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ON THE COVER
104 In full bloom: Alexa Chung
theart of Englishstyle
From 59 Best of British: brogues,
ballgowns, boating, beagles
From 59 The greatest fashion: party
dresses, cricket sweaters, butterfly
jewels & pearls
150 Behind thescenes with
the beauty elite
FEATURES
104 ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
Alexa Chung on her transformation
from Hampshire schoolgirl to
international fashion phenomenon
140 IN ARCADIA Catherine St Germans
reveals the secrets of her historic
Cornish estate Port Eliot and its
thrilling annual festival
FASHION
118 I CAPTURE THE CASTLEBeautiful British dresses for
fearless British girls
130 BRITANNIA WAIVES THE
RULES Seaside looks with a
charming hint of English eccentricity
STYLE
59 10 THINGS WE LOVE
Modern kilts, camel coats and
delicate English-rose blouses
64 MY MOODBOARD How the
original Summer of Love inspiredthe Peter Pilotto S/S 15 collection
67 MY LIFE,MY STYLE Inside the
elegant London home ofBazaars
beauty director, Sophie Bloomfield
ACCESSORIES
71 TOTES CUTE Britishpuppies play
with summers must-have pieces;
plus,red, white and blue bags,
brooches, shades and shoes
SHOP BAZAAR
78 FLYING THE FLAG Homegrowndesigners get stylishly graphic
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COVER LOOKS Above left: Alexa Chung wears cotton and silk dress, 1 ,895, Burberry Prorsum. Pink gold, diamond and morganite earrings, 11,000; matching ring, 9, 500, both
Dior Joaillerie. Leather heels, 72 5, Nicholas Kirkwood. Above centre (subscribers cover): embroidered tulle top and skirt (sold as set), 750, Simone Rocha. Platinum, diamond
and pearl earrings, from a selection, David Morris. See Stockists for details. Styled by Leith Clark. Hair by George Northwood at Emma Davies Agency, using Redken andPureology. Make-up by Eyeko. Manicure by Orla Zusman using Nails Inc. Photographs by David Slijper. Above right (limited-edition cover available exclusively at the V&A): satin
heel, 585, Alexander McQueen. See Stockists for details. Styled by Florrie Thomas. Betsy the bulldog courtesy of Pontremoli Bulldogs. Photograph by Paul Zak
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92 ARTS AND CRAFTS Old-school
craftsmanship comes to theWest End
93 MARRIAGE OF MINDS Sophie
Kennedy Clark and Jake Chapman
collaborate on a dark TV pastiche
94 THE STATELIEST PLEASURE
DOME Celebrating 500 years ofHampton Court Palace splendour
95 PRIDE OF PLACE British interiors
96 HIGHS AND LOWSRachel Johnson
on her complicated love affair with
Notting Hill
97 NEW SLIPPERS Cinderelladances
back to the London stage
98 RETURN TO NEVERLAND Peter
Pans classic tale takes flight again
99 THE GRAND TOUR Explore the
cultural delights of the East Midlands
BEAUTY BAZAAR150 BACKSTAGE PASS Britains
world-class hair stylists and
make-up artists reveal their secrets
154 BEYOND FACIALS The London
experts taking skincareto a new level
156 HOW TO BE AN ENGLISH
ROSENewby Handson creating
dewy, clear-skinned perfection
ESCAPE
160 THIS SCEPTERD ISLE
Dream destinations close to home
164 RURAL AFFAIRS Nick Jones bringshis Soho Housecool to Oxfordshire
FLASH!
166 MAYFAIR MAGIC Christopher
Kanes new-store launch party
167 ARTFUL FASHION The McQueen
Savage Beauty show rolls into town
REGULARS
49 EDITORS LETTER
50 CONTRIBUTORS
80
WORK BOOK101 HOROSCOPES July in the stars.
By Peter Watson
168 STOCKISTS
178 HOW BAZAAR Classic moments
from our archives revisited
An AlexanderMcQueen look from
the fashion storyI capture the castle
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What does Best of British mean right now, in this rainbow
era of vibrant individualism and multicultural achievements?
Consider some of the London-based designers and beauty
experts featuredin the current issue, whose names reflect theirvaried international backgrounds: Erdem Moralioglu, Mary
Katrantzou, Roksanda Ilincic, Simone Rocha,
Vaishaly Patel, Guido Palau. Then theres our
cover star this month, Alexa Chung: the
daughter of a father of Chinese descent, she
had a pony-riding childhood in Hampshire,
then grew up to embody the essence of urban
English chic.
So if Great Britain is an island nation, it is
also a place defined by myriad new arrivals,
and many centuries of fluidity and flow to
these shores. Yet what remains timeless is the
enduring beauty of our wild landscapes, from the ScottishHighlands to the Cornish coastline; which is why we at
Bazaarchoose to use British locationsas often as possible
in our fashion shoots and features. This month, we
feature stories set against the romantic back-
drop of Amberley Castle in Sussex (page 118)
andBroadstairs Viking Bay(page 130); and
explore the secrets of Port Eliot, one
of the most magical of English stately
homes, guided by its chatelaine, Catherine
StGermans(page140).Allthis,pluscorgi
puppies, a pack of beagles and an Old
English sheepdog, alongside the loveliestclothes in the world
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London, Parker is a
freelance stylist and
a former fashion
editor ofVogueIndia,
now contributing to
publications including
WallpaperandTwin.
She has worked on
campaigns for JimmyChoo, Topshop and
LOral; her firstBazaar
story (Britannia waives
the rules, page 130) was
shot on the English
coast, at Broadstairs.
FavouriteBritish
designer I would
have to choose Phoebe
Philo for her genius,
season after season.
DreamBritishmeal
Nothing beatsa classic fry-up.
FavouriteEnglish
rose Rosa Mundi;
my dad sells them at
his garden nursery and
they are divine.
Against the stately
backdrop of Amberley
Castle in Sussex, the
South African-bornphotographer showcases
the best of British fashion
in I capture the castle
(page 118). He has shot
advertising campaigns
for brands including
Burberry, Louis Vuitton
and Dior, and his books
with Steidl includeLord
Snowdonand the Herms
chronicleLa Maison.
DreamBritishmeal
Chicken tikka masala.
Fivewordsthatsumup
Britishness Tolerant,
democratic, ingenious,
humorous, eccentric.
Mostbeautifulplace in
Britain The view from
the London Eye.
The 22-year-old
musician, who released
her first album Unguarded
in January, curates
a summer playlist
(National anthems,
page 93). She made
her Glastonbury debut
last year alongside
Bombay Bicycle Club
and Clean Bandit, and
played solo sets atReading and Leeds.
YourGreatBritishBake
Offsignaturedish My
mums classic occasion
cake: chocolate, with
layers of jam and
cream, topped with
oranges and crumbled
Cadbury Flake.
Favourite English
rose Emma Watson
is my generations
aspirationalEnglish beauty.
director ofThe Sunday
TelegraphsStella
supplement is a graduate
of Winchester School of
Art and Central St
Martins. She makes
herBazaardebut this
month, styling Flying
the flag (page 78).
Fivewordsthatsum
upBritishness
Creativity, humour,
individuality, mischief
and just the right
amount of craziness.
FavouriteEnglish
rose Im blown away
by the grace and talents
of Kate Winslet.
Mostbeautifulplace
inBritain The
breezy sand-dunes
of St Ouens Bay onJerseys west coast.
The contributing editor
ofThe Spectatorcharts
the changing face ofNotting Hill on page 96.
The third book
in her trilogy,Fresh
Hell(afterNotting Hell
andShire Hell), is
published on 18 June.
DreamBritishmeal
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followed by roast beef
and Yorkshire pudding,
then treacle tart and
clotted cream.Biggestmyth about
theBritish That we
are unemotional.
FavouriteEnglish
rose The pink
ones planted by my
grandmother in our
Somerset garden.
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also offer upa new bag. Say hello to the Roxette, an updateon
theiconic Roxanne style,devastatingly chic in a variety ofshades including the charmingly labelled mole grey.
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Our favourite is Preens colourfulupdate on thecricket classic.
thegreat Britishjumper is having a fashion moment.
cable knits or Josephs chunkywool pieces,Whether its Alexander McQueens
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TheduobehindPeterPilottolookedtothelateSixtiesfortheirS/S15inspiration
The carefree spirit of the Summer of Love provided Peter Pil-otto and Christopher De Vos, the design duo behind the Peter
Pilotto label, with their starting pointfor S/S 15. We were fasci-
nated by images of the rainbow warriors of the Sixties and the
crazy colours and graphics associated with them, says De Vos.
We wanted to take aspects reminiscent of that era to a new place.
Their signature prints evolved into intricate embellishments, with
Plexiglas-and-crystal flowers adorning dresses woven with hand-
stitched lace on tulle. The geometric designs of the iconic designer
Pierre Cardin influenced thecolour-blockpatternsof theclosinglooks,
while the bright hues of graphic illustrations were inspired by the lights
of the Burning Man festival. We experimented with materials and
fabrics to produce holographic organzas and iridescent jacquards, says
Pilotto. We wanted to elevate the craft element of our work to achievesomething amazing. ANNA ROSA VITIELLO
MYMOODBOARD
Peter Pilottos S/S15 moodboard.
Below: looks fromthe collection
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xploring the west-London home
of Harpers Bazaars beauty
director Sophie Bloomfield with her Maltese shih-tzu Bagel
padding behind you might expect to find
a bathroom overflowing with lipsticks and
lotions. But in reality, Bloomfields edit
covers a solitary shelf. Everything that I
look at has to be beautiful, she says, sipping
coffeewithalmondmilkfromaNicoleFarhi
mug. I even installed Quooker boiling-
water taps on the sink because I couldnt
bearthesightofakettle,andIkeepmyNutri-
bullet in a specially designed cupboard.
What does catch the eye is the exquisitemuralin herbathroom, hand-painted bythe
artistFrederickWimsett.Hiswork,inspired
by 18th-century chinoiserie, alsoadorns the
homes of Alice Temperley, Kate Moss and
the milliner Victoria Grant.
ForBloomfield,hehaspainted
a vivid illustration of exotic
birds elegantly perched on
branches, complete with his
trademark ladybird. The work
was inspired by the giant fig-
tree in her parents garden in
Sussex, whose fruit fills thebowls in her kitchen.
Bloomfield bought the Ladbroke Grove
house in 2012 with her husband Will, who
works in the music industry. The location
allows a weekly pilgrimage to Notting HillFarmers Market to buy spelt croissants,
Rookery Farm eggs and punnets of cherries
for Sunday brunch with friends. I dont
embrace chaos in the sense of clutter, she
says, but I do love a house
full of people.
Before moving in, a years
worth of building work saw
every wall removed, and the
space refashioned by Bloom-
field and her best friend, the
interior decorator Naomi
AstleyClarke.Athree-metre-deep basement was dug to
Bazaarsbeautydirector
SophieBloomfieldonthedecorativedesignshefavoursforbothherhome
andwardrobe
MYLIFE,MY
STYLE
Sophie Bloomfield in herbedroom wearing jumper,280, Bella Freud. Skirt,800, Preen by ThorntonBregazzi. Shoes, 515,Paul Andrew. All jewellery,her own . Below: theliving-room. Left: FrederickWimsetts mural reflectedin the bathroom mirror
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ByLUCY HALFHEAD
Photographs byHARRY CROWDER
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From far left: Bloomfield in theliving-room with her dog Bagel,
wearing satin dress, 1,822, Preenby Thornton Bregazzi. Cuff, 580,
Leivankash. A Sam Francis paintingin the entrance hall. Zacs middle
name spelled-out in his room
Clockwise from left: with Leoand Zac, wearing top, 1,200,
Erdem at Matchesfashion.com. Jeans, 460 Stella
McCartney at Browns . Ring,1,400, Links of London.
A Jack Vetriano picture in themain bedroom. Framed
butterflies in the library.The kitchen and garden
create the ultimate playroom for her sonsLeo, six, and Zac, three, and their goldfish
GoldieandShark.Legoboxesarepiledbeside
a Paula Navone Ghost sofa and Eileen Gray
desk, and a psychedelicmandala painting by
Larry Smart, who famously painted Jimi
Hendrix, hangs beside the boys drawings.
Its clear thatthe demandsof having two
young children who live up to their middle
names of Rascal and Wilde havent stifled
Bloomfields self-proclaimed obsession
with interior decoration. A confiscated Nerf
gun resembles modern sculpture atop
coffee-table books on Yves Klein andChristian Dior, while her Variopinte tin
plates are both pretty and practical. It
doesnt matter if they end up on the floor
because they cant smash, she says. She
bought a jumbo mohair velvet George
Smith sofa after realising it was the same
fabric used in all the Soho Houses and
children are constantly climbing over them
in muddy trainers at the Electric and a
no-go zone has been imposed to keep the
Bennison Wheat Flower fabric-
wrapped cupboard doors in themaster bedroom felt-tip free.
Throughout the house, elm
parquet de Versailles floors and
Farrow & Ball White Tie walls
allow bolder elements such as the
cheetah carpeton thestairs, coral
Blithfield kitchen wallpaper and
the Alvar Aalto zebra-print Tank
chairs, to stand out. I like things
that have a sense of humour but
arent crazy, she says. I want it
to look both chic and homely
starkly modern houses, top-to-toein B&B Italia, dont do it for me.
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From lef t: with her son sin the playroom,
wearing jumper, 310,Zoe Jordan. Jeans,460, Christopher
Kane. Ring, 1,400,Links of London. Shoes,
445, Paul Andrew.Lights in the kitchen. Apineapple door knocker
Ilovethatmixofsomethingrawagainst
somethingrefined
Candle,
99
Fornasetti
880
Chlo
Floor tiles from Bert & May and vintage
American doorknobs add sophistication
to daring colour combinations of bright
red and pink, Tiffany turquoise against
navy, and brass with green.
However, the school run did prompt
Bloomfield to rethink her former uniform
of Chlo separates, Marni accessories anddelicatevintagetea-dresses.Nowshehappily
dons Current/Elliott jeans and a J Crew
cashmere sweater, slipping on Prada heels
and a bright lipstick once shes in the office.
I enjoy the simplicity of not having to
overthink things, she says,
Ill pair a vintage Harley
Davidson T-shirt with a
Preen skirt. I love that mix
of something raw against
something refined.
Bloomfield grew up inatraditional Sussex farm-
house, before spending a
year in a flat on Thompson
Street,NewYork,onhiatusfromherhistory
of art degree at UCL. Working as a stylist
and make-up artist for magazines such as
Alloy, Indexand Interview, sheloved trawling
the East Village thrift shops sporting fluoro
pink eyeliner and multi-coloured hair.
Ultimately, she realised that unless she had
a degree or an Oscar nomination shewouldnt be able to get a visa and pursue her
dream of being a magazine journalist.
So, resuming her studies, she gainedd
a First and worked for Elle, Glamour andd
Redmagazines. It was at this point that shee
started to collect antiquee
mirrors and lighting fromm
Portobello Market, anddd
hunt down rare carpets onn
Edgware Road. Today, aass
the beauty director oof
Harpers Bazaar,she travels
to Paris for the biannual
fashion shows, and takes
great pleasure in finding
pieces to add to her Astier
de Villatte collection, or lugging back
suitcases full of Merci linen and
towels. Will sometimes says, Its
not normal, just go to John Lewis
and buy a duvet cover, she saays,
laughing.ButIhavetotrulylovve
every pieceI buy, andagonisinngg
over whether each shade and
texture works together is allpart of the process.
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MakeastatementwithgraphiclinesandboldprintsbythebestofBritishdesigners
Photographs byJAN LEHNER
Styled byCHARLIE HARRINGTON
F L Y I N G T H E F L A G
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Cream dresses are stylish
but impractical for work
throw a coloured jacket or
lightweight coat over the
top to keep things clean,
sleek and chic.
Left: light, polishedstreet style in Paris
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and choosing light fabrics is a start.
Midi-length
dresses work as well
with flats as they do
with heels.
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550
Fabiana Filippi
485
Copains
505
Max Mara
480
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475
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Caramel and
pale pink make a
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These daystheres no
such thing aspowerdressingthereissuchathingas
dressing inaway that
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chooosing a white dress for an evening
event iinstead of a traditional black gown.
Just beesure your underwear is pale and
ssmmoooottthing, as white can be unforgiving.
There is much to be said for a
piece of jewellery that can be worn
everyday, either stacked with a
watch or alone, like these bangles
from the Move collection a
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brand Messika. The bangles start
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WORKBOOK
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Edited byHELENA LEE
TALKING POINTS
NATIONALTREASURES
Varx double-blockprint, 395,
Cameron Short atthe New Craftsmen
Traditional craftsmanshipfinds a modernhome;JakeChapmanheadsforthesmallscreen;
RachelJohnson celebratesNotting Hill;andPeterPanfliesagain
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Below: the makerscommissioning drawers
Left: details fromthe artist Lola
Lelys sketchbook
TheartisansmovetoMayfair
DESIGN
ByHELENA LEE Photographs byHARRY CROWDER
ARTSANDCRAFTS
1,395
Laura Carlin
Left and below: theNew Craftsman shop
and studio, showcasingthe best of British craft
TALKINGPOINTS
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Laura Carlin
Behind the frenetic bustle of Oxford Street, a short walk from
Selfridges, lies the unexpected sanctuary of the New Craftsmen.
Part agency, part collective,part shop, this modern home for luxury
British craft began life as a pop-up in Mayfair, but grew in
reputationandsize.Thespaceitselfaformerbreeches-make rrrss
workshop is bright and airy. The products are displayedd
as thoughin a gallery, but canbe touched and bought: cream
andduck-egg-bluetea bowls anddeftly paintedearthenware
vases line open shelves; fine silver beakers and jewellery
gleam in wood-framed glass cabinets. At the back, amongg
succulents and ferns, is an oversize heavy-set table: a sunn-soakedworkspacewheremakerscanbecommissionedandmmeet
customers (and each other). It is the perfect forum for discovery.
Our starting point was to go to the most ffar-
flungplaces inthe UKand find makers who were
proud of their traditions, ssaayyssCCaattherine Lock,
one of the founders, whoo sourced everything
from Shetland lace to Devvon harvest jugs on a
four-month road trip rouundd tthhe country. The
company has since grownn to represent over 75
artisans, attracting hotelieers, interior designers
andeventeamsfromChaneelwiththeirwares.Its
been a word-of-mouth suuccess, says Lock, asmany whispered that it wwwaass tthhee best thing in
London. We couldnt agree more.
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MUSIC NATIONALANTHEMS
KATEBUSH
A CORALROOM
I admire the way
that she is so
relevant despite
taking herself away
from the industry
for so long.
LAURAMARLING
FALSEHOPE
The production
for this song from
her fifth record
is gritty and raw,
which is what I like
to listen to.
BETHORTON
POISONTREE
The lyrics are from
William Blakes
poem of the
same name. How
wonderfully
British is that?
BOMBAY
BICYCLE CLUB
HOMEBYNOW
A fantastic song
from one of my
all-time favourite
British bands. Bring
on the next album.
JACK GARRATT
THELOVE
YOUREGIVEN
Jack, who once
auditioned to be
a guitarist in my
band, is a brilliant
all-round musician.
LUCY ROSE
OUR EYES
A taste of her
second album,
which comes
out in July. Her
new music is
sounding amazing.
The singerRae Morris selects her top British soundsfor the summer
ByLYDIA SLATER
SophieKennedyClarkonplayingabride- -b
inJakeChapmanssurrealpasticheofaromaa
The actress and model SSo enn laarkbounds into BobBob
Ricard, a restaurant aarou t rne room the Sky studio where
shehastoreturnthiss aft at sshhetermsherworkuniform
black shorts over opaa s KKennedy Clark seems much
younger than her 24 years, andpossseesses the quintessential delicate
English-rose colouringthat oneiimmagines beneath
a bonnet in some Jane Austen adaptation. My
mother keeps asking if Id ever consider a period
drama, she chuckles. Sadly for her mother (who
is the singer and actress Fiona Kennedy) theanswerislikelytobe:notintheforeseeablefuture.
For although Kennedy Clarks wide-set blue
eyesandfallofgoldenhairgiveheranelfinbeauty
that has seen her fronting campaigns for both
Burberry and Pringle of Scotland, she prefers
to subvert their message in her choice of screen
roles. Her film debut was in Tim Burtons vamp-
ire thriller Dark Shadows, she went on to givebirth on screen as the young Philomena in the
eponymous film about forced adoption, and
followed thiswith a centralrolein Larsvon Triers
Nymphomaniac. Thereason I fellin lovewith film
is because its so mind-expanding, she explains.When youre given that platform, I think you have a responsibility
to do work that affects people.
So it is less surprising than it might seem that for her latest
project, Kennedy Clark has teamed up with Jake Chapman,
the controversialcontemporaryartist, who, wwithh hhiis brother Dinos,
has made headlines for works featuring def etchings and
Nazi-atrocity vitrines. You dont stroll is ork without a
double take, says Kennedy Clark. Now, shes p cipating in one:
Chapmans television directorial debut, an adaptation of his novel
TheMarriageof ReasonandSqualor.Blacklycomicand unsettling (Kennedy Clark describes it as a
cross between The Rocky Horror Picture Showanda David Lynch film), the series is an adaptation
of Chapmans surreal pastiche of a Mills & Boonnovel. Kennedy Clark plays the heroine Lydia,
torn between two men: her handsome plastic-
surgeon fianc and a hideously deformed writer,
bothplayedbyRhysIfans.Didsheenjoyworking
with the famously fiery artist ? I dont want to
ruin his enfant terrible reputation, but he was a
complete joy, she says. We got on really well.
Hes a natural collaborator. If you had any ide
you just had to flag them up.
Chapman is equally approving. Its been
amazing working with Sophie, he tells me. Its
quite unnerving to watch someone become
somebodyelseandsoeasilyadoptthecomplexityof what youre asking. Its quite weird. Coming from a Chapman
brother, that is definitely a compliment.
The Marriage of Reason and Squalor will air on Sky Arts on 11 June.Visit www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/kennedy-clark to read the full interview.
To listen to all 18 tracks on Rae Morris summer soundtrack, visit www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/rae-morris-playlist.
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Thecaptivatingfigures of
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye,
who was nominatedfor the
2013Turner Prize,will beon
display at theSerpentine
Gallery this June. Each
painting wascompleted in
24hours; and while they
take their cuefromEuropean
portraiture of thepast, the
black protagonists are
fictional creations.
TERESA FITZHERBERT
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses
after Dusk is on from 2 June
(www.serpentinegalleries.org).
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HamptonCourtPalaceiscelebratingfivecenturiesofmagnificence ByLUCY HALFHEAD
THE STATELIESTPLEASUREDOME
Hampton Court Palace marks 500 years since Henry VIIIs advisor
Cardinal Wolsey acquired a small manor on the banks of the River
Thames. As the kings pleasure palace, it was a showcase for royal
magnificence and ceremony. The distinct ive red brick was a bold look
for the time, and it wassaid that there were enough chimneysto light adifferent one every day of the year.
This summer, two large garden parties are being staged in
celebration of this anniversary, which will give visitors an unpre-
cedentedopportunityto immersethemselvesin 16th-centurylife.A joust
is being held, with dancing in the Elizabethan knot garden, and the
Tudor Kitchens are cooking up a traditional feast of of sweet and
savourypies,roastedmeatsandspicedchocolatepuddings.Meanwhile,
in a speciall BBaarroque-themed weekend, masques, music and merriment
will rinnggg outacrooss the palaces beautiful formal gardens.
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mother carved three
more out of a mansard
extension. I slept in a tiny
bedroom like a coffin
with a Velux window,andmy little brother Jo slept in a former coat cupboard.
We adored Chateau Elgin, with its velvet sofas, kilim r ugs and
Victoriana, where the sitting-room doubled as my mothers studio.
My brothers all eventually went to Eton and when their friends
visited, with their grouse moorsand stately homesattached, I would
see the flat through their eyes. It was shabby, and our building
would shudder when lorries ground into low gear to get up the hill,
but I didnt care. To me it was the grooviest place in the world, and
my route to school would take me down Elgin Crescent, past the
old house of Osbert Lancaster (number 79), Laurence Olivier (86)
KatherineMansfieldandJohnMiddletonMurry(95),andJawaharlal
Nehru, the first prime minister of India at number 60.But even thenthe area was coming up and had been since 1977,
asMichaelMoorcockwrotein KingoftheCity:Theareawasgetting
iffy. The Grove was filling up with liberal professionals
writers, TV producers, models, literary agents, bohemian
aristos, film directors, lefty columnists, barristers the
entire fucking fancy.
Even so, it was still rough. You never went to the
All Saints Road or north of Ladbroke Grove Tube if you
could help it. As Martin Amis put it in The Informant:
If anything was going to happen, it would surely happen
under the Westway.
Yes, it was grimy and scary, with shankings and
stabbings, but I loved every second of it. I would refuseto go on family holidays to Tuscany rather than miss
I RachelJohnsons latestnovelofNottingHilllifechartsthecontinuingupsanddownsofherbelovedneighbourhood
HIGHS
ANDLOWS
BOOKS
From to p: much -prized propertyin Notting Hill.
The Johnsonfamily in themid-Eighties.
Rachels motherCharlotte andbrother Boris
in 1983
n 1979 my mother divorced andrefused to accept alimony. Her only
demand from my father was a flat
somewhere as funky-reggae-party as she
was (she was is a painter, then aged
36).ShewantedtoliveinNottingHill,and
found a top-floor walk-up on a noisy
corner opposite a council block. It was
rough. One of mybrothers was beaten up
on our own doorstep on his 10th birthday.
There was a Spanish community and a Caribbean vibe and a
phantasmagoric feel, a smoky combination of grunge and glamour
in the crumbling stucco terraces and the secret communal gardens
that not even films likePerformancecould convey.A passeggiata of models and singers and writers and actors
always seemed to be cruising up and down the main arteries of
Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road, smoking, talking, buying
their beer and weed in the All Saints Road, their jerk chicken in the
Mangrove, their LPs in Rough Trade, and selling their dreams to
the world beyond our magic roundabout of London W11.
Annie Lennox served behind the counter in the local deli, Mr
Christians; there were only two restaurants, both French, and few
locals could afford to eat in either. Everyone used the fruit and veg
market,gottheirhouseholdstuff inWoolies,andinsteadofdesigner
boutiques there were bookshops including the famous Travel
Bookshop and cavernous emporia selling everything from dust-bins to those knitted Afghan slippers smelling of sick.
We all five of us squeezed into a maisonette on Elgin Crescent, a
few hundred yards from where Jimi
Hendrixhaddiedofadrugsoverdose.
It had only two bedrooms, so my
Left: JohnsonsNotting Hill
house in 1992.Right: the
Carnival in 1989
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Cinderellatakestothestageinarevitalisedversionofaclassicballet
NEWSLIPPERS
Christopher Wheeldon revamps Sergej Prokofjevs
Cinderellain a magical new version performed by
the Dutch National Ballet; even the dazzling set in the
Coliseum is the stuff of fairy tales, and includes a giant
tree that grows and sways throughout.
Cinderella is at the London Coliseum (www.eno.org)
from 8 to 11 July. TERESA FITZHERBERT
DANCE
aitava,cesa in
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Left: thedrawing room atElgin Crescent.
Above lef t:Charlotte
painting Rachelsportrait in 1992
FOOD
PARTYPIECES
JemmaWilsons cakes aretheepitomeofgood cheer: raspberry-ripple cupcakesandvanilla-spongepiatacakesthat cascadewith Smartieswhenslicedopen. Choose fromthecolourful array ather shop
nearLondonsCarnabyStreet.WWW.CRUMBSANDDOILIES.CO.UK
Right andbelow: cakes from
Crumbs & Doilies
one moment of carnival, a two-day street party on my doorstep.
Fast forward to 1992. I am stil l living in Elgin Crescent. I meet
andmarryamanwholivesinHillgateVillage,W8,inamewshouse.
I am with child. We have to move. He takes me househunting in
Clapham and Islington to view gracious townhouses in Georgian
squares. I refuse to open my eyes.I am a lifer, I tell him.
To my joy we find a falling-down, semi-detached house off
Elginfor385,000(Ihaveneverbeforeputinanarticlewhatwepaid
forourhouse,butattheend,Illtellyouwhatitsworthnowandthatone figure will tell you more thaneverything in this whole piece).
We move in, and just after wemove, in the mid-1990s, the Big
Bang deregulatesthe City andthe area takes off like a jump jet. The
creatives move out and the money rolls in, and since then its been
hard to find the old Notting Hill, sometimes.
Itusedtobeaplacewhereyouwanderedouttothemarkettobuy
some Coxs apples nestling plump in a green box, and came back
with a chair or a piece of cracked willow-pattern china; now you go
out to have your privates manscaped and come back with a Joseph
shearling coat costing 3,000.
WhenyouliveinNottingHillyouvealready succeeded at what-
ever level, says NottingHill Yummy Mummy,who writes a brilliant
anonymous blog about the livesof the rich in our parish. Its nolonger edgy. Its established.
Ive spent the past eight yearsdocumenting the rise and fall of
Notting Hill: the communal-garden adulteries, the planning dis-
putes, the neighbourly catfights,the competitiveness over weight.
My new novel, Fresh Hell, also eviscerates (or so I hope) the
unspeakable new vogue for buying the wrong house in the right
neighbourhood, and instead of moving, digging down, which has
been a further blight on Notting Hill. Five householders at the last
count were putting in double basements in Elgin Crescent alone.
And if I rang each doorbell in the street, Id find a pop star (Rita
Ora) and two successful publishers, John Brown and
William Sieghart, and the comedienne Ruby Wax,
but every other housethe doorwouldbe openedby aFilipina, and withinwould be an NHM (Notting Hill
Mummy)living on a raw-juice diet with four kids and
ahusbandwhohamster-wheelsintheCity.Thesocial
geometry of Notting Hill haschanged utterly. Itused
to be grunge, boho.Now its sheeny new money.
My husbandsayswhenyouliveinaplacethatyou
cant af ford to shopin its time to move. But I wont.
After all, the bad thing thats happened under the
Westwayis the arrival of an organic patisserie selling
pistachio cronuts. And even though our house is now worth
4 million plus, and if we sold itI could afford to shop here. I just
cant. My mothers still just up theroad, still painting.Its too late to stop now.
Fresh Hell (7.99; Penguin) is published on 18 June.
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(Pride & Prejudice,Atonement,Anna
Karenina). The film is a prequel, of
sorts although its set during
World War II, proofof how mutable
Peters character and situation ca nbe. He lives in an orphanage, until
one dark night, a bunch of pirates
come bungee-ing through the sky-
light and whip all children off to a
flying sailing ship to Neverland, Wright says, laughing,
aware of how strange that sounds. But Peters world is a
reflection of childhoods magic. The character of Peter felt
like a superimposition of myself and my son put together.
I just immediately wanted to
make it for him. And in a way, I
wanted this sounds naff , but itst rue
tomake it for thekid in myself too.Wright rediscovered Barries novel after
watching the 1953 Disney animated film
with his son. I find the book intensely
moving and incredibly strange; what I love
about it is this ambivalence toward its char-
acters, including the hero Peter Pan. He is
brave and smart and mischievous we really admire him but hes
a liar, hes bossy, hes cocky. All those kind of ambiguities were what
I wanted to bring to the film.
Panis part of a long tradition of taking Barries archetypal hero
and remaking him for a new age. Long live Peter Pan.
Pan is released in cinemas nationwide in the autumn. Peter Pan is at the
Royal Opera House (www.roh.org.uk) on 24 and 25 July. Peter Pan is atRegents Park Open Air Theatre (www.openairtheatre.com) until 14 June.
ThreenewversionsofPeterPantakeflightthisyear
RETURNTO
NEVERLAND
ByERICA WAGNER
FILM
Clockwise from right:Cara Delevingne as a
mermaid in Pan.Wendy illustrated by
Gwynedd M Hudson.An illustration byArthur R ackham.
The pirate ship inPan. Far right: flying
to Neverland
Right: an illustration byArthur R ackham from
Peter Pan in KensingtonGardens by JM Barrie.Below: an illustration
of Peter Pan rescuingWendy by MabelLucie Attwell
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There are few literary creations that have moved from an
authors imagination into the realm of myth. You can
countthemononehand:ConanDoylesSherlockHolmes,
Ian Flemings James Bond and JM Barries Peter Pan.
The boywho wouldnt grow up made his first appearance on stage
at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on St Martins Lane at Christmas in
1904; the smash-hit play was followed by Barries novel Peter and
Wendy, published in 1911.Im youth, Im joy, Im a littlebirdthathasbroken out of the egg, Peter tells Captain Hook when the pirate
demands to know who he is; andhis ebullience has inspiredgenera-
tions of storytellers and film-makers to make
Peters story their own.
This summer, Peter Pan comes to the stage in
twomanifestations:anewoperadirectedbyKeith
Warner has its UK premiere at the Royal Opera
House in July, and theres also a revival of the
original play at Londons open-air Regents Park
Theatre. But its not surprising, for Barries tale of
a lost boy is rich and odd.
What is it about Peter Pan that is so enduring
and so British? For thats another quality heshares with Holmes and Bond: as Huckle-
berry Finnis inescapably American, soPeter
Pan is both universal and particular to a
culture. Perhaps Barries story can be seen
as a burst of bright imagination before
World War I darkened both Britain and
Europe; he is an icon of lost innocence.
In the autumn, a new film will take on
the legend: Pan, directed by Joe Wright
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Thefuturerevealed: youressentialguidetoJULYByPETER WATSON
CANCER22June 23July
Instead of seeing a blip in a closerelationship as a near-disaster,
thinkof it as an opportunity toclarifyan area of confusion.Around 6 July, when the Suns opposed by Pluto, you should find
the courage to express views youdnormallykeep to yourself.
Its possible to do this in a no-nonsense way that shouldnt offend.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHEnough is a feast.
LEO24July 23August
Why feel guilt y if youre obliged to keep information to yourself for
a while? Otherswill understand that youve had to be discreet
when, in the second half of July, youre able to disclose the details
to them. Look forward to taking up a position or adopting a role
youve secretly hoped would one day be yours.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHMuch unhappiness is caused by comparison.
VIRGO24August 23 September
Territory youve negotiated singlehandedly in the past would be
best tackled with somebody reliable by your side. So accept offers
of support without feeling theneed to prove how self-sufficient
you can be. Once you learn to trust the motives of the other person
involved, youll be surprised at how easilythings fall into place.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTH The more laws, the less justice.
LIBRA24September 23October
Initially youll wonder whether to tell others about unexpecteddevelopments affecting your career or finances. You wont want
to sound smug but you should, on theother hand, be pleased with
all you can soon achieve. Once Mercury hits thehigh point of your
chart on 8 July, youll seehow to disclose some promising news.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHWhen all else fails, read the instructions.
SCORPIO24October 22November
Opportunities opening up before you might not offer big financial
rewards. But enhance your reputation by showing how well you
navigate an area that othersfind baffling. Have no doubt that the
time andeffort you invest willbringdividends in thelong run.MOTTOOFTHEMONTHDont let what you cant do interferewith what you can do.
SAGITTARIUS23November 21December
You cannot assume that loved ones and friends will support you
if you embarkon plansthey see as fanciful orunrealistic. So be
prepared to take the first crucial steps on your own, without
accusing anyone of disloyalty. You might think theyre being
unnecessarily difficult, but its more likely that they genuinely
want whats best for you.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHLife is good. A good life is even better.
CAPRICORN22December 20January
With others loading so much on to your shoulders, youll wonder
whether you can take the strain. In fact, youll find you have allthestrength and stamina required to make an excellent jobof
whatever needs doing. The only danger is that people will think
they can make a habit of overburdening you. Put them right.
MOTTOOF THEMONTHEasy Street is a blind alley.
AQUARIUS21 January 19 February
Listen to your instincts when they tell you that youll soon have
to take on a very conscientious or caring role. And make sure that
from mid-July, your input is acknowledged by people expecting
you to do a tremendous amount for them. Establish parameters
outside of which you simply wont be available. And stick to them.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHThefirststepinovercoming faultsistoadmittothem.
PISCES20February 20March
The month starts well, with Neptune allied to the Sun, but you
mustnt be so distracted by romantic involvements that those in
authoritybegin to question your commitment to more serious areas
of your life. Prove you can divide your time between work andplay.
MOTTOOF THEMONTHNever do your best card tricks for the groupyou play poker with.
ARIES21March 20April
Having been forced to negotiate complex arrangements, youshould soon seethe fruits of your labours. The Full Moon in early
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influence your long-term future. Dont let emotions show if things
suddenlytakea turn for the better orfor the worse. Staycool.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTH If money talks, it says nothing worthwhile.
TAURUS21April 21May
Refuseto be persuadedto travel or attend meetings against your
wishes. There will be endless talk of plans in which youll have
little interest and you mustnt give in to pressureto be involved.
By mid-July, you can hopefully start to focus on secret venturesof your own. Until then, make it clear that youre nobodys puppet.
MOTTOOFTHEMONTHPraise and criticism can both be frauds.
GEMINI22May 21 June
Once you decide to develop a new strategy regarding finances
or partnership matters, you must take action. True, others might
be unnerved, especially if they think theyre in dangerof being
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InourBestofBritishissue,AlexaChungdistillstheessenceofEnglishstyle;
shot amid the gloriouslandscapesof AmberleyCastle andViking Bay;andCatherine StGermansunlocks the secrets of PortEliot,
we celebratethetalent ofhomegrown designers in fashion stories
herbeautifulyetmysteriousCornishhome
JULY 2015
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Alexa Chung wearsembroidered tulle top and
skirt (sold as set), 750,
Simone Rocha
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AlexaChunggrewupintheHampshirecountryside,thenturnedherquintessentially
amusiciansgirlfriend,shetalkstoSASHASLATERaboutembracingherdifferentBritishsenseofstyleintoaninternationalcareer.Havingforsakentheitinerantlifeof
E N G L A N D ,
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Jacqua rd dress, 2,660,Erdem. White gold and
diamond earrings,3,900, Solange
Azagury-Partridge
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hat does Alexa Chung actu-
ally do? is the question I am
bombarded with when I tell
friends I am interviewing her
forBazaar. This seems unfair, as she is in fact extremely diligent.
I witness this on our cover shoot which, contrary to appearances,
takesplace ona colddayin a biting wind that drives meback indoors
after a couple of hours. Not Alexa, though, who poses barelegged
in the wispiest of summery dresses on, variously, a rowing boat, a
Pashley bicycle and a frisky grey mare, surrounded all the while by
a madly excited pack of beagles. While the florists arrange hydran-geas in the boat, she lounges goodnaturedly on the grass, chatting
to the photographer, her upper half wrapped in a Burberry blanket,
those endless legs, with their Coachella tan, shivering in the weak
sunshine of an Oxfordshire spring.
Alexa Chung is a professional model; shestarted hercareer aged
17 and, indeed, she is so comfortable in front of the camera that, as
shetellsme:Itsweirdwhentheresnotonethere.Whichisaworry.
But she is many other things too. Shes a fashion designer, who has
just launched her second collection for the California label AG
Jeans after the first sold out in record time. Shes a television pre-
senter, once named the saviour of MTV. Shes a spokesmodel for
such desirable labels as Longchamp, the French leather-goods
company;shedevelopedahugelypopulareyelinerwiththemake-upbrand Eyeko. And she wrote a bestselling memoir,It. I struggle to
think of many 31-year-olds who have achieved even a tenth of this.
Butperhaps other people are confused because Chung is slightly
puzzled herself. She describesher career as a shit-showfree-for-all:
I have too many agents and no central person, so Im the central
person andIm alreadyinclined tobe quitescatty, so mylifehas very
little order to it. But I love it.
One of the two secrets of Chungs career is her effortless style.
Everytimeshe is photographed (and there is a lens trained on her at
alltimes),sheiswearingsomeutterlybeguiling,eccentricallyEnglish
variation on a combination of high-necked governessy top, hotpants
and mens clumpy shoes. Combined with her clear-skinned, feline
beauty, its a look that is all her own, albeit one that has spawned
infinite, occasionally successful, imitations. I think my style is a
balance between masculinity and femininity, she offers, clearly
struggling toarticulatewhat comesso naturally toher. Its a sexyway
to dress because its confident. A bad outfit can really get me down.
If Im wearing something really normal and boring, its like torture.
Her other secret is her popularity with a notoriously fickle but
lucrative group young, fashion-conscious women. Like Cara
Delevingne,shehas alwaysbeenan earlyadopter ofnewtechnology,
and thus is one of the opinion formers and influencers who play out
theirlives online. Iwas one ofthefirstpeopleto getonMyspace [the
social-media platform launched in 2003], Chung says, as we sit
together while the twilight darkens in a chilly but beautiful boudoirof Shotover House, the 18th-century manor where we have been
w
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Silk shirt, 261, AlexaChung for AG Jeans.
Cotton trousers, 295Victoria by Victoria
Beckham. White goldand diamond earrings,
3,900, SolangeAzagury-Partridge
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Chiffon and silk coat, froma selection, Alexander
McQueen. Suede heels,465, Tabitha Simmons.Right hand: white gold,
diamond and aquamarinering, 9,100, Dior Joaillerie.Left hand: gold and enamel
ring, 2,000, SolangeAzagury-Partridge
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Velvet and organza dress,3,275, Christopher Kane.
Leather heels, 725,Nicholas Kirkwood.
White gold, d iamond,aquamarine and moonstone
ring, from a selection,Chanel Fine Jewellery
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shooting.AndherflightyinsoucianceisperfectlysuitedtoInstagram(1.7 million followers) and Twitter (1.5 million followers): I love
trying to fit a stupid pun into 140 characters just as much as I
love picking theright filter and captionfor Instagram.Thosefollow-
ings are unmistakably important. They have an ef fect on whether
brands choose to work with you or not. But it seems a bit silly that
its become something to be respected. I mean, its just fun isnt it?
Yet thereason herfollowers trust Chung, buyher pussy-bowblouses,
adorn their eyes with her trademark black flick, and watch her pro-
grammes, is that, as she says in her deep, throaty, home-counties
smokersvoice,Icouldneverdoanythingthatwasntgenuine.Iturn
down a lot of things. Tech companies approach you to hold some-
thing in a picture and then say This is what I want you to write on
your Twitter. There are people whoget away with that and look really cool
doing it; but Im just not one of them.
Indeed,therearetimeswhenbrands
efforts to court her backfire, such as
when Makers Mark bourbon thanked
her for her vocal enthusiasm for the
liquor. Do you know what they did?
she laughs. They sent me a bottle with
my face etched onto it and I was like
time to stop! Ive been drinking more
red wine now. So no Twitter name-
checks for Makers Mark.
Asforthedarkersideoftheinternet,inhabited by trolls, I ignore it, she says
calmly. Sometimes I respond, but I try
notto.IdontthinkIneedtogetinvolved
in that. I know it happens to everyone,
and I dont pay any attention because
its not relevant to my life. She pauses
a second and then confesses, as if she cant resist, occasionally
I write things back if I think its funny. Like once I tweeted: Im
signing my book this afternoon. Im excited to meet you all.
Notongues. Andsomeone wrotebackWillyousuckme off? and
I replied well, i f you bought the book
A gooddeal of Chungs allure resides in herdry, self-deprecating
wit. Before the shoot starts, she tells a funny story about spending
a night out with, among others, Leonardo DiCaprio, in New York
and him mistaking her for a waitress
because he cant really see brunettes.
He spent the evening ordering vodka
and cranberry juices from her which
she, being one of the good guys, duly
went, queued and paid for.
These days, Chung spends half her
time in New York and half in London,
a result, she says, of her contrariness:I dont like being told what to do,
she explains. And I dont want to be
penned in. I dont want to feel I have to
be anywhere. Sort of like, Oops, you
thought Id be here, but Ill sort of
vanish. I am quite restless. It makes
me a nightmare to date, I think.
This rest iveness is a product of having grown up in the middle
ofnowhere,shetellsme.IgrewupinPrivettinHampshireinafield,
and I spent so long there just imagining and imagining and imag-
ining what I would do if I lived not in a field, that as soon as I got
out I ran straight to London. The daughter of a part-Chinese
graphic designer and a housewife, she was a bright student at
school, and had a place on an art-foundation course in Chelsea and
another to read Englishat Kings College, London: I couldnt decide
which to do,she explains. So, hating to be pinned down, she ditched
both and spent two years modelling while studying the Meisner
techniqueofacting,butmyactingteachersaidIwastoodefiantand
interested in entertaining the class which is perfect for TV.
Success on Popworld, a music TV show known for its cheeky
interviews, led to a whole slew of popular programmes for Channel
4. At the time she was dating Alex Turner, the frontman of Arctic
Monkeys, a nd photographed everywhere in her exquisite gamine
wardrobe. What more could she want? Im not materialist ic, she
says. Its not about making money. But Im excited to exploredifferent things. So, instead of staying in London, she set off for
I amquiterestless. Itmakesme a
nightmare todate, I think
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heels, 725, NicholasKirkwood. See Stockists for
details. Hair by GeorgeNorthwood at Emma Davies
Agency, using Redken andPureology. Make-up by
Eyeko. Manicure by OrlaZusman using Nails Inc.
Stylists assistants: EmmaShaw and Ashlee Hill.
Prop styling by James Hattat D+V Management.Flowers by Victoria at
Foxgloves + Glory. Animalsprovided by Jackie at
Animal Dramatics. On-siteproduction by Amy Guthrie.
Shot at Shotover House
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New York and a stint on MTV. Turner
moved as well, and they lived together
as a dream celebrity couple. She was
supported during this time by a group
of close friends that she calls Team
Evil. It was this international crew of
young women; basically groupies, she
recalls. They kept their volatile part-
ners in thrall by being tough on them.
Chung doesnt really discuss her
relationships (her current