Carnaby Street, London, Gentlemans Style. Synonimous with punk music, personal expression and the London look. From The Kinks to the Who, from the Pistols to Jimi Hendrix to the next big thing Carnaby Street has seen it all. If you love your social history look at some of the photos from the 50’s and 60’s including Lord John and Sweet Fanny Adams, which sold underwear and swimwear…even back in 1910 the street was full of hairdressers, silversmiths, tailors and Mrs Pomeroy Ltd, toilet preparations manufacturers. If anyone has any good stories of shopping on or around Carnaby Street…
Arts
Whether its choosing the right aesthetic for your home and those to look after it. Educating your mind at London’s museums, galleries and book launches. Celebrating the social season with balls, ballet, film & theatre premieres.
Rachel Bates Interiors Luxury Botanical Candle offers an introduction into one of The UK’s most beautiful, and luxurious English Interior Design Companies. What is a luxury life? If you ask ten different people, you will get ten different answers. Our view is that if you are leading the ultimate in luxury living you are surrounded by an environment that heightens your senses. In many ways, this embodies a large part of what Gentlemans Butler focuses on: sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. www.rachelbates.com We wanted to highlight three things for you. Firstly, a brief introduction to Rachel Bates. Secondly purchasing…
The Vacuum Cleaner by Gtech… the long and short of it… is a tale of a British tech company… the green one…that likes batteries, invention, keeping it compact and being innovative? Whether for your city highflyer apartment, your Chelsea townhouse or your country retreat in Provence we all require cleanliness. For many of our readers they will have cleaners, maids and house staff who will look after these matters. Even if is the case or whether your annual birthday ritual is to do some cleaning!! or you like to clean yourself or as importantly your take the wellbeing of your…
London’s little, big & fancy luxuries, London Craft Week. With London Craft Week takes place in May delivering its luxurious niceties, exhibitions, workshops and uncovering the lid on the finer sides of luxury existence we thought it would be a good occasion to delve into the emotional side of what living as a gentleman and a lady brings one. www.londoncraftweek.com The niceties of society, of social etiquette may seem very nostalgic but actually if you truly want to engage your senses and emotions this is exactly what needs to happen. We see a lot written about the excesses of the…
The Shining was screened across 100 UK cinemas to celebrate Halloween. Park Circus celebrates this with the release of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, being screened over 100 cinemas – for one night only, on 31 October. Audiences can enjoy this remarkable thriller on the big screen once again at cinemas throughout the UK. The Shining When Jack Torrance, played by Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson, lands the job of overwintering the remote Overlook Hotel he, his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny (Danny Lloyd) have no idea the horrors that are to come. At his interview he’s told of…
Gentlemans Butler is partnering with The BFI for the Jean-Pierre Melville, Visions of the Underworld film season. To live an enriched life it is healthy to go into unknown, but with more than a hint of that you will like it. Given that he is greatly admired by Tarantino (among many others), Melville’s movies are mostly immediately recognisable as his: they depict a distinctly ‘Melvillian’ universe in a distinctly ‘Melvillian’ way. Gentlemans Butler certainly concurs with his viewpoint. Part Two (September) “[Le Samouraï] is masterful in its control of acting and visual style”Roger Ebert With the sole exception of L’Armée…
The Indulgence Show – London – luxury lifestyle, audio & music www.indulgenceshow.com Novotel Conference Centre, Hammersmith, London September 29 – October 1 2017 Brings visitors high-end luxury products including electric cars, motorised recreational vehicles, home entertainment products, headphones and much more. The event, which is designed to appeal to discerning consumers with high disposable income. Look out for Porsche Design; Can-Am; SEA-DOO; KEF; Devialet; Naim Audio; Vinyl Resellers; Focal and Ross Halfin Photography. Indulging visitors’ curiosity for discovering and interacting with new lifestyle and home entertainment brands, the show will, once again, be divided into three zones: ‘Pure Pleasure’, offering high quality indulgent…
Polo in the Park Celebrate the start of Summer Social Season 9 – 11 June 2017 Polo in the Park www.polointheparklondon.com With the English Social Season in full flow it’s time to plan for next year. I tend to put dates in the diary and then set a reminder to between 4 and 6 months prior. If you are anything like most gentlemen out there, things will pass you by otherwise, unless your lovely partner is organising you….mmm ah yes… well if that is not the case hopefully we can help. I headed off to Polo in the Park which…