We’ve developed a thing for playing with paper recently. It’s nice that something so practical and utilitarian can, when artfully crafted, pleated, folded and manipulated becomes something quite spectacularly sculptural. For the Pandora Press day in the Mandarin Oriental last week we decked the ballroom with thousands and thousands of paper flowers. We have yet to calculate how many hours went into creating these but it was many…many…hundreds. Paper worker elves mushroomed and multiplied in our studio, intricately folding and finessing over Frappucinos. Thank you to Anna and all our paper helpers who held the paper forte while some of us wafted around The Secret Garden Party and Port Eliot. When Vogue Blogs it. It’s worth it.
In a very glamorous act of paper recycling we are re-using each and every paper flower at Pandora’s next event in Monaco. Sure beats the recycling bin….
Anna tending to her flowers
Makeda and Pascale’s Secret Flower Party…..
Paper Pillars
We still love lace and had bespoke Pandora panels woven in Scotland for the event
A long stretch of Gold Mirror displays Pandora’s new collection of watches
We lit golden birdcages showcasing Pandora watches with beautiful antique filament bulbs and gold flex
Cocktails in the garden from our living herb bar. Herby Wallbanger anyone?
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Jessica McCormack’s jewelry is something I have lusted after for quite some time. My friend Sophie stocks a selection in her store, The Merchant Archive and I love nothing more than playing dress up with some of her gorgeous bespoke pieces. Her jewelry is delicate but strong, the perfect combination of avant garde with old world glamour . Jesicca’s Salon in Clerkenwell is equally gorgeous, behind big black wooden doors lurks the most exquisite Salon /workshop/studio that I have been to in London …… and she has a swing, a fully operational working swing by her desk. Perfect.
We were thrilled to design Jesicca’s press day for her new fine jewelry collection, The Seven deadly sins and the seven contrary virtues . The Clerkenwell kitchen made delicious black and white food to reflect the darkness & lightness aspect and we did what we love to do best . We played with beautiful things….
Love this Diamond Bow ring.
and this one . The more Diamond heavy Bow ring which is my favourite ring in the universe .
The armed magnifying glasses worked beautifully at magnifying the jewels
We had the Blackest Rook we could find come to symbolize the darkness of the sins
These feathered earrings symbolize sloth …. feathers being sleepy, lazy and bed like.
A bevy of vintage black ceramic swans held bespoke Jessica McCormack cakepops from Pop Bakery.
A feathered Grape eater
Delicious Monochrome food from The Clerkenwell Kitchen
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And onto the Harvey Nichols Autumn/Winter 10 press day. We used Sheds. Simple garden sheds painted black and fluoro and accessorized with our favourite Cage lights from the fabulous Stanley at the Historic Lighting Company.
The lovely Sarah Jane having some shed time.
The Beauty Shed, everyone needs one.
The Lingerie Shed. Okay we could use one of these too…..
Shipping Pallets for the Jewellery displays.
And feeding our desire for all things sweet and utterly delicious: Cake Pops. We needed some cupcake relief .
We really did. Dare we say we it? We ……. are……over……cupcakes.
In the meantime, we found these, we like eating leopardskin and they taste gorgeous . Thanks Clare! www.popbakery.co.uk
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