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Tuesday 16 September, 2008
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I have two words for you: 'package' and 'holiday'. Now roll those bad boys around your mouth for a minute, and tell me how they make you feel. A touch queasy perhaps? A little dirty and used (and not in a 'hot damn that's what I call a date' kind of way)?

Do images spring to mind of sleazy salesmen, of Torremolinos all- (read: 'nothing-') inclusives, of two-to-a-seat budget flights to Goa, of cockroaches the size of rats and rats the size of hotel managers?

If you're the type to have your Quintessentially £750-£10k membership all paid up, then this will mean nothing to you. But what if you're not quite that minted (yet)? What if you're trapped like us in holiday purgatory: too busy to plan it perfectly for yourself, yet too cool to leave it to some style-impaired gimp on commission?

We too deserve handpicked hotels, tailored tours, airport lounges, comfy flights, and pre-organised reservations, dammit! Sure we'd never leave all the details to anyone else, which is why we're getting all jittery about the force of Virgin combined with HIP Hotels' famed nouce. 5-star at The Elysium in Bali versus B&B in the Algarve? Tough call I know.

The Virgin Holidays + HIP Hotels collaboration launched yesterday. Visit their website for details

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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS

Find one of 30 bespoke, foot high gnomes hiding in Soho Square and get a SuperSuper + Firetrap VIP party entry. Yup, it?s true. Hunt kicks off at 1pm. W1.

The kids at Artrocker bring you Modey Lemon and naughty boy Selfish C**t. 8.30pm-11pm. Buffalo Bar. 259 Upper Street, N1. £5

It's strong, it's large and it's back. The Jerwood Drawing Prize starts today. 10am-5pm. Jerwood Space. 171 Union Street, SE1. Free

High art, high camp and hairy chests merge in this riotous ballet. 7.30pm. Peacock Theatre. Portugal Street, WC2. £15-35

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Shoreditch Shuffle: UJ Photobooth
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Patrick Wolf "Wind in the Wires"
Patrick Wolf's "Wind in the Wires" from LP of the same name, has grown in stature, as Patrick has done and he played to an enthusiastic fash pack at the On|Off 10th Anniversary last night. Click here for pics & click here to Listen Here
IN TODAY'S AGENDA

AgendaPerformance artist Marcus Coates on his 'shamanistic' journeys. More

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On|Off SHOW REPORTS BEST OF LFW Q&A
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OnOff Pick of the day

On|Off PICK OF THE DAY: JASPER CONRAN
Professionalism is an underrated commodity in British fashion, yet the strongest members of the London fashion Week team are those like Jasper Conran who provide professional collections which mix the desirable, the commercial and the catwalk with total dexterity and aplomb. Taking the soft colour palette and teaming it with a nostalgic view of heritage summers from 30s dresses to 40s two pieces the collection successfully played the retro game but in a totally modern way. The light as air construction, the variety of silhouettes and the exquisite details added together created a relaxed harmony which certainly deserved its strong applause.

Report by Tony Glenville
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MORE LFW PHOTOS

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Temperley London: Click here


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Metropolitain London

AFTERNOON DE-LIGHT

The new waist-friendly avant-garde Afternoon De-Light menu is available at the Met Bar Thursday - Saturday 3pm-6pm.

Find out more at The Met: Afternoon Delight

Afternoon De-light
 

ARTIST INTERVIEW: DAVID FARRER

Apart from hosting some of the hottest fashion designers, On|Off also supports new creative talent in art and design from around the world, bringing them all together at London Fashion Week. UJ talks to some of the artists involved this season.

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Interview: David Farrer

 

PARTY PICS

On Off celebrated their tenth anniversary in style at the Royal
Academy of Arts last night, complete with typewriter art, beach cabanas, and a retrospective exhibition. Music provided by DJ78 and Patrick Wolf. Entertainment provided by UJ via out fabulous photobooth, full of fierce faces and pretentious poses. Love love love.

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OUT AND ABOUT

Fancy a taste of fashion week but don't see yourself blagging a front row piece of the action? Then check out UJ's pick of the best exhibitions, installations and happenings in the capital in honour of LFW. Catwalks are like, so mainstream, darlin.

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OUT AND ABOUT

 

GOSSIP: MONDAY

Overheard:
Sloane at back of bus 1: Oh my God, I was sooooo pissed last night, like, so rat-arsed.

Sloane at back of bus 2: Oh my God, I know, and now it's fashion week. It's like they're trying to hurt us.

Sloane at back of bus 1: Ya, I know. It's so difficult. It's like, a job or something.

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Gossip

 

WIN EXCLUSIVE TICKETS TO A VAUXHALL FASHION SCOUT SHOW DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK!

Vauxhall Fashion Scout, the home of emerging UK fashion design talent, is back at London Fashion Week 2008 with their biggest and most dynamic season to date.

Hosting a record 20 shows over six days, the Vauxhall Fashion Scout initiative has grown into the most important and widely respected new fashion venue during London Fashion Week.

Now you can be hot on the heels of the latest fashion trends, with the chance to win two exclusive tickets to the Victim show.

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Take a break

TAKE A BREAK

Impossibly fierce heels and cobbles rarely get along. Neither do manicures and seat snatching squabbles, or for the unlucky ones, standing room cramp. Head to some of the capital's best rest-ups for a spot of recuperation before it starts all over again. It's a hard game, fashion:

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