming club, since 1929; in order to earn your stripes as an official member, swimmers must log at least 75 swims in off-season temperatures – when the pool temperature dips to a super-chilled 15ºC in July. icebergs.com.au Turn to page 101 for more action from Down Under.
GAME CHANGER Talked up by brand CEO, Andy Palmer, as the most important car in the company’s 103-year history, Aston Martin has gone all out with the new DB11. Has it paid off? The City Magazine test drives the 200mph speedster alongside its ultimate soft-top stablemate, the Vanquish Volante
THE DB11 The right car to spearhead Aston Martin’s second-century plan? WORDS: CHRIS HALL It’s funny how it takes a new arrival to make something seem really old. I remember the DB9 launching, and of course, in a vague
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sort of way, I’m aware that some time has passed since then. But it wasn’t until I arrived at a palatial Italian villa in the very heart of Tuscany, and saw an original DB9 parked next to its successor, that those 13 years really hit home. The DB9 aged so gracefully because it was a fine piece of design – one of the bestlooking cars this side of the millennium – and because it ushered in a design language that spread across Aston Martin’s entire
range. We come to Aston Martin at another such formative point; under new CEO Dr Andy Palmer a new generation of cars is being born, and the DB11 is number one. Big shoes then. You only need to look at the DB11 to realise that it’s not short on confidence. Neither is Palmer, nor the rest of his team. I mean, for one thing, we’re giving it the runabout in central Italy – Modena itself is just half a fuel tank away. So what’s the DB11 brief ? It’s got to set
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the tone for the next six years of AM. It’s got to pick up where a much-loved line leaves off, and show us how much more there is to come from a company that is already enjoying a pretty positive patch. Oh, and it will also serve to introduce turbocharged engines to Gaydon – something the brand is committed to across the board as it plans its next generation of cars. All of this was on my mind as I nosed
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down the twisted track from our villa. It’s a lot of pressure, but the first impressions are of a car more than equal to the expectation. With a new infotainment system (nabbed from Mercedes, so you know it works), things inside the cabin are slicker than ever – although the central console could still lose at least a third of its buttons. As an Aston Martin, it is by definition a tasteful place to be sitting, but the devotion to customisation means it’s down to you
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that turbocharging is the only way to be fast, petrolpowered and law-abiding THE VITALS (ok, not every carmaker MaxiMuM power: 447kW – Lamborghini will get (600 bhp / 608 PS) at there in its own time), 6500 rpm we are seeing very MaxiMuM torque: 700 Nm rapid improvements (516 lb ft) from 1500 rpm where your DB11 in what that means acceleration: 0 - 62 mph sits on the spectrum for an engine. (0 -100 km/h) in 3.9 seconds from Cheshire to In terms of lag, you MaxiMuM Speed: 200 mph Chesterfield. Luckily, really wouldn’t know (322 km/h) you can’t do too much to this V12 was aided by price: £154,900 mess with the outer looks. blowers, and you wouldn’t It’s a whole lot more muscular necessarily guess it from the and aggressive than the DB9 (like noise either. The old V12, still found going from Pierce Brosnan to Daniel Craig, in the Rapide or Vanquish, makes a simply if you will), with that big front grille and gorgeous, guttural sound but this new unit tighter creases that flow all the way back to has character all of its own. Like the rest of the rear aeroblade spoiler. Later, as sultry the car, it’s got more of an edge – almost clouds massed for a summer storm, it a rasp, as you rise up the revs – but purists looked positively devilish. shouldn’t worry. You’ll be too busy having So perhaps it’s odd that the first thing you fun, in any case, because what really does notice about the driving is that the ride is a mark the DB11 as a modern turbo supercar lot smoother. A lot. It’s a grand tourer that is the ready availability of torque. you really want to do a grand tour in; but More than once I gave it a spurt to it’s also a lot sportier than its rivals. Ferrari overtake and the gearbox would drop to has recently pepped up the California T maybe fifth, if I was lucky. Take it by the with a Handling Pack, but I’d wager it’s still scruff of the neck, though, and it’s very woollier than this Aston, while the Bentley willing. It wants to rev – the redline arrives Continental GT V8 S, which I happened to be driving the week after I drove the DB11, is a rival in initials only. With every top-line carmaker accepting
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at 7,000, only 200 rpm below the old V12 – and there’s great feel from the steering. Aston made a point of quickening up the steering ratio (in their own words, close to Ferrari 458 territory), and it shows. We ate up Tuscany’s backroads like hungry, hungry men. Oddly, this only served to give us an appetite. And so we drove and we drove. It may have been our eagerness to make the best of the terrain, but it felt like the DB11 was its truest self left in Sports Plus – pushing on, dashboard doing its red mist bit, using as much of the 600 horsepower as we dared. If it’s true that the DB line has always had something of a brute-in-a-suit character, this one really struggles to keep its tie on.
Aston made a point of quickening up the steering ratio and it shows
THE AM-RB 001: Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing have revealed their groundbreaking hypercar; codenamed AM-RB 001, writes David Taylor
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wo of the car industry’s heavy hitters have collaborated to create a roadworthy car that has the capability to perform on the track like nothing else before it. The three amigos in charge of the project were Red Bull Racing’s F1 design expert, Adrian Newey, Aston Martin’s chief creative officer, Marek Reichman, and chief special operations officer, David King. With over 100 years of combined experience making beautiful, fast cars, the AM-RB 001 promised to be something special. And it is. Built around a lightweight carbon fibre structure, the Newey-designed aerodynamics offer unprecedented grip for a road car, while Reichman’s body design links cutting-edge technology with the spirit of Aston Martin heritage. Most of
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the specifications haven’t been released yet, but it’s pretty likely that 0-62mph will be over quicker than you can say “Shaken. Not. Stirred”. All aspects of the car have been designed for speed, from the naturally aspirated V12 engine to an innovative suspension system and a transmission designed from scratch. However, the clever design means there’s still room to pack your bag, and a passenger, for the irresistible pilgrimage to the Nürburgring. With a production run of 99 models, and a price tag between £2-3million, the rest of the car world has a lot to keep up with.
GET DOWN The AM-RB 001 has incredible aerodynamics, creating huge levels of downforce, especially for a road-legal car, mostly generated through underfloor engineering. This leaves much more design freedom for the rest of the car
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Essex. Land of the loud, home of the brash. Where better to road test a car with more front than Southend WORDS: RICHARD BROWN It’s the Saturday morning after the inaugural curry club and while my brain is contemplating committing Cobrainflicted suicide the pain is soothed by the pearly-white Vanquish Volante that’s waiting for me in the underground car park beneath my flat. Berocca. Beans on toast. Time to make plans.
TOP SPECS Constructed in purposebuilt facilities, the heart of the monster is a new, highrevving, naturally-aspirated V12 engine with the potential to reach a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio: one BHP for every kilo of weight
Regrettably, at some point, apparently, we’d promised to dog-sit for the sister in Basildon. Triffic. That said, timings weren’t all bad. Sam had just bought a pad in Billericay and I’d yet to visit Bosh’s new place in Chelmsford. Three birds, one softtop stone. But first, Canary Wharf. From Monday to Friday, Canary Wharf is the habitual home of the two-seat sports car. Some wannabe Bruce Waynes make it 50 yards from the Batcaves beneath their offices before they bump into another Boxster or 911. On Saturdays, east London’s bankers’ republic is lost-looking tourists and people from Chigwell going for bottomless brunch at ROKA. Which means
its gridiron streets are empty – they’d make for the perfect race track if it weren’t for urban nuisances like traffic lights and speed limits. (NB If someone from E14 hasn’t yet approached the organisers of Formula E, they should; Canary Wharf would make for a far superior backdrop to the British E Prix than the currently used Battersea Park – just saying). Roaring between sets of traffic lights 50 metres apart elicited the attention of all four people in Canary Wharf that morning. Encouraged by an inflated opinion of ourselves we pulled up on a stretch of pavement that’s clearly not meant for cars. Low-level rules like
SPACED OUT Hypercars aren’t particularly known for their spaciousness. However, Newey’s plans promise to not only deliver a light and compact car, but also leave space and comfort for driver and passenger alongside the roaring V12 engine
All aspects of the car have been designed for speed
BIG BOUNCE The AM-RB 001’s suspension system will feature innovative technology and employ principles honed by Newey over a 30-year career. The transmission is a clean-sheet design developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies
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the radio both up and down. Considering ourselves bona fide playboys by now, we elected to enjoy the spoils of our retractable roof, rejoicing as it collapsed in a remarkable 14 seconds. Captured in the thralls of what can only be described as a thrilling fresh-air-to-face sensation, we flew up Chelmsford’s Three Mile Hill with only one question on our minds: what sort of madman would spend £200k on a THE VITALS sports car with a roof made of metal? Why forgo such MaxiMuM power: 573 PS exhilarating windburn? (565 bhp) at 6,750 rpm MaxiMuM torque: 620 Nm A particularly pertinent (457 lb ft) at 5,500 rpm question in this case, acceleration: 0-100 km/h given that both the coupé (0-62 mph) in 4.1 seconds and convertible versions MaxiMuM Speed: 183 mph of the Vanquish share the (295 km/h) do with the priest same acceleration and top price: £199,995 that previously lived speed credentials. there and the £30,000, While we’re lingering on Hansel-and-Gretel-style pragmatics, more conventional shed he installed in the car critiques would discuss things garden – weird but whatever. The job of a like boot space. The Volante offers supercar is to turn heads; in commuter-belt 279-litres of the stuff, roof up or down. suburbia the Vanquish Volante got more That’s a 50 per cent increase on the DBS than one curtain twitching. Volante, or 72 extra two-litre bottles of During that afternoon, the difference R White’s Premium Lemonade. Handy if between S mode and regular mode you’re ever invited to a barbecue around became increasingly apparent. The former Bosh’s. (It’s worth noting here that Debbie transforming the car into something has recently granted Bosh planning far more worthy of its £200k price tag. permission to construct a bar at the end If that’s a sum of money you’re seriously of their garden, elevating the potential of considering spending, don’t seek validation future soirees to biblical new heights.) in the Vanquish’s infotainment system. The Vanquish Volante transforms A 6.5-inch pop-up screen initially you into the sort of person who would provides the James Bond wow factor. From wantonly park on a double yellow outside there, things go decidedly downhill. Input somewhere like Sexy Fish to pop in for into a prehistoric satnav is controlled by an something like a Blue Lychee Martini. oversensitive joystick that saps your energy Parking tickets, tarking pickets. by the second. The car’s radio controls It’s like that time in that club in eat away at your soul. In the age of the Las Vegas when Shayler ordered those touchscreen tablet it’s remarkable that a car magnums of Dom Pérignon that were delivered by that team of supermodels who were waving Union Jack flags who set off a full-on firework display at your table which made absolutely everyone on the dance floor stop and look at you even though the manufacturer would get things so wrong. actual Super-Bowl-winning Denver Broncos (Sensibly, Aston has opted to borrow from were on the next table along. It’s exactly like Mercedes’ electronics in the DB11.) that. Every moment you’re driving it. At the previously mentioned, firstever curry club – an unmitigated success by anyone’s standards – Bosh had been clocked sporting a new Submariner. Quite the upgrade from his previous Bulova. A turbulent year in politics hasn’t been all bad for the boys in FX. The standout feature of Bosh’s new abode is, without doubt, its large, south-facing conservatory, a complete game-changer come barbecue season. Along several stretches of the A12, I impressed Bosh with my ability to both accelerate and brake. He managed to turn
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parking restrictions are for the sort of plebs who don’t drive supercars. Positioning the car so that a phallic 1 Canada Square rose triumphantly behind us, we took pictures, tagged ourselves on Facebook, waited for the likes to roll in. “Can’t believe you would rent a car for the day and make it your profile pic,” someone commented. We bounced before security showed up. Essex bound on the A13 – apt, really, given the county’s status as the proverbial home of the prodigal boy racer – we took in our surroundings. Fluffy carpets, vast expanses of leather, a 15-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system that was made for the sort of songs they play on KISS FM – the Vanquish Volante is a gentlemen’s club on wheels. A press release says the car is the first convertible from Aston Martin to feature a fully carbon-fibre body. This, says the press release, means stiffness. This in turn means speed. Thanks to a 6.0-litre V12 engine, 0 to 62mph takes 4.1 seconds. Apparently
What sort of madman buys a £200k sports car with a roof made of metal? top speed is 183mph. I translated these fantastic figures into real world terms by putting my foot down around Dagenham. I’d scared myself witless by Rainham. The Vanquish’s dashboard is a piece of art. On it, there is a buttoned marked ‘S’, which stands for Sh*t-Yourself-Mode. Press it and the chassis stiffens, the ride grows rigid and the growl of the exhaust goes from lion snarl to saber-toothed tiger roar. The next day, with ‘S’ mode engaged, father and I defecated ourselves all the way along the one-mile straight that lines Hanningfield Reservoir. For complete lunatics, there’s also a button for ‘Launch Control’. We gave that one a swerve. Rumours suggest that Sam got his threebed semi for an absolute steal, something to
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“THIS IS THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALFA IN 20 YEARS” Alfa Romeo’s all-new Giulia made its UK debut at this summer’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The City Magazine asks UK country manager, Damien Dally, why the car is so important
How long before Alfa brings out an SUV of its own? It’s coming, next year, and it’s going to be brilliant. Last year, we test drove the 4C. We loved it. Why didn’t the UK get more of those models? The 4C is a complex story. It’s an amazing car to drive but the reality is that there was a very limited supply because of the car’s fully carbon mono chassis. To contextualise that, there are only two other cars in the world that have a fully carbon chassis: one is a Ferrari, the other is a McLaren. To get a car like the 4C, which weighs less than a Fiat 500, for just over £50,000 is something quite special.
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How so? It takes us back to what we’re all about: the innovative use of materials, design, dynamics, performance. We will not launch a new Alfa Romeo unless we’ve got bestin-class. This car has got best-in-class acceleration. The word ‘compromise’ is off of the agenda. Why expand into the executive sport saloon market? We’ve been looking at the segment for the last 10-15 years. During that time, the segment has actually contracted, largely because of the expanding SUV market. But it’s important to us because we have Giulietta owners who want a bigger car. When you look at the segment, there are cars on sale from £16,000 to £70-80,000. We are going in at very much the £30-60,000 mark.
How significant is the UK market to Alfa? We are still a niche brand. In a market of 2.6 million units, we sell 5,000 cars. But we expect that figure to double next year. People have a natural affinity with the Alfa brand. How has the UK car market changed since the launch of the 156 in 1996? We’ve seen a complete step change over the last 20 years. The volume products were always the Fords. Now we are seeing that premium is the new volume. Consumers are very badge-orientated, they buy into the world of the brand. This is good news for Alfa. Prices for the all-new Alfa Romeo Giulia start from £29,180 OTR, alfaromeo.co.uk
At who is the Guilia aimed? It’s not just a sports saloon that looks good, it’s practical too. There’s a lot of leg space in the back, lots of boot space as well. It’s got class-leading acceleration, perfect 50:50 weight distribution. It’s practical as both a family vehicle and an executive saloon.
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to be in with any kind of overtaking chance on this lap, I missed my braking point into Lodge and ended up in a full slide coming out of the corner. I must have been inspired by all the Olympic gymnastics I’ve been watching recently, as I completed a perfect pirouette before slamming sideways into the tyre wall. Luckily, I was near on flat as I hit the wall, so only my front right suspension and steering was damaged. My racing driver friend calls Lodge Corner the ‘graveyard of champions’. That day, it was merely the graveyard of inexperience. And so, a weekend that I’d begun in last place, ended with a DNF – still in last place. At least I’m consistent.
Oulton is a rather technical (and long) circuit, which means it takes twice as long to learn what I’d waited all season for. Consulting with my Caterham mentor Jon Curry before the race, he’d mentioned that if you can get a good line into Druids, you can get on the brakes late and dart up the inside. So I thought I’d give that a go. Unfortunately, the complication with Druids is the second, late apex which you have to hit to maintain the racing line. Here, I was forced to hit the brakes sharply to avoid a collision. What happened next was the result of overconfidence, overenthusiasm and a large dose of frustration. Now too far back
Being a part of the Caterham Academy feels like being welcomed into a very large, very exuberant family. I want to say a huge thank you to the team at Caterham for fixing up the car so I could drive back to London that night – and thank you to all the other drivers who came to check I was OK having seen the Number 7 car hugging the barrier during the rest of the race. Oulton Park has left me even more determined to put on a better show the next time I get behind the wheel. After all, after a DNF in dead last, I can’t get any worse… Right?
THE CITY MAGAZINE CATERHAM ACADEMY Exclusively for drivers who have had no previous race experience, The Caterham Academy is an all-inclusive package containing every element required to start and compete in motorsport. Entry to the 2017 series starts from £23,995. caterhamcars.com/motorsport/academy
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A QUESTION OF TRUST
Mark & Hannah Hayes-Westall have been working in, and writing about, contemporary art for almost 20 years. Each month, they introduce an artist who should be on your agenda
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now comfortable with, but with a host of technologies available to enhance our selfies, when we’re looking at other images how much should we trust our own judgement and response to what we see? It’s easy to arrive at questions about trusting images today, when photo enhancing apps like Facetune (which whitens teeth, smoothes skin tone and erases blemishes) and Enlight are amongst the top photo apps in the US, making everything from Facebook to Tinder a minefield of potential illusion. Italian
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artist Rodolfo Aricò was thinking about the both technical and controlled; designed issue years ago. to confuse the eye in the same way as At the heart of his artistic practice his use of geometry. Applying colour lies a challenge to the viewer to be aware with a copper-coated pump, the paint that there is a dissonance between what was sprayed on the canvas like colourful something looks like and what raindrops, with the pump action it really is. In some ways, the pulverizing the pigment works he produced from and mixing it with water the 1960s until his death and PVA glue. Varying in 2002 can be seen as the amount of glue training tools, ways to achieve different Rodolfo Aricò: Line Of Demarcation to learn to be less glazes, and changing 5 October – 17 December 2016 Luxembourg & Dayan trusting of what’s in the proximity of the 2 Savile Row, London front of our eyes. sprayer to the canvas W1S 3PA In Aricò’s work there changed the density luxembourgdayan.com are lots of similarities with of colour in different the American Minimalist sections of the canvas artists, people such as Donald and the result causes Judd and Sol LeWitt who sought the eye to perceive to remove their own presence from different shades. their work, making their works simply The technical aspects of Aricòs work objects, rather than artworks, and Aricò’s were perhaps inevitable; after studying work is sometimes described as being in art at the Brera Academy of Fine Art, a dialogue with the works of this group. Milan, he trained in architecture at the While Minimalist artists like Judd, architecture faculty at Milan’s Politecnico. Richard Serra and even neon artist Dan He followed his artistic calling and was Flavin created sculptural works that rapidly successful, invited to participate interposed themselves into the viewer’s in the 1964 XXXII Venice Biennale and own space, Aricò plays a more subtle game. returning there in 1968 with a room Along with the usual canvas and paint, he devoted to his work. uses spatial awareness, historical context In 1974, the first retrospective of and colour perception all as materials Aricò’s work was held at the Palazzo with which to construct a very specific Grassi in Venice, where he presented experience for the viewer, one that asks: ‘if large-scale works. Critical success was a you can’t trust what you think you see, can constant throughout his career, although you trust what you think you know?’ his name never became as well known Aricò works often with the illusion of as contemporaries Lucio Fontana and perspective, creating works on canvas that Enrico Castellani. appear at first to be three-dimensional A new London exhibition of Rodolfo spaces but which are in fact cleverly Aricò’s art opens during Frieze Week at constructed two-dimensional tricks where Mayfair gallery Luxembourg & Dayan and the canvas itself is cut and positioned will be a rare chance to see these spaceto create a confounding switching effect and time-bending works in quantity. where the viewer sees the work as both 2D and 3D. And while geometry is a part of the unsettling effect, history itself plays a part. In the series of Senza Titolo (Untitled) works from 1966-67, Aricò references the shapes and subtly luminous colours of medieval icons; in works such as Assonometria (1968) the artist explores depth and perspective in a way that engages with the scientific and artistic discoveries of the Italian Renaissance (the title is a technical drawing term relating to creating three-dimensional appearances without perspective). In turn, these works led to a 1970s series of paintings dedicated to Paolo Uccello, the 15th-century master of perspective. Part of Uccello’s influential triptych The Battle of Saint Romano is at London’s National Gallery where you can admire, as Aricò evidently did, the way he uses dead soldiers and axes to create lines suggesting a depth of field. For Aricò, the act of painting was
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Area Mentale (1972); Assonometria Verde (1968-9); Assonometria (1968); Untitled (1970); all by Rodolfo Aricò
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SILENCIO TABLE Make a statement in your sitting room with the Silencio coffee table from Mayfairbased designer Christian Liaigre. Crafted from sandblasted cedarwood, the piece was originally designed for a yacht and measures 172 x 154 x 38 cm. £27,010, christian-liaigre.fr
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SIORAF.3 LAMP Taken from the designer’s latest collection, which has recently launched in Milan and lands in the Kings of Chelsea showroom this month, this innovative Roberto Cavalli lamp would make the perfect addition to a stylish hallway. £8,010, kofc.co.uk
GALENA VASES Opt for a more interesting, uncoventional vessel for your favourite flowers with these vases from Tom Faulkner. The faceted pots have been crafted from steel and bronze and are available in a selection of our specialist finishes including bronze, white gold and rose pewter. From £210 each, tomfaulkner.co.uk
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BELL PEPPER SIDE TABLE Designed by Holly Hunt Studio, these chic side tables have been carved from individual blocks of marble. Landing in the London showroom this month, the minimalist pieces will have your guests turning green with envy. POA, uk.hollyhunt.com
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Store those DIY essentials in style with the Hand-dyed Tan Leather Toolbox by Andrew McAteer for Conran Shop. Fashioned from high quality leather, the box is longlasting and durable, while also being easy on the eye – meaning that, for once, your tools don’t have to be confined to the garage. £250, conranshop.com
The Perfumer’s Story by Azzi Glasser Be the first to get your hands on the new candles from multi award-winning perfume designer Azzi Glasser. Glasser is adding a range of perfumed candles to her The Perfumer’s Story collection of scents, which are available from the Conran Shop from this month. Choose between the dark floral and hedonistic spice of Fever 54, or the potent green and amber of Fig Ambrette. From £49, conranshop.com
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When it comes to eye-catching interiors, Fendi Casa does it best, and the brand proves this once again with its Fur Tablets. The collection of 13 madeto-order artworks started life as a series of sketches by Karl Lagerfeld and have been crafted from vibrantly coloured furs at the hands of the highly skilled artisans at the Italian fashion house. POA, fendi.com
MAURIZIO PELLIZZONI FOR B&O PLAY Let your music do the talking with this speaker cover from internationally-acclaimed interior designer Maurizio Pellizzoni. Designed to fit B&O PLAY’s Beoplay A9 music system, this special edition will launch exclusively at Harrods. £1,999, harrods.com
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E X PLO RI NG L I F E D OWN UN D E R Tired of th e London grind? Well , sit back and relax, and allow The City Maga zine to transport you more than 9,440 miles south to th e land down under, as we get ben eath th e sur face of thi s vast countr y and all that it has to of fer. Australia – a place with a larger population of kangaroos than p eople – i s seen to many as th e hom e of extrem es; it boasts a multitude of dif ferent land scap es, including urban areas, mountain ranges, deserts and rainforests and i s hom e to th e Great Barrier Reef – th e w orld’s largest reef syst em . O ver th e n ext eight pages, we take on th e battle of th e Aussie city breaks, as we compare th e gourm et and cultural of ferings in three of th e countr y ’s largest m etropoli ses: Sydn ey, Melbourn e and Perth . Th en , from urban jungles to pure shores, we arrive at Hamilton Island , w h ere sailing enthusiasts from across th e w orld congregat e for th e renown ed Audi Hamilton Race Week. O n thi s side of th e h emi sph ere, life’s a breeze.
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DINING DOWN UNDER Join Tiffany Eastland on a gastronomic tour of Sydney, Australia’s culinary capital
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he culinary capital of Australia has long been a contentious topic; however, a report last year revealed that of the ‘Hot 50’ restaurants included in The Austalian’s annual guide, 20 hail from NSW, which is more than double the number featured from the runnerup, Victoria. So as far as Sydneysiders are concerned, there’s only one dining destination in Australia. On a recent trip, I uncovered three must-visit restaurants in the country’s most populous city.
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JONAH’S WHALE BEACH Executive chef Logan Campbell and head sommelier Luke Collard make an awardwinning team at what’s arguably one of Sydney’s finest restaurants. Located in Whale Beach and boasting utterly breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, Jonah’s has been the proud recipient of a ‘Chef ’s Hat’ since 2007, awarded by the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide. It’s not only Logan’s exciting Contemporary Australian menu that’s earned such merit, Collard’s wine list, for the past two years, has won the restaurant the accolades of Best Hotel Restaurant Wine List and Best Wine List in NSW at the Gourmet
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While Riley St Garage takes a more casual approach to dining, it’s not without its acclaim. Under awardwinning executive chef, Regan Porteous, Riley St Garage opened to rave reviews in October 2013. If you think you’ve heard of Porteous, you probably have, he left his mark on London between 2003 and 2006, working at Zuma and then Maze when it achieved a Michelin star in its first year of operation. From London, Porteous travelled to Hong Kong, where he led as executive chef of Zuma. At Riley St Garage, Porteous serves a rather extensive sharing menu that offers everything from oysters and sashimi, to
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chorizo corn dogs and crispy pork knuckle. Set within a beautiful Art Deco garage, 55 Riley St has been re-imagined as a grand bar and restaurant, the very picture of a big-winging Manhattan brasserie. rileystgarage.com.au
KENSINGTON STREET SOCIAL CHIPPENDALE You can take the man out of London, but you can’t take London out of the man. So what happens when you send Jason Atherton Down Under? You get an exceptional menu of the finest produce. Located within The Old Clare Hotel in Chippendale, an industrial heritagelisted site that was formerly the Carlton & United Brewery administration building, Kensington Street Social offers an informal environment to match a relaxed menu that focuses on Mediterranean sharing plates accompanied by the finest Australian wines. Atherton, along with his executive chef, Robert Daniels, has created a welcoming environment that allows for either a quick glass of wine and a sourdough flatbread sat at the bar overlooking the open kitchen, or a multiple-course dinner with paired wines that will have you settling in for the night on the intimate mezzanine level. kensingtonstreetsocial.com
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STAY… circles above and bottom image Riley St Garage below Kensington Street Social
…at The Old Clare Hotel, because once you’ve had dinner at Kensington Street Social, you’re going to want to return for breakfast. The 62-room boutique hotel is the first Australian property from the rather unconventional Unlisted Collection hotel and restaurant group. Whether you’re looking for stylish and cosy or opulent and showy, The Old Clare Hotel’s seven suite styles promise to meet your every need. As a standard, each room or suite features high ceilings, vintage designer furniture and modern bathrooms. Beyond the comfortable confines of your suite, you’ll find The Clare bar, which serves as the hotel lobby bar and preferred watering hole for locals. Here you can expect to pull up a stool alongside indie rock lovers, bohemians, university students, artists and intellectuals. And, when sunny Sydney lives up to its name, venture up to the rooftop for a swim in the heated pool, while you take in vast views of the surrounding suburbs. Room rates start from approx. £178 per night in a Connell Room, theoldclarehotel.com.au
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separated by eight hours’ driving. Melbourne, founded in 1835, is definitely the happy-go-lucky sibling, embracing the more European aspects of coffee culture, art galleries and winding alleyways. It’s also one of the greenest cities in the world. While visiting, we learned that when planning the original town, rules were put in place that decreed that no citizen should ever be more than
ten minutes’ walk from a green space – meaning that even in the CBD you won’t be short of a peaceful place to eat your lunch. But despite these idyllic oases, Melbourne, with its population of more than 4.5 million people, is a vibrantly bustling city filled to bursting with culture. Here are our top tips on making the most of the city if you’re only there for a short visit.
Melbourne, founded in 1835, is definitely Sydney’s happy-go-lucky sibling, embracing more European aspects
Wandering through Melbourne’s maze of narrow streets known as the laneways is an excellent way to get to know the city up close and personal. Discover restaurants and cafés, hidden art galleries and indie theatres as well as mini-markets, vintage boutiques and jewellery stores. The variety of cuisines on offer in the laneways showcases Melbourne’s rich cultural melting pot, with Greek, Italian, Chinese and other nationalities serving up their cuisines in standout establishments. You can pick up numerous laneways guides at the state-of-the-art Melbourne Tourist Office in Federation Square, opposite Flinders Street Station.
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GET A CUP (OR THREE) OF COFFEE Melbourne is a city famous for its coffee and its baristas are at the cutting edge of sourcing, roasting and brewing. Thanks to the influx of Italian immigrants passionate about their espresso, the city’s devotion to all things coffee-related has since moved well beyond the more static European taste and branched out into some seriously impressive flavours. Top haunts for a caffeine fix include Market Lane Coffee and Brother Baba Budan in the CBD, and the Two Birds One Stone Café in South Yarra.
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RIDE THE CITY CIRCLE TRAM You can’t miss the Melbourne trams (unless you forget to look both ways when you’re crossing the road) but there’s one in particular that guarantees you the traditional tourist experience. Jump on the free heritageclass City Circle Tram and do a loop around the city; you can either stay put for the full tour or hop on and off to see sights like the Old Treasury Building, Parliament House and the Princess Theatre. It’s not only a fantastic way to get the full Melbourne experience but a great opportunity to meet other like-minded travellers and share tips and experiences.
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4 TAKE I N T H E VI EW F ROM T H E EURE KA SKY D EC K Melbourn e’s iconic Eureka Tower boasts unparalleled view s over th e city from th e S kydeck, 297 m etres above th e bustling m etropoli s – th e high est public obser vation deck in th e south ern h emi sph ere. Th e truly brave will enjoy Th e Edge; a glass cube ext ended out over th e side of th e building for an adrenalin efu elled viewpoint. We recomm end getting a Sun & Stars ticket, w hich will allow you access during th e day and to return aft er dark.
As far as central locations go, you can’t beat The Langham’s spot on the Southbank Promenade, just a short walk from all of Melbourne’s mustsees. Think luxurious rooms with accents of the brand’s signature pink hue, stunning cityscape views over downtown Melbourne from the Club Lounge, and impeccable service. Our top tip? Try the delicious afternoon tea – there’s even a gluten-free version. langhamhotels.com
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Second in size only to London’s Kew, the Melbourne Royal Botanical Gardens are a haven in the centre of the city. From waterfalls to bird watching, take a stroll through these lush grounds and enjoy the thousands of different plant and animal species you’ll find within. Be sure to stop off at the famous Shrine of Remembrance for a few moments of quiet reflection.
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A LOCAL’S GUIDE TO PERTH
CITY: KINGS PARK & BOTANIC GARDENS
Sydney may have its harbour and Melbourne the MCG, but Perth, Australia’s fourth largest conurbation, boasts more hours of sunshine than any other Australian capital. Here’s how to soak up the sun and best enjoy the city WORDS: TIFFANY EASTLAND
Located on the western edge of the CBD, Kings Park stretches across 4.06sq km and is one of the largest inner city parks in the world, surpassing New York’s Central Park. Comprising grassed parklands, botanical gardens and natural bushlands, the park is also home to the State War Memorial. For the month of September, Kings Park is home to Australia’s largest wildflower show and exhibition, and throughout the summer is host to an impressive schedule of concerts and an outdoor cinema. bgpa.wa.gov.au
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Perth’s first multi-level dining and bar precinct is housed in the old, heritagelisted Newspaper House on St George’s Terrace. Once the site of The West Australian printing presses, Print Hall Bar now shakes up an impressive line-up of cocktails, along with the most refined wine and beer menus in the state. printhall.com.au
SURF: THE COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL
The Cottesloe Beach Hotel first opened its doors in 1905, and to this day remains a WA landmark. In 1937, the building underwent major renovations, taking on stunning Art Deco characteristics. Located on one of Australia’s most famous beaches, The Cottesloe Beach Hotel is best enjoyed in the Verandah Bar with craft beer in hand. cottesloebeachhotel.com.au
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Seemingly passionate about food, art, atmosphere and great service, the team at Balthazar have established a loyal following in Perth. Situated at the base of an original Art Deco apartment block, Balthazar opened its doors in 1998, and to this day remains in the same hands. The menu is focused on fresh, seasonal and locally sourced produce, and though small, is mostly unstructured allowing for anytime sharing, a light bite with drinks or a truly special meal with loved ones. balthazar.com.au
Located 19 kilometres off the coast of Fremantle, Rottnest Island is home to some of the world’s finest beaches and bays. With a Mediterranean-style climate, the island attracts interstate and international visitors looking to hike, surf, fish, snorkel and explore. Ferry services operate daily from Perth, Fremantle and Hillarys Boat Harbour. Ferries take approximately 25 minutes from Fremantle, 45 minutes from Hillarys, and 90 minutes from Perth. rottnestisland.com
SURF: THE SHOREHOUSE
Watch the world go by and enjoy a mouthwatering menu at The Shorehouse. Head chef, Oliver Gould, serves up a modern Australian menu with Mediterranean influences and the very best seasonal produce. With the stunning backdrop of Swanbourne Beach, The Shorehouse is the perfect spot for a long lunch on the deck in the most isolated city in the world. shorehouse.com.au
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HOTEL OF THE MONTH: COMO THE TREASURY, PERTH
Upon returning to her hometown, Tiffany Eastland discovers something old and something new, in the form of COMO The Treasury departure, transforms the vault that previously held the land titles of Perth. Arguably the jewel in the hotel’s crown, Wildflower is an elegant and contemporary space on the hotel’s fourth floor, which is set within a rooftop area. Lunch and dinner offerings are served against a breathtaking backdrop, with sweeping views over the Swan River. Executive chef Jed Gerrard has created a menu using the finest Western Australian produce that is structured around the indigenous six seasons. The state’s capital has long been calling out for a luxury hotel, but with Western Australia’s market evidently growing, it would seem that COMO has struck while the iron is hot, and it has done so with absolute precision. It’s a triumph that makes me incredibly proud to call myself a Western Australian. Room rates start from $595 (approx. £347) per night in a City Room. comohotels.com
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lmost one year ago, COMO Hotels and Resorts opened the doors to a stunning new property in Perth. COMO The Treasury is the company’s fifth city property and a true masterpiece, following A$110 million worth of restoration led by Kerry Hill Architects. Occupying state buildings that date from the mid-19th century, COMO The Treasury breathes new life into the former post office, land titles office, and treasury, and is at the centre of Perth’s newly revitalised historic heart. When my sister and I arrived at the Victorian stone and brick building at 1 Cathedral Avenue, we knew that we were in for a very pleasant stay. Upon entering
The interiors are distinctly marked by Hill’s signature styling the arrival lounge, we were greeted by general manager, Anneke Brown, and her team of incredibly attentive front of house staff. Brown has years of experience in the hospitality industry, including a sixyear stint as director of training at Aman Resorts. Having had the pleasure of staying
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at an Aman resort, I was quickly able to draw parallels between my experience there and now at COMO The Treasury. Suffice to say both embody an above-andbeyond approach. Comprising 48 modern rooms spread over four floors, Brown settled my sister and me into the east-facing Heritage Balcony Room that overlooks Cathedral Square. The room was approximately 55sq m, not counting the walk-out balcony that I discovered upon opening the French doors, which flooded the room with an abundance of light. The space has effectively been divided in two, with a Grand Posture king-size bed and handcrafted European furnishings on one side, and a stunning bathroom on the other, fully equipped with a German deep-form Kaldewei Duo freestanding bathtub, walk-in shower, twin travertine stone floors, heated towel rails and COMO Shambhala amenities. The interiors are distinctly marked by Hill’s signature styling, and a colour palette that falls on the neutral end of the spectrum, enhancing the soaring space in these high-ceilinged rooms. A semi-subterranean spa, where I indulged in the 75-minute COMO Shambhala massage ahead of my
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in August, sailing enthusiasts from around the world took to the water for Audi hamilton island Race week. Jennifer Mason discovers what else there is to tempt visitors to this truly tropical Australian island
TROPICS & TRADE WINDS M
ark Twain once said: “Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” I can’t think of any quote that better describes what it feels like to lose yourself in the tropical paradise that is Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. Having combed the internet in the weeks before we set off on our Australian adventure, I hardly expected the reality to live up to the bright turquoise dream that decorated the Google Images search page. How wrong I was. From the moment we landed, we were seduced by the vitality of the place. Twain’s reference to trade winds is particularly relevant when it comes to Hamilton Island, given the worldfamous sailing celebration that attracts competitors from around the world to its shores each August. For one week during the summer (or winter, as it is in the southern hemisphere), this popular holiday destination takes on a whole new personality as parties, celebrations and sailing events dominate the calendar. If you’re a sailing fan – or love a festive atmosphere – it’s the ideal time to visit. Our trip, however, took place in the
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still lively (but much quieter) southern summer. Our first port of call on Hamilton Island was Catseye Beach, a stunning stretch of sand looking out into the vibrant blue of the bay. Catseye Beach is home to many hotels and apartments, and isn’t far from the marina area where most of the cafés, restaurants and boutiques are located. The marina is also the hub of most of the water excursions; diving, sailing and snorkelling boats depart from here on all sorts of adventures on a daily basis. We took a day trip out to the picture-perfect sands of Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, one of the most popular sights to see for those holidaying on the island (and one of the most common views that show up when you Google ‘Hamilton Island’). The adults-only Beach Club hotel, where we spent our first night, successfully offers its guests the chance to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet while still feeling part of the hustle and bustle of the island’s Catseye beachfront. Once you enter the Beach Club domain, you have your own private stretch of sand from which to enjoy uninterrupted views over the ocean. Head to the Beach Club restaurant for dinner, and you can choose a spot overlooking the infinity pool or opt instead
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for a romantic dinner à deux on the beach. With a menu directed by what’s in season – and much of the produce grown or sourced locally on the island and its shores – our meals were fresh Australian cuisine at its very best. There are very few things I will forfeit my holiday lie-in for – but a helicopter tour over the Great Barrier Reef is definitely one of them. Leaving my other half snoozing, I headed for the island’s heliport. Soaring through the fluffy white clouds dotted along the horizon, floating over the jungle-clad hillocks of the Whitsunday Islands towards the reef, I felt like Wendy in Peter Pan capturing her first glimpse of Neverland. My pilot dipped low as we approached the reef, circling above a particular spot so I could snap a few pictures of Heart Reef, surely one of the world’s most Instagrammed places. This naturally occurring phenomenon was a lot smaller than I’d expected, but still a breathtaking place to pause and definitely one to tick off the bucket list – a must-see if you’re planning a visit. Second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning. Or, at least, ’til Qualia, our destination for the remainder of our stay on Hamilton Island. Landing at qualia’s private helipad I felt rather like an A-lister; appropriate since pop sensation Taylor Swift chose the hotel as the place to treat her entourage after the Australian leg of her 1989 World Tour. The resort, located behind huge Jurassic Park-esque gates, truly is a world of its own, perched on the hillside on the northern tip of Hamilton Island. Choose between a Leeward (jungle) or Windward (ocean) pavilion – or, if you’re really splashing out, make like Swift and opt for the out-of-this-world Beach House, with panoramic views over the Coral Sea and Whitsunday Islands, boasting its own private swimming pool. Even if you haven’t the wherewithal to make the opulent Beach House your home during your stay, privacy isn’t something you’ll lack. Each room comes with its own golf buggy (the Hamilton Island vehicle of choice) to help you navigate your way around the resort, and while you can come and go from Qualia’s private grounds as you please, you really needn’t ever venture outside its gates. From a fully stocked watersports centre to a secluded beachfront (and even a super-plush spa where I spent a thoroughly relaxing afternoon) Qualia really can cater for your every whim. The friendly and helpful team deserve a mention here, making it their mission to ensure you have everything you could possibly want for the perfect stay in a thoroughly unobtrusive way.
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Dinner at Long Pavilion is another must – take my word for it. Expansive views out over the bay aside, the food is simply divine. I thoroughly recommend the signature Tasting Menu – choose from four, six or eight courses paired with matching wines by Qualia’s expert sommelier. The long hours we spent soaking in the sounds and smells of tropical North Queensland while educating our palates were some of the best of the entire trip – and in a spellbinding place like this, that’s saying quite a lot.
Unquestionably the hardest thing to do on Hamilton Island is leave Unquestionably the hardest thing to do on Hamilton Island is leave. Our brief three-night stay, nestled within a longer Australian trip, was short but incredibly sweet. Chatting to some of the staff at Qualia and Beach Club, we learned that many of them came originally for a visit and ended up falling in love with the place – some returning seasonally to work and others setting up a permanent home on the island. It’s not hard to see why; this place is simply magical. During our visit we experienced blistering heat and thrilling storms, had encounters with wildlife and discovered unparalleled scenery. Most importantly, we made so many precious memories that will last a lifetime. Prices at Hamilton Island’s Beach Club start from A$680 per night on a bed and breakfast basis. Prices at Qualia start from A$995 per night on a bed and breakfast basis. For more information, please visit qualia.com.au or hamiltonisland.com.au
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SALES LEE O’nEILL, head of sales at Knight Frank wapping, comments on the trends in the residential sales market Talk of the EU referendum result seems to be calming and, having been based in Wapping/Docklands for a number years, I’m pleased to see that it is now beginning to feel like a normal August market and not a market that is being further pressurised by Brexit. We are obviously seeing a lot of people away on their annual summer holidays but encouragingly we are seeing domestic applicants return to the market with an appetite to buy. In addition, we have seen enquiries from Europe and the US, no doubt looking at the exchange rates, thinking that now is maybe the time to step back into the market before the dust settles and London prices start to push on. There is undoubtedly some re-education in the market needed; buyers need to understand and respect the rules of supply and demand, interest rates are now at a record low, and
It is now beginning to feel like a normal August market other investments are not coming to fruition so property is still an excellent mid- to long-term hold and for this reason vendors are not rushed, or forced to sell. Likewise, those looking to sell need to be sensible in pricing and listen to the correct advice, not necessarily the gungho asking prices offered by the agent with the lowest fee. The best advice is rarely the cheapest. There has been a small correction in the market but, in truth, achieved prices are in line with those that were achieved back in the spring. Compared to the doom and gloom of the credit crunch, Brexit feels small and the UK – specifically London – is ready to face the challenge.
While there is still some uncertainty, it won’t be long before the market bounces back. The only thing we have to fear post-Brexit is fear itself. – Paul Smith, chief executive of Haart HEAVEN SCENT Fill your home with the blissful scents of Autumn with the new range from The White Company. Following on from the brand’s popular Summer collection, Autumn includes a selection of candles, a diffuser, a home spray and tea lights and boasts an aroma that evokes golden leaves falling in the park, with a crisp combination of fruity notes of pear, quince and apricot blended with musk and amber. We particularly love the long-lasting, threewicked large candle. From £15, thewhitecompany.com
ART OF LIVING
Fans of Art Deco design will love the new range of brassware from Victoria + Albert Baths. The Florin collection presents the perfect way to update your bathroom, with its timeless design – which fuses modern, rounded forms with the hexagonal lines and linear form synonymous with Art Deco design. All models have a subtle fan detail on the handles of the tap and are available in polished chrome and polished nickel to coordinate with any bathroom style. From £670, vandabaths.com
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Bring your interiors to life with Volume II Arris – an eyecatching collection of fabrics and wall coverings, which is the result of a collaboration between Wedgwood Home and Blendworth. New for A/W16, the striking geometric patterns have drawn on inspiration from Wedgwood’s contemporary Arris tableware and are the perfect way to add a unique touch to a living room or bedroom. The collection includes opulent velvets, dual-purpose weaves and textured wallcoverings in a colour palette of chalk, ebony, mocha and midnight blue, enhanced with metallic accents. Fabrics start at £45 per metre; wallcoverings start at £75 per roll, blendworth.co.uk
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As you would expect, we are in a changing property market as the country still tries to get its head around the EU result. Working in the property industry, I have experienced a range of emotions since the outcome; shock, blind fear, disappointment, anticipation, hope, excitement and now a bit of boredom with the whole event. The world is still spinning and we need to continue with our lives and adapt to the change. We are in one of the best cities in the world and we are not going to shut up shop and stop trading. We have corporate tenants from around the world still flocking to London looking for homes and these tenants are buyers of the future. As expected, the rental market continues to perform well in most sections, with demand remaining strong. Applicant numbers have increased by seven per cent and we have seen a 27 per cent rise in agreed tenancies from the start of the financial year. While this all sounds positive, prices have started to soften, as we have seen a spike of instructions coming on to the rental market, giving tenants more choice. LonRes (the interagent portal) estimate that an additional 5,000 properties have come to the rental market across central London from January this year. This would have been a combination of investors rushing to beat the stamp duty increase at the end of March and also more instructions coming from the sales market due to uncertainty. We cannot forget that it is normal over the summer for activity in the rental market to increase and the sales market to slow down with families going away for their summer breaks. Vendors need to keep a cool head, as there is definitely still buyer demand in the market and we expect activity to increase when the children return to their schools in September. As for all you potential buyers… fortune favours the brave. If you leave it too late and wait for the masses to join the party, you may miss a golden opportunity to secure your dream home at a good price. Knight Frank Wapping 020 7480 6848 knightfrank.co.uk
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The Icon Apartments, Pimlico SW1V Boutique apartment block on the Thames A very stylish 3 bedroom riverside apartment with sensational river frontage and views. A sunny south facing aspect from the reception and master bedroom. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, dining/reception room, balcony, porter/concierge, private parking. EPC: C. Approximately 129 sq m (1,389 sq ft). Share of Freehold
Guide price: £2,250,000
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Guide price: £615 per week
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Newly redecorated 3 double bedroom and 2 bathroom split level apartment located in this popular gated development in west Wapping. This spacious flat has a good size reception room with a newly fitted semi open plan kitchen and 2 new bathrooms. There is also a lovely private south facing garden EPC: C. Approximately 93 sq m (994 sq ft). Available furnished. wappinglettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5366
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Halcyon Wharf, Wapping E1W Fantastic bright 2 bedroom apartment to rent. This beautifully presented apartment has a good size reception room, a open plan modern fitted kitchen that leads onto a private patio and a luxury bathroom. It has wooden flooring throughout and benefits from a daytime concierge. EPC: C. Approximately 75 sq m (801 sq ft). Available furnished. wappinglettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5366
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Guide price: £435 per week
Pier Head, Wapping E1W This lovely apartment situated on the first floor on Wapping High Street has 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, reception room and a separate fitted kitchen. There is beautiful wooden flooring throughout and parking is included. EPC: D. Available furnished.
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Telfords, Wapping E1W This exceptional 3 bedroom apartment has a spacious reception room with 2 terraces providing amazing views of the City skyline. There is a master bedroom with en suite bathroom, a second bedroom and a further 3rd bedroom with a staircase that leads down into a dressing room. EPC: D. Approximately 242 sq m (2605 sq ft). Available furnished. wappinglettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5366
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Beyond your expectations www.hamptons.co.uk
Charlton Place, N1 A beautifully renovated home in an enviable location just moments from Camden passage and Angel underground. Set over two floors this spectacular home has been the subject of a meticulous renovation. Entering through its own front door you’ll be welcomed by a bright wide open plan living area. A large window to the front overlooks the beautiful houses on Charlton Place. This room benefits from high ceilings, wooden floors and a fireplace. EPC: E
Hamptons Islington Office Sales. 020 7717 5453 | Lettings. 020 7717 5335
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Newly renovated 2 Bedrooms Bespoke bathroom Wooden floors Set over two floors Dressing room
Cardwell Terrace, N7 This stunning home is an unparalleled example of true care and attention to detail when reworking an existing and vastly unique space. Its current owners have created a breathtaking home situated over four floors incorporating what was originally a shop. Having been meticulously refurbished, modernised and extended by its current owners it now offers a wonderfully unique home with a great deal of light, character and flexible accommodation. EPC: C
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Architecturally designed former shop Planningpermissiongrantedfora500sq.ftroofterrace Stunning interiors Six bedrooms Two reception rooms Stunning kitchen
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Trinity Square, EC3 £1,200,000 Leasehold Unique Views over Tower Bridge. EPC: C
Bezier Apartments, EC1 £1,695,000 Leasehold 11th Floor 2 bed 2 bath apartment with City views. EPC: C
Brushfield Street, E1 £1,425,000 Leasehold A 1392sq.ft. Maisonette in the heart of Spitialfields. EPC: E
Britton Street, EC1 £7,999,950 Freehold A unique period house with spa. EPC: Grade II Listed
Princelet Street, E1 £2,650,000 Freehold AnexceptionalGradeIIlistedGeorgianhouseofferingfivefloors. EPC: Grade II Listed
Fetter Lane, EC4 £625,000 Leasehold A one bedroom apartment on Fetter Lane. EPC: C
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3 reception rooms ø 4 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø georgian townhouse ø south-facing garden ø no onward chain ø 232.0 sq m (2,497 sq ft) ø EPC=D
Reception room ø 3 double bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø balcony ø beautifully presented ø 92.7 sq m (998 sq ft) ø EPC=C
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Guide £850,000 Leasehold
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Reception room ø kitchen ø 3 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø communal terrace ø lift ø city location ø high ceilings ø 131.4 sq m (1414 sq ft) ø EPC=C
Reception room ø kitchen ø 2 bedrooms ø bathroom ø storage ø impressive views ø parking ø 96.2 sq m (1,036 sq ft) ø EPC=C
Guide £1.325 million Share of Freehold
Guide £950,000 Leasehold
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24 Hour concierge Approx. 1,947 sq ft EPC: C
Price £2,195 per week Furnished For more information, call Neil Short 020 3183 5949 or email neil.short@eu.jll.com
Potential tenants are advised that administration fees may be payable when renting a property. Please ask for details of our charges.
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LETTINGS
Aldwych Chambers, Covent Garden WC2 £2,200 per week*
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A unique opportunity to live in an exquisite three bedroom apartment in the much sought after development, located moments from Covent Garden.
• Porter • Lift • Cinema room • Recently refurbished • EPC rating: C
020 7205 4611 cbreresidential.com *Potential tenants should be advised that as well as rent, an administration fee of £270 including VAT and referencing fee of £50.40 including VAT per person will apply when renting a property. Please visit cbreresidential.com/uk/en-GB/rent/tenant-fees for more information about other fees that may apply. Prices correct at time of going to print.
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Theobalds Road, Bloomsbury WC1 Guide price £650,000
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020 7205 4553 cbreresidential.com *Prices correct at the time of going to print.
A striking one bedroom apartment within a periodic Victorian terrace building, located in the extremely popular area of Bloomsbury.
• Victorian conversion with high ceilings • Open plan kitchen • Modern bathroom • White panel windows fitted with acoustic glass • Within walking distance to West End and the City
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PRIORY HOUSE, ST. PAULS, EC4 FOR SALE £575,000 This good size ONE BEDROOM apartment is situated on the 1st floor. Priory House is located in a traffic-free conservation area between St. Paul’s Cathedral and Blackfriars Station. The property offers entrance hall, bedroom, re-fitted shower room, light reception room with high ceilings and open plan fitted kitchen. The property has a 999 year lease which started in 1997. This area off LUDGATE HILL offers many bars, pubs and restaurants and is within easy walking distance of the RIVER and the Millennium Bridge. Covent Garden to the west is also easily accessible. Also close by is St PAUL’S station.
WILLOUGHBY HOUSE, BARBICAN, EC2 FOR SALE £1,135,000 Situated in WILLOUGHBY HOUSE in the BARBICAN on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors is this two bedroom (type 111) triplex apartment measuring approximately 930 sq. feet and having a WEST aspect with fantastic views over the Barbican gardens and lake. The property also has an east facing balcony from one of the bedrooms. The property offers a re-fitted kitchen, good size reception room, re-fitted shower room and separate cloakroom and two good size bedrooms. Willoughby House is situated close to MOORGATE (Northern Line), St PAUL’S (Central Line) and the new Crossrail Station at Moorgate (under construction, due 2018). Within walking distance are Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.
BARBICAN, EC2 £340 PER WEEK
TUDOR STREET, EC4 £425 PER WEEK
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2016 -This large style (425 sq. ft.) STUDIO apartment is fully furnished throughout with modern contemporary furnishings which include a double bed and sofa, wooden flooring finishes off the modern look. Both the bathroom and the kitchen are original but both have been kept to a very high standard.
This Large ONE BEDROOM apartment offers a spacious entrance hall, one large bedroom, bathroom, fitted kitchen and reception room with a south aspect and slight view towards the River Thames. The property is offered furnished and is available Mid-August.
WEST SMITHFIELD, EC1 £410 PER WEEK
MIDDLE STREET, EC1 £475 PER WEEK
This brilliantly located large style 540 Sq. Ft ONE BEDROOM apartment offers a fully fitted kitchen with full size fridge freezer, dishwasher & washer dryer and integrated microwave oven. Other key features of this marvellous flat are it has a wonderful limestone bathroom and 24 hour concierge in the main entrance lobby.
This fantastic TWO-BEDROOM apartment that is a modern conversion of a Georgian terraced house. The KITCHEN is FULLY FITTED with a full sized fridge freezer, WASHING MACHINE and dishwasher there is also a dining area that will seat four people. Key features include its SILENT LOCATION and its security entry system.
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John Street, WC1N £5,750,000
This five bedroom, Grade II Listed Georgian house, known locally as The Clock House, was originally built in 1799. A prominent property on John Street, the accommodation could do with some updating but offers spacious living and the potential to make your own. Dexters Bloomsbury 020 7833 4466
Hyde Park Street, W2 £7,850,000
This exceptional freehold family home is for sale for the first time in 25 years. It’s been imaginatively created by an interior designer with three living rooms, spectacular double height conservatory, seven bedrooms and views of Hyde Park, energy rating d. Dexters Mayfair 020 7590 9590
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Shepherdess Walk , N1
Wild Street, WC2B
This mid terraced home has been fully modernised inside and consists of three/four double bedrooms, three bathrooms, formal dining room through to reception and an open plan kitchen living room, energy rating e.
A two double bedroom, two bathroom, period apartment with its own entrance, open plan kitchen reception room and high ceilings, energy rating g.
Dexters Clerkenwell 020 7566 0052
Dexters Clerkenwell 020 7566 0052
Old Gloucester Street, WC1N
Marylebone Road, NW1
£2,000,000
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£950 pw
£3,995 pw
This split level three double bedroom flat has two modern bathrooms (one en-suite) on the lower floor. On the upper floor it has a open plan kitchen reception room which opens up onto a large roof terrace, energy rating d.
An elegant five bedroom, four bathroom apartment located within this ported building. With three bright reception rooms, this property is perfect for entertaining and is ideally located for Regents Park, energy rating d.
Dexters Bloomsbury 020 7833 4488
Dexters Marylebone 020 7224 5545
Tenants fees apply: £180 per tenancy towards administration, £60 reference fee per tenant and £144 towards the end of tenancy check out report (all inc VAT).
DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE Royal Arsenal Riverside, by Berkeley Homes, Woolwich
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his £1.2 billion regeneration scheme, set on an 88-acre, former 17-century munitions factory, includes historic conversions alongside new developments. The 5,000-home site offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, Manhattan suites and penthouses. There are stunning views of the River Thames and the area feels buzzy, friendly and inclusive. The site includes luxury amenities such as The Waterside Club; an impressive new spa facility due to open in 2018, complete with a 20-metre swimming pool, sauna and steam room, treatment rooms, a state-ofthe-art gym and a bespoke water feature wall. There is also a courtyard garden, cinema room and 24-hour concierge service. Royal Arsenal Riverside offers far more than the usual luxury touches, however. Under the umbrella RARE (Royal Arsenal Riverside Explore) it puts on unique events and trendy projects all year round, evoking a sense of community living and making it a cultural hub and destination in its own right. There is a regular twicemonthly farmers’ market championing local, independent businesses as well as the Hop Stuff Brewery founded by a former City banker and Royal Arsenal resident. The
Royal Arsenal Riverside offers more than the usual luxury touches brewery produces 400 casks a week and currently brews five different beers. Also on site is The Tap Room, recently opened by the founders of the same brewery, the restaurant serves freshly made sourdough pizzas and, of course, craft beers. A Young’s pub, the Dial Arch, is housed in a building dating back to 1717, and the Cornerstone Café is independently owned. There are also restaurants, bars, shops and a four-acre public park as well as an on-site nursery, doctor, dentist, pharmacy and children’s centre with theatre, play café, a children’s wellbeing room and a music room.
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From 2018, it will be home to the new Royal Arsenal Woolwich Crossrail station When you do want to leave the site, transport links are excellent and diverse. From 2018, it will be home to the new Royal Arsenal Woolwich Crossrail station, making Canary Wharf accessible in just eight minutes and Bond Street in 22 minutes. There is an on-site pier for the Thames Clipper river bus service, which Berkeley Homes donated £250,000 to the Royal Borough of Greenwich to subsidise and extend. Meanwhile, DLR and rail links are just a few minutes’ walk away. It’s no wonder that according to a JLL report in January 2015 – Crossrail: Identifying Opportunities – house prices in Woolwich are expected to increase by as much as 52 per cent by 2020.
PRICES FROM £440,000 FOR A MANHATTAN SUITE
Royal Arsenal Riverside 020 8331 7130 royalarsenalriverside.co.uk
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Chislehurst 020 8295 4900 Locksbottom 01689 882 988
Beckenham 020 8663 4433 Bromley 020 8315 5544
Beckenham BR3
£995,000 L/H
Built in 2012 and offered with no onward chain, is this stunning three double bedroom penthouse apartment. Located on a sought after road in central Beckenham, close to the vibrant high street and the picturesque Kelsey Park, this property would make an ideal family home.
Contact Beckenham 020 8663 4433
Orpington BR6
£1,200,000 F/H
Impressive five bedroom detached residence, located on what is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious roads in the Orpington ‘Knoll’ area. • •
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Keston BR2
£2,200,000 F/H
Occupying a large South-West facing plot of approximately one acre, is this exceptional four bedroom, four bathroom, detached family home. • •
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INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO HEDGING YOUR BETS September presents an array of stellar opportunities in the world of property, from a chance at suburban bliss in Essex to the height of inner city living in charming Clerkenwell
LONDON SQUARE CHIGWELL VILLAGE Award-winning developer London Square introduces London Square Chigwell Village to Essex, a gated collection of 43 four- and five-bedroom homes with nine different house types, ranging from redbrick detached houses to more contemporarily styled white render offerings. The houses have been designed with natural materials and expansive layouts, with open-plan kitchens complete with granite worktops and the latest Siemens appliances, private rear patios and gardens, and choices around flooring, underfloor heating and feature lighting. Striking stone fireplaces in the living rooms add a touch of timeless elegance and all homes have private driveways and garages and are set among 12 acres of leafy grounds. Grange Farm Centre sits just behind the development, which provides 90 acres of space for leisure, sporting and recreational pursuits, and Chigwell Golf Club and
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Epping Forest are close by. Local schooling is excellent, with Eton Manor Nursery & Preschool, Chigwell Primary School, Chigwell School and West Hatch High School all within a few minutes’ drive. Chigwell, one of Essex’s most soughtafter ‘Golden Triangle’ areas, is dotted with high-end boutiques, high street names, independent retailers and fine restaurants, while transport connections into central London are excellent. Chigwell Underground station provides Central Line access to Liverpool Street in 31 minutes and Oxford Circus in 42 minutes, and the A2, M11 and M25 motorways are all a short drive away. Sales will launch on 1 October from the sales suite, by appointment only, with a show home available to view. Prices start at £1,075,000 for a four-bedroom house. To find out more, call 0333 666 0103 or visit londonsquare.co.uk
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HIGGINS HOMES, CLERKENWELL East Central is a boutique collection of 35 apartments and penthouses in Clerkenwell, at the heart of one of the most vibrant parts of London and offers the very best of city living. The architecture of the development appeals to those with a strong sense of design. Built from stone and glass, the cutting-edge, contemporary development blends in seamlessly within the area. The homes are well-proportioned and light and airy thanks to the full-height windows, which help connect the indoor spaces to either a private balcony or terrace,
“East Central is a small development so it feels much more personal” while benefiting from high-quality, durable and contemporary finishes inside and out. With its central location and spectacular views of the city skyline, it’s clear why homebuyers Aaron Dunlop and his partner Sam Moutet fell for East Central. “We weren’t set on buying a new build but we did know that we wanted to live in Clerkenwell,” explains Aaron. “We visited many different properties but were disappointed to discover that the majority of homes were within huge tower blocks, which didn’t appeal to us. East Central is a small development so it feels much more personal.” He goes on to say, “We’ve found the team at Higgins Homes to be really helpful at every stage and the whole process has been smooth. Compared to buying a second-hand property, it feels a lot easier.” Prices for the remaining two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom penthouses at East Central range from £750,000 to £1,375,000. For more information, call 020 8108 5139, email east-central@higginshomes.co.uk or visit east-central.london
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JIGSAW, WEST EALING Jigsaw, a landmark regeneration scheme in the heart of West Ealing, represents part of the overall £166m masterplan to revive the former Green Man Lane Estate. On completion, it will comprise 770 high-quality homes, as well as a new primary school, and, in conjunction with the nearby Crossrail station (the Elizabeth Line will be operating from West Ealing Crossrail Station from 2019), it is transforming the area. Each home is being built to the highest environmental standards, with excellent insulation keeping heating bills to a minimum. An on-site energy centre uses combined heat and power to produce low- and zerocarbon energy. Each property features an open-plan living/dining room, private balcony or terrace and access to parking and bicycle storage. Interiors combine pale oak with warm tones, for a tranquil space. The site includes parks, landscaped plazas and pedestrian boulevards, as well as a community café, all fusing to create a vibrant atmosphere. Jigsaw’s new residents will benefit from the already changing face of West Ealing, now home to a thriving café culture and an array of bars and restaurants. The Drayton Court Hotel, which boasts London’s largest beer garden, is a ten-minute walk away, and the Ealing Summer Festival takes place annually from July to September, with carnivals, blues and jazz music and comedy events. Prices from £440,000 for a one-bedroom apartment and from £780,000 for a three-bedroom duplex apartment. 020 8003 0701, londonjigsaw.co.uk
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SPECTACULAR VIEWS... from the heart of Zone 1
Newly released apartments now available, register now to arrange a viewing. Luxurious interiors with outstanding five-star facilities with 2 acres of Wi-Fi enabled public space just moments away from Old Street and Angel. The very best of London on your doorstep at 250 City Road.
1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and penthouses available. Prices from ÂŁ850,000.
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Call 020 3468 5790 now to speak to one of our Sales Team or email 250cityroad@berkeleygroup.co.uk 250 City Road Sales & Marketing Suite, 250 City Road, London EC1V 2QQ Open 7 days a week 10am – 6pm (Until 8pm on Wednesdays and 4pm on Sundays) Details correct at time of going to press and subject to availability. Computer generated images of 250 City Road are indicative only. Photography depicts Showhome and is indicative only.
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BREXIT AND THE EFFECTS Diana alam, head of residential development sales, JLL
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he Brexit decision has been difficult for many in the property industry. Our latest research post-referendum considers some of the early implications for UK residential delivery. There will be structural and lasting shifts for the market, which as ever will represent both challenges and opportunities for many. Over the short term, housing demand is influenced by employment outlook, wage growth and the availability and cost of mortgages. Recent history has shown the Government willing to offer strong support for the sector in times of difficulty. However, the fundamentals of the housing market that were true at the start of June will still be the fundamentals that are true now. In London, the perceived threats to the financial services sector may reduce high-end domestic demand. However, a
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London developers may be forced to curb supply in response to rising costs devalued sterling opens up a large buying opportunity, notably from the dollar pegged currencies of the Middle East and in Asia. Paradoxically, prime London may be the one housing market in the UK to see upward pressure in price, as a result of the referendum decision. Mortgage lending is likely to remain robust, albeit skewed towards perceived safer locations. A moderate increase in risk aversion is likely, with a bias towards more conservative terms that will favour home movers over first-time purchasers.
London developers may be forced to curb supply in response to rising costs, given a greater exposure to high-density schemes that require bigger financial commitments. This may serve to weaken supply and ultimately place upward pressure on price, particularly if there is an uptick in demand from international purchasers leveraging the currency arbitrage. What is undoubted is rental demand and so, even if the sales market softens, we anticipate some ‘for sale’ schemes will be switched to the burgeoning build-to-rent market, where institutional investment demand will continue to strengthen despite the referendum outcome. With every challenge there is an opportunity. Lending is still readily available (this is not 2008) so my opinion is that investors should see an opportunity to look for keen sellers.
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