'Bellissima' springs to mind, when day dreaming of a particularly delicious brunch at new modern Italian dining spot Bernardi's last weekend. Opening in September last year, Bernardi's sits across two floors of a beautifully restored Victorian property in the Portman Village. We were lucky enough to be invited down to check out the new brunch offering from founders Gabriel and Marcello Bernardi's restaurant and safe to say it did not disappoint. In the heart of Marylebone, the contemporary space is beautifully lit with natural sunlight streaming through the windows. Colours are muted. Leath...
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This month Maria Black Jewellery will be launching its latest collection, ‘Occasional Dream’ on March 10th. The collection is inspired by David Bowie and is designed to bring out the inner 70’s rock star in us in the form of rebellious glamour. After the huge success of the Electric Avenue Pt.II, the Occasional Dream has all the well-known characteristics of a Maria Black collection focusing on stacking and creating your own style in gold, rose gold and oxidised silver. MBJ’s minimalistic approach stems from Maria’s Danish roots. Born in Copenhagen to an Irish father and Danish mother, Mari...
Read more →Both originally from sunny Sydney, Fiona Ranson, a pattern cutter and Georgina Edmonds, a textile designer are the dynamic duo behind a chic and ultra modern new brand - Pavane. Georgina and Fiona have lived between London and Paris for several years now and have worked for the likes of Marc Jacobs, Roksanda Illincic and Richard Nicoll. The duo state that their signature is "sharp tailoring balanced with fluid draped forms". All prints and surface treatments are original, whilst the fabrics are custom developed with mills in Japan, Italy and the UK.
Read more →The Piper Gallery, one of Fitzrovia’s most worthwhile art haunts, is exhibiting a new show by artist Neil Stokoe. All Things Must Pass, looks at Neil Stokoe's recent paintings that address acute feelings of pain, despair and loneliness. The work is mostly large scale oil paintings dealing with space and the body, and the mood is often reflective of the colour palette. Stokoe has recently started using black as a predominant colour in his work to invoke ideas of mortality and danger. One of the pieces, Whither From Wither To, is a deeply melancholic monochrome painting detailing a crowd in...
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