Caught the final weekend of the Royal Academy of Arts' show dedicated to one of the world's leading and most influential architects for the past four
decades, Richard Rogers. Renowned for an 'inside out' style that challenges how we see and use
buildings, Rogers' unique approach has created landmarks such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the
Lloyd's Building in London. Pictured in Burlington Gardens, I'm wearing a double-helping of Topshop: fantastic feathers and trendy trousers! My finely-knit jumper is by Roland Mouret and all the jewellery is vintage. The pops of green in the beaded bag and satin shoes add a little colour to the equation... I would like to think that Mr Rogers RA would approve. At the end of the exhibition, I left my mark on the comment wall, with a complementary feather!
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/richard-rogers-ra-inside-out/
http://www.topshop.com/?geoip=home
http://www.rolandmouret.com/
After dinner, a short walk on Bankside for drinks at citizenM hotel, with a brief diverting stop on a stack of red chairs! The best chair of the evening was to be found in the hotel lobby: La Chaise, designed by Charles & Ray Eames in
1948. The name is apparently a playful reference to the sculptor Gaston
Lachaise whose 'Floating Figure' inspired the chair, exclusively
produced by Vitra since 1991.
CitizenM is a new group of international hotels, now in Amsterdam, Glasgow and London, and plans to open in Paris, New York and Rotterdam. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.citizenm.com/
http://eamesdesigns.com/catalog-entry/la-chaise/
http://www.vitra.com/en-gb/living/?c=GB
http://www.vitra.com/en-gb/product/la-chaise?subfam.id=37544
Waiting for my Tate date at the river entrance to Tate Modern at the weekend. It turned out to be a colourful evening - even on the plate! I'm wearing my favourite Max Mara dress, with a vintage bolero of swansdown, an oversized patent clutch (a laptop case!), a pair of Russell & Bromley platforms, Gucci sunglasses and vintage jewellery. Tate Modern's restaurant - with one of the best views in town, on level 6 - has a positively mouth-watering menu, and wines to match. My outfit complemented the fabulous Yayoi Kusama's distinctively dotty mural! The gallery held an extensive exhibition of the octogenarian Japanese artist's work last year.
http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/eat-drink-and-shop/level-6-restaurant
http://www.maxmara.com/it/Pagina-Iniziale
http://www.russellandbromley.co.uk/
http://www.gucci.com/uk/home
http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/information/index.html
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/yayoi-kusama
