Belgraves Hotel recruits A Space For Art to adorn its walls with emerging and noted artists. Thompson Hotel’s already-aesthetic-minded London outpost Belgraves has upped the ante by recruiting A Space For Art –an art curator company based in London and … Read More
New York’s a go-go! London’s calling! Here comes those double-whammy Fashion Weeks 2013…and oh no, Galliano! Write these dates down, then make friends with the people who don’t go out ‘til midnight: New York Fashion Week is February 7th-14th; then … Read More
This festive season, Belgraves is swapping pine needles for book pages. The stylish Belgravia hotel has collaborated with leading art book publisher TASCHEN to create an alternative Christmas tree – a bespoke TASCHEN Tree window installation. The TASCHEN Tree installation … Read More
Room 100 was lucky enough to grab a sneak peek at the Frieze Art Fair happening this weekend in London (a hop, skip, and jump away from our newly opened Belgraves property). In it’s 10th year with over 175 galleries … Read More
Bellhops turn hair-hoppers at Thompson Hotel’s well-groomed London aerie Belgraves, with new ‘Big Night Out’ and ‘style & stay’ projects. It began last week when famed stylist Errol Douglas set his scissors upon four bellboys and –girls at the Belgraves … Read More
Summer in London: let’s be honest, you never know what you’re going to get. It’s been a wet one this year, but we’re going to help you heat things up with our take on the best way to spend a … Read More
Some hot reservations for the hottest of months. LOS ANGELES: Bow & Truss. In North Hollywood. Do the suh-weet courtard patio. Bowandtruss.com CHICAGO: Nellcote. Go for the little dishes in this cool-old mansion. Nellcoterestaurant.com LONDON: Il Ristorante. Big anticipation here … Read More
From saddlemaking to the luxe life, Hermès celebrates 175 years of doing anything but ‘winging’ it. Behold the satyr-winged saddlebag (main image), a one-off Hermès made in 2001 for a Japanese rock band. It’s one of the many fascinating and … Read More
Belgraves London is one of 60 new inns picked (and one of five in the U.K.) as being the place to eat, drink, sleep, and play in all over the world. The “quietly hip boutique property in SW1,” as CN … Read More
British interior designer and gal-about-town Tara Bernerd brings her glamorous touch and sexy aesthetic to Belgraves, London’s newest place of rest—and play. For the sought-after interior designer, Tara Bernerd, work is an international affair. “I’m very privileged,” says the 39-year-old. … Read More
‘Mark’ Our Words. He practically wrote the cookbook on the new British cuisine. Next up: Hix Belgravia, in the Thompson’s equally tasteful new hotel Belgraves. Unlike his fellow British restaurateur—the vain and vitriolic Gordon Ramsay—chef and restaurateur Mark Hix lets … Read More
The portraitist gets a bow with a new book and show featuring Queen Elizabeth II and Co. “He was like a five-course dinner with amazing friends by candlelight,” said the great fabulous-people photographer Mario Testino of the great royalty portraitist … Read More
National Portrait Gallery does the fatty-folds master-stroker right. Running from February 9th through May 27th, “Lucian Freud: Portraits” awakens the genius of one of London’s and the world’s rawest painting greats. To us, he may be the last master (tell … Read More
The Manhattan art scene’s favorite London conceptual artist (with nutso hair) abides at the Tate Modern. Go. From February 9th through June 5th, Yayaoi Kusama’s self-titled retrospective runs at London’s Tate Modern. What a crazy kid! Marc Jacobs would die … Read More
We’ll let ‘Hot Dinners’ give a guide to the newcomers… Here’s a rundown of the freshman class of 2012 and some soon to be. We can’t say any are the bee’s knees yet, but at least you know that London … Read More
