Simone Rocha has turned her creative talents to bar design with predictably appealing results. The interior of the Cointreau Privé pop-up bar – made to feel like a secret rose garden – has Rocha’s modern, feminine aesthetic stamped all over it. The bar will serve 12 cocktails throughout London Fashion Week and beyond – Simone’s Wild Rose Cointreau Fizz is our favourite. Book yourself on the guest list here. Spaces are limited, so be quick.
45 St Martins Lane, WC2N 4HX. 11-22 September
Doors are open from 4pm to 2amGet on the guest list at cointr
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Oliver Jeffers: Nothing to See Here
Get inside the mind of the very inquisitive Oliver Jeffers. This Friday, the Brooklyn based artist opens his first London exhibition, Nothing to See Here - an investigation into modern life and its conundrums. Ideas surrounding censorship and ignorance and the notion that knowledge is power are explored AND familiar eighteenth and nineteenth century European landscape and still life painting is referenced. Phew, even if you leave with more questions than answers it’s bound to be stimulating…
Dim Sum Sundays has a ring to it, doesn’t it? And we’re certain this new eating experience is going to taste even better than it sounds. The Hakkasan group are offering a feast of authentic dim sum dishes accompanied by signature cocktails and champagne from this Sunday. Hint: order the crispy duck.
Menu 12pm-6pm every Sunday. Signature menu £58 per person.
Usually we don’t care much about cars, unless they’re vintage Morris Minors (cute). However, Formula One film Rush is released this weekend and has more than fast cars to recommend it, Chris Hemsworth for a start. Seventies glamour, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde and Natalie Dormer (read ELLE’s Q&A with her in the October issue) are also grabbing our attention.
Opens September 13 in cinemas nationwide
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Amy Winehouse: For You I was a Flame
2013 is the year that Amy Winehouse would have turned thirty. To honour her memory, Proud Camden is hosting an exhibition, For You I was a Flame. The exhibition tells the story of the singer’s extraordinary career through portraits, dedicated artworks and pieces from Amy’s personal collection. The exhibition marks the beginning of a programme of tributes entitled #Amy's30.
Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AH. 12 September-6 October
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Colonial Common
The American small-batch bourbon and sipping whiskey culture is something we’re keen to get acquainted with – sounds very sophisticated. Colonial Common is a temporary ‘filling station’ offering low country cooking, high design and American whiskies – served to a live bluegrass soundtrack. See you there.
1 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E2 8DA.14-23 September
‘Design is Everywhere.’ It’s true, bastion of style and quality the V&A says so. The museum is the festival hub and first port of call for all London Design Festival goers. A varied programme of over 300 specially commissioned displays and events begins around the capital on the 14 September. One installation promises to immerse visitors in a world of cork – interesting, very interesting.
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Toad, SW7 2RL. 14-22 September
Things we like: birthdays, The Shard and pizza. So, a pizza feast birthday party in the shadow of The Shard is what we call a very good time. Pizza Pilgrims is celebrating another year of magical doughy goodness and we’ll be there, eating pizza for four hours solid. Join us!
A stonking piece of pop art memorabilia can be yours for less than a pound. Seriously. We’ve never been so excited about getting our hands on a can of condensed soup. It’s been fifty years since Andy Warhol introduced his iconic series 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans to the New York art scene and to mark the occasion Campbell’s has created limited edition cans of tomato soup with labels inspired by Andy's artwork. Get yourself to a supermarket. NOW.