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It
may be London
Fashion Week (also known variously as 'Free', 'Blag',
and 'No Rest For The Wicked' Week), but a man's still
gotta weekend when a man's gotta weekend. That means
you need to drop that mediocre LFW goody-bag, put away
your "I'm fabulous and don't deserve to be in this
queue, dammit" look, and get out there and have
some fun. Transsexuals, design, cabaret, and lashings
of cheese? What more can you want? This, after all,
the ultimate city fashionista's hangover weekend, so
revel in the return to reality.
LFW
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FRI AMANDA LEPORE •
SAT HIP HIP •
SUN FESTIVAL OF FOOD
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Airwaves Festival
No, not a leading brand of menthol-infused chewing gum,
useful for concealing those cheeky lunchtime liquid
lunches, but another one of those Shoreditch-wide, multi-venue,
weekend-bashing music extravaganzas, this time apparently
in association with Iceland's famous (?) music fest.
With the Young Knives at Vibe, Trailertrash demolishing
the Hewitt St Car Park, and, our personal favourite,
the Kitsune mash-up at 93 Feet East, including The Teenagers,
Cazals, and Digitalism.
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Throughout Shoreditch. See website for details. |
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£20 adv. |
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 Hip Hip
With its move from the distant lands of exotic Bethnal-upon-the-Green
to the formidable territories of King's Cross, Whoopee's
younger sibling, Hip Hip, is coming of age, and trading
up the predictable small-size burlesque game for something
with a little more meat. Tonight's DJs include Hitman
Hearn and Ponystep's Madame, plus live musical ditties
from The Dead Victorians, and Polly Cupcake as your
boisterous hostess for this green-themed, Absinthe-fairy-infused
re-launch special.
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9pm-4am, show at 10pm |
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Apothecary, 3 Vale Royal, N7 9AP |
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£15, £10 after midnight |
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| SUNDAY |
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| EAT & DRINK |
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Benja
It's funny, there was a time,
about five or six years ago, when everywhere
you looked it was Thai fishcakes, Indonesian
salads and lemongrass creme brulee - so
much so that I longed for English staples
like shepherd's pie and treacle tart.
Now that we can't move for Great British
Classics I find myself craving something
with a bit more of a kick, so I jumped at
the chance to try some bonafide Thai cuisine
prepared by Thailand's premiere foodie celeb
Chef McDang at the 'Michelin-Bibbed' Benja
in Soho.
McDang (who has nothing to do with Scotland
but did live in Pimlico for ten years) has
created a new menu, including things like
crispy fried shrimp with spicy mango salsa
and pan-seared snapper with mushroom and
coconut sauce, all of which packs a punch
and reminds you just how addictive the combination
of chili, garlic and galangal can be.
While I ate he taught me the basic principles
of Thai food and tried to interest me in
a whiff from his secret phial of 'bug-juice';
extract of a flying insect that apparently
has a floral bouquet. I politely declined.
Benja itself is smart and swishy and I'll
probably be back soon as I'm not sure I'm
going to be able to eat anything without
liberal dousings of fish sauce and lime
for quite a while.
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| Weekend
guide by AC, SH & MaM,
food review by SL, bar review by AC, |
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On|Off
PICK OF THE DAY: BERNARD CHANDRAN
The combination of bold colours, highly elaborate construction
techniques and unique silhouettes could have spelt disaster
for a catwalk collection, but with the odd over the top piece
Monsieur Chandran successfully negotiated the path between
innovation and unwearable oddity. The very first curved strapless
dress set the tone; it was carved in four panels to create
a wonderful egg dress without being bulky or exaggerated.
Report by Tony
Glenville
Click
here to read in full or click
here for more show reports
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THE DESIGN HOTELS CLUB
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Find out more at designhotels/urbanjunkies
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ARTIST
INTERVIEW: DORIS DAY
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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here for all interviews |
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PARTY
PICS: VALENTINO RED THREAD PARTY
We hope you all took Auntie UJ's advice and trotted off to
the Hospital for the Valentino exhibition this week, as for
us, we saved ourselves for the VIP event last night where
we swooned over Gok Wan (style ed is desperate to be a Gokette),
and quaffed champers surrounded by the finest fashion and
technology.
Click
here for Valentino Party Pics
Click
here for House of Holland Party Pics
Click
here for all party pictures
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OUT
AND ABOUT
"My clothes always tell a story… And I choose the music accordingly".
With this leitmotif, Viv's gone and created her own compilation
album with 16 tracks putting the 'Nows' of this world to shame.
Click
here to read in full or
Click here to read all
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GOSSIP:
WEDNESDAY
Don't have anything nice to say? Come sit by us...
Arabic princess outside Vauxhall Fashion Scout loses her
bearings
AP: This is for BFC show, yes?
Door girl: No, only Vauxhall shows. Who are you seeing?
AP pulls out Jenny Packham ticket and waves it in Door girl's
face
DG: No, that's just round the corner, see the big white tent?
AP pulls out phone and spits some furious Arabic until a tinted
window Rolls pulls up and chauffeurs her the ten metres across
the road.
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here to read in full or click
here for all the gossip
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MOBILE BEAUTY SALON COMPETITION
Feel like a supermodel with Glo's professional mobile pamper
service!
During this season's London Fashion Week, glo has teamed
together with Urban Junkies to offer one lucky subscriber
the chance win a professional mobile beauty salon at their
office for up to 24 people to enjoy. The mobile beauty salon
will comprise the following:
Manicures, Make-up, and On-site therapeutic massage.
Click here for more information |
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TAKE A BREAK
We may have lost subversive design maestro Gareth Pugh to French shores, but he hasn't left us entirely empty handed. Teaming up with champagne power house Moet & Chandon, Pugh has designed their exclusive VIP room this year, complete with futuristic light installation, Hummingbird cupcakes, and many celebrities.
Click here to read in full or Click here to read all |
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BACKSTAGE: AVSH ALOM GUR
Avshalom Gur's a busy boy; apart from his mainline show,
he's also been designing the revamped Ossie Clark line, but
that didn't stop him sending out a stellar show at ON/OFF,
devoid of backstage hissy fits. Instead we found ribbon tie
sandals, chair earrings and prints, and pretty, smiley models,
with black lipstick. Ah, the paradoxical world of fashion.
Click
here to see Avsh Alon Gur photos
Click
here to see Street Style Photos
Click
here to see all
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FASHION TRACK: HOT CHIP
Producer Switch's productions & remixes are heard on almost every decent catwalk. Here he destroys Hot Chip's single "Hold On" LND style.
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