Urban Junkies London - Friday 19 September, 2008

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Friday 19 September, 2008

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Are we really just a city of speakeasies and gastropubs? Maybe it's a knee-jerk response to all the middling-to-fair cocktails being thrown around this week, but hot-damn if we aren't craving a good old fashioned knees-up. And clearly we're not alone.

Ministry - for years a filthy word - has lately been toting its more grown-up VIP spot, complete with private tables, decent cocktails, and a charming hostess who, for a change, isn't sporting pupils the size of the average US overdraft. Knightsbridge's Vendome, meanwhile - potentially the new space for moneyed club-lovers - officially unleashed it's multi-LED dancefloor on an appreciative mid-LFW crowd last Wednesday. And next Friday sees the legendary Bar Rumba re-launch, out to bring the cracking techno-edged dance lovers from East London back to the West End.

But the secret Ace up our dance-craving sleeves is Matter. The whopping 2,600 capacity venue beneath the O2 centre is the hot space on everyone's lips at the moment. Launching tonight, and with a first month's line-up that includes Unkle, Sasha, Carl Cox, and Mylo, it looks set to put Greenwich (back) on the map. Who'd have thunk it?

We might not have the white beaches and quaint fishing villages - but move over Ibiza: London's back baby, and we're ready to dance.

Matter London: The O2 • Peninsula Square • SE10 ODY

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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS
After last night's beatbox-tastic launch, the new Eastpak Icon Store opens its doors to the public today. 1 Carnaby Street, W1. Free.		Four full days of slow-motion gastronomic appreciation begin today down by the Southbank Centre. 12-9pm. Belvedere Rd, SE1. Free.

Amanda Lepore is tonight's very special (& probably very naked) guest at Circus. Soho Revue Bar. 10pm-3:30am. 11 Walkers Ct, W1. £10.		Check out the cream of this years international & deliciously sexy design crop at the Designers Block. No. 1, The Piazza. 10am-7pm. WC2. £5.

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Where would fashion week be without some disused warehouse, factory, or indeed power station to bring in all the cool kids for a night of fashionable fun in what is now a modern European restaurant and art installation space, The Wapping Project. Hosted by uber-architect Zaha Hadid in celebration of her collaboration with Brazliain footwear brand Melissa shoes, it brought out Jefferson Hack's DJ skills and shoe lust in the accompanying fashionistas.

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OUT AND ABOUT: FORGOTTON PEACOCK

One for despairing girlfriends and boys who just like to dress up; as part of 'Design Overtime at the Design Museum, male members of the public are given the opportunity to try on extravagant and luxurious suits by young up-and-comer takis in an interactive fashion installation of sorts.

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GOSSIP: WEDNESDAY
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What would fashion week be without a little Topshop action? Apart from the cool workshops they've been running all week, we've been loving the cheese on toast/ bread & butter puddings handed out at their New Gen showspace, where the Topshop caff took on a British greasy spoon theme for the season, with bubble & squeak, prawn cocktails, and beer-battered cod and chips on the menu.

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