Calender Dates for Fashion, Beauty&Art Events

Although we make every effort to ensure all information is correct, scheduled dates and venues are subject to change. Therefore please use the links provided to check with organisers.

Pictured above: Hidemi Asano and
Stacey Whale

11-15 June 2008 — Brilliance
Craft Central on Show
Craft Central, Design-Nation and Gold Works part of Metropolitan Works, have put their heads together to showcase the brilliance of fifteen exceptional contemporary jewellery designers at a unique event, as part of Coutts London Jewellery Week 2008.

The chosen fifteen are designers of incomparable quality at the forefront of their discipline, selected for the original and innovative nature of their exquisitely crafted jewellery. The three organisations will unveil a stunning selling exhibition featuring these shining jewellery talents at the Craft Central gallery.

Visitors will also be thoroughly spoilt with an intriguing ‘behind the scenes’ opportunity. Selected designers’ studios will be open to the public during special jewellery tours around Craft Central’s two buildings, allowing an exclusive chance to go back to the roots of making and discover the fascinating processes. So, having taken advantage of the remarkable work on display — whether selecting a unique gift, treating yourself or simply browsing to get into the spirit of Jewellery Week — the experience will be topped off by meeting the maker.

As if that wasn’t enough, the grand finale of Brilliance will provide a further chance to mingle with the designers at the charming ‘Meet the Maker Summer Tea Party’. This will prove a great occasion to share a scone, along with an enthusiasm for cutting edge contemporary jewellery design!

The designers exhibiting are: Georgia Wiseman, Stacey Whale, Sally Wakelin, Rebecca Steiner, Mark Nuell, Tina Lilienthal, Anna Lewis, Daphne Krinos, Angela Fung, Sonia Cheadle London, Elizabeth Bone, Disa Allsopp, Sarah Herriot Design, An Alleweireldt and Hidemi Asano.

Price: FREE for all events
Venue: Craft Central
Address: 33-35 St John’s Square, London EC1M 4DS
Opening/Closing Times: 11-15 June 2008 — During Coutts London Jewellery Week
Brilliance Selling Exhibition: Wednesday 11th–Sat 14th June 2008: 12.00–6.00pm
Jewellery Tours Around Craft Central: Dates/times to be confirmed
Meet the Maker Summer Tea Party: Saturday 14th June. 3.00pm-6.00pm
Visit: Craft Central

must do

11-15 June 2008

Coutts
london jewellery week

11-15 June 2008 — Coutts london jewellery week
Here's your chance to appreciate the true value of jewellery courtesy of Coutts London Jewellery Week. The week starts from the 11th - 15th June 2008, and celebrates the excellence of creative design in the capital for the very first time. From Hatton Garden to Knightsbridge, Bond Street to Green Street, the event will offer a journey of discovery, from emerging talent to behind the scenes glimpses of some of the world’s finest designers. The week will incorporate catwalk shows, exhibitions, seminars and open houses.

Created for the industry by the industry, Coutts London Jewellery Week is the first event that will showcase the city’s status as the home of world-class jewellery design to UK and international consumers. It will bring together leading names like: Shaun Leane, Stephen Webster and Theo Fennell; and cutting-edge talent in a week celebrating the passion, style and inspiration behind London’s jewellery.

Based on work commissioned by the City Fringe Partnership, the organisation behind the event, Coutts London Jewellery Week has been established in light of significant demand from both consumers and the jewellery industry itself.

The event has already attracted a number of high profile patrons who have offered their support, including Laurence Graff, Nicholas and Michael Wainwright of Boodles, Theo Fennell, Sir Terence Conran, Philip Treacey, Mary Reilly, Chair of the London Development Agency, Shaun Leane and Stephen Webster. Visit London and Visit Britain have also offered their full commitment.

Visit: City Fringe | Coutts | More Information

Fashion designer Coco Chanel, invented many of the most enduring looks of the 20th century. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women and costume jewellery.

Lindsay Evans Robertson, former Design Director of Hardy Amies, will discuss Chanels career and explain what made this most modern of designers such a successful creator of style.

Price: £15 (including wine reception with the speaker).
Opening/Closing Times: 19:00 - 20:00
Address: Cromwell Road South Kensington London
Nearest Underground Station: South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
General Information Tel: 020 7942 2000 | Booking Tel: 0207 942 2211
Visit: V&A

From chomping caterpillars to beautiful butterflies, the Natural History Museum comes alive this summer with a tropical butterfly house and giant outdoor maze.

Shrink down into the undergrowth, enter an interactive maze as a caterpillar and find your way through a secret wild world as grass and leaves tower above your head. Choose the right route and emerge as a beautiful butterfly. But beware. The maze hides dead-ends, and down these lurk poisonous plants and predators waiting to pounce. With challenges around every twist and turn, collect stamps as you take on puzzles, fun games and exciting activities. For the brave, you can even take to the air and soar down the butterfly zip slide.

Along the way, you’ll discover fascinating facts about one of our planet’s most amazing life cycles.

Find out why some caterpillars disguise themselves as snakes, and why the monarch butterfly flies 4,800 kilometres across America every year.

If you survive the maze, you’ll emerge into the stunning butterfly house. Experience the beauty and magic of walking among hundreds of free-flying tropical butterflies and come face to face with a huge variety of these incredible creatures, marvelling at the diversity and behaviour of species from America, Africa and Asia.

Price: £5 | £3.50 concessions. £14 family (up to five, minimum one adult, maximum two). FREE for Members, Patrons and children aged three and under.
Opening/Closing Times: Monday to Sunday 10.00am–16.00pm
Venue: The Natural History Museum
Address: Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD United Kingdom
Nearest Tube: South Kensington | Enquiries Tel: 020 7942 5000
Visit: National History Museum

Visit exhibitions and international fashion week show schedules here.
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JANUARY 2009

If you weren't one of the 24,000 visitors who attended January's twentieth London Art Fair then, you missed the opportunity to buy the very best in British artistic talent.

To ensure you don't make the same mistake twice, the twenty-first London Art Fair (exhibiting more than 105 galleries presenting some exceptional work across all mediums), is scheduled to take place from the 13th till the 18th of January next year.

In the meantime, visit the London Art Fair website, for more information on art events taken place in and around London.

Visit: London Art Fair

December 2008

12-14 December 2008 — Designer Warehouse Sales
(mens)
The old one's are always the best so the saying goes. Now in its 21st year, The Designer Warehouse Sale truly offers a diverse range of designers, excellent stock at up to 70% off.

Admission: £2
Opening Times: Friday: 10am-8pm | Saturday: 10am-6pm |
Sunday: 11am-5pm
Where: 5/6 Islington Studios Thane Villas London N7 7NU
Tel: 020 7697 9888
Email:info@designerwarehousesales.com
Visit: Designer Warehouse Sales

November 2008

October 2008

10-12 October 2008 — Nicole Farhi @ DWS
Buy Nicole Farhi's classic but modern designs, at hugely reduced prices.

Admission: £2
Opening Times: Friday: 10am-8pm | Saturday: 10am-6pm |
Sunday: 11am-5pm
Where: 45 Balfe Street London N1 9EF | Nearest Tube: King's Cross (2 Mins)
Tel: +44(0) 20 7837 3322 | Fax: +44(0) 20 7837 5544
Email:info@designerwarehousesales.com
Visit: Designer Warehouse Sales

September 2008

26-28 September 2008 — Designer Warehouse Sales
(mens)
The old one's are always the best so the saying goes. Now in its 21st year, The Designer Warehouse Sale truly offers a diverse range of designers, excellent stock at up to 70% off.

August 2008

July 2008

JUNE 2008

20-22 June 2008 — Designer Warehouse Sales
(mens)
The old one's are always the best so the saying goes. Now in its 21st year, The Designer Warehouse Sale truly offers a diverse range of designers, excellent stock at up to 70% off.

Valentino: All good things come to an end
It takes a truly remarkable fashion designer to forge so many ideals throughout a prolific career — that spanned more than 40 years — in one of the world's most competitive industries.

Impassioned by dreams of surrounding himself with beauty, Valentino created (through his talent) a world were the essence of a woman is celebrated to a degree that placed him on a pedestal that was rarely surpassed by any other designer.

Many fashion journalists (and enthusiasts), now view the 23rd of January 2008 (the day the Italian designer headed his last Haute Couture show in Paris), as an end of a defining era.

As though to enforce the significance of his departure — and as a tribute to his genius — Valentino received from Bertrand Delanoë, the Mayor of Paris, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris, the city’s honorary citizenship, the highest honour conferred by the French capital, the day after his final Haute Couture show in Paris. This is the latest institutional gesture that seals Valentino’s special relationship with Paris and France, after being awarded the country’s highest decoration, the Légion d’Honneur, in 2005.

His final Haute Couture Show has also signalled a retrospective exhibition starting on the 18th of June 2008, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of the Louvre.

Devoted to Valentino, the exhibition marks the first show based on an Italian couturier, in the history of the French museum.

Work too, has finally been completed on a fly-on-the-wall exploration called Valentino: The Last Emperor, produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine), which reveals the singular world of one of Italy's most famous men.

It remains to be seen whether anybody will be able to dress women with the degree of ethereal beauty, like Valentino did.

Visit: Valentino [23 January 2008]

Here's your chance to appreciate the true value of jewellery courtesy of Coutts London Jewellery Week. The week starts from the 11th - 15th June 2008, and celebrates the excellence of creative design in the capital for the very first time. From Hatton Garden to Knightsbridge, Bond Street to Green Street, the event will offer a journey of discovery, from emerging talent to behind the scenes glimpses of some of the world’s finest designers. The week will incorporate catwalk shows, exhibitions, seminars and open houses.

Visit: City Fringe | Coutts | More Information

The annual Schools Show will see the transformation of the RA Schools studios into beautiful gallery spaces.

Displaying the work of emergent artists who have just completed their three-year postgraduate course, the exhibition will provide an excellent opportunity to view new work.

The works on display will encompass a wide variety of media and will introduce significant young artists of the contemporary art world.

RA Schools Sponsored by: Mizuho

Price: £8 - Full Price | £7 - Registered Disabled and 60+ years | £6 - NUS / ISIC Cardholders | £4 - 12-18 years and Income Support | £3 - 8-11 years | 7 and under FREE. (Please check with the RAA for prices).
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts Schools Studios
Address: Burlington House Piccadilly London W1J OBD | Tel: + 44 (0) 7300 8000
Visit: Royal Academy of Arts

The annual Summer Exhibition is the world's largest open submission contemporary art exhibition, with a tradition of showcasing work by unknown and emerging artists alongside that of more established names.

The Summer Exhibition attracts entries from around 12,000 artists, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and architectural models.

The Summer Exhibition 2008 co-ordinators will be Humphrey Ocean RA, Tony Cragg RA and Gordon Benson RA.

Sponsored by: Insight Investment HBOS plc

Price: £8 - Full Price | £7 - Registered Disabled and 60+ years | £6 - NUS / ISIC Cardholders | £4 - 12-18 years and Income Support | £3 - 8-11 years | 7 and under FREE. (Please check with the RAA for prices).
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts Main Galleries
Address: Burlington House Piccadilly London W1J OBD | Tel: + 44 (0) 7300 8000
Visit: Royal Academy of Arts

1- 3 June 2008 — Secret Sample Sale
Secret Sample Sale's summer sale will be held at the 20th Century Theatre at 291 Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill from Friday the 1st to Sunday the 3rd of June.

Catwalk, studio and showroom samples and clearance stock have been sourced from London's fashion designers agents and retailers all at up to 80% discount.

Amongst the many brands available will be well known names such as: Missoni, Prada and Cacharel along with stylish and cutting-edge independent London based brands like: Aganovich, Jens Laugesen, Robert Cary Williams and Bérubé with many more yet to be confirmed. The recent popular addition of SSS jewellery and accessories section continues to expand with a selection of goodies from the likes of: Tods, Balenciaga, Chloe , Gucci and Prada.

Price: £1
Opening/Closing Times:
Friday 1st of June 2008: 12.00pm - 4.00pm - Members Day, Register at: Secret Sample Sale for membership and pass | PUBLIC: 4.00pm-7.00pm
Saturday 2nd of June 2008: 11.00am - 6.00pm - Open to Public
Sunday 3rd of June 2008: 11.00am - 6.00pm - Open to Public
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill W11 2QA
Visit: Secret Sample Sale | 20th Century Theatre

MAY 2008

ICA Boston
This major exhibition, the first U.S. museum survey of Anish Kapoor's work in more than 15 years, will feature works made since 1980.

With experience and time, Kapoor's sculptures and installations have ron increasingly ambitious and complex.

Visit: ICA Boston/exhibitions

The new gallery, designed by Eva Jiricna, will transform the presentation of the V&As jewellery collection, one of the most celebrated and comprehensive in the world. Over 3500 jewels will tell the story of jewellery from 2000 BC to the present.

On display will be jewels from the courts of Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great and Napoleon, including the famous Beauharnais Emeralds.

Jewels by the great houses of Boucheron, Chaumet and Cartier, including Lady Mountbatten's tutti frutti bandeau will be on show.

Artist jewellers from Lalique and C.R. Ashbee to Wendy Ramshaw and Peter Chang will reflect the 20th century and the present day.

Price: FREE
Opening/Closing Times: 10.00am - 17.45pm and until 22.00pm on Fridays.
Address: Cromwell Road South Kensington London
Nearest Underground Station: South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
General Information Tel: 020 7942 2000 | Booking Tel: 0870 906 3883
Visit: V&A

23 MAY 2008 — WALLY OLINS - BRANDING
FRIDAY EVENING LECTURE
Wally Olins is one of the worlds most successful and experienced practitioners of branding and corporate identity and has advised many of the worlds leading organisations.

In this talk that marks the publication of his new book, The Brand Handbook, Olins will discuss his career and his ideas on creating a successful brand.

Price: £8 | Concessions available.
Opening/Closing: 19:00pm - 20:00pm
Address: Cromwell Road South Kensington London
Nearest Underground Station: South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
General Information Tel: 020 7942 2000 | Booking Tel: 0207 942 2211
Visit: V&A

Menswear, womenswear and accessories on discount from this quintessentially British brand Aquascutum.

Price: Free Admission
Opening/Closing Times: Friday 16 May 2008: 10.00am-7.00pm | Saturday 17 May 2008: 10.00am-6.00pm
Venue: Chelsea Town Hall
Address: King's Road London SW3 5EE
Visit: Aquascutum

14-15 May 2008 — A Jewellery Affair
More information to come.

Date: Wednesday 14th May - Thursday 15th May
Show: A Jewellery Affair
Venue: 20th Century Theatre
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove London W11 2QA
Visit: A Jewellery Affair

The performance costumes worn by The Supremes, one of the most successful groups of all time, will be on show at the V&A this summer.

Around 50 outfits will show the changing image of The Supremes from the early days when they were known as The Primettes to the glamorous Hollywood designs they wore at the height of their fame.

Set against the meteoric rise of Motown Records, and the turbulence of the American Civil Rights movement, the display will explore the inspirational role The Supremes played in changing racial perceptions and their influence on todays performers.

Price: £5 | Children under 18 - FREE
Opening/Closing Times: 10.00am - 17.45pm and until 22.00 on Fridays.
Address: Cromwell Road South Kensington London
Nearest Underground Station: South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
General Information Tel: 020 7942 2000 | Booking Tel: 0870 906 3883
Visit: V&A

The 2008 May Bank Holiday Sale.....Mens and womens.... Clothing and accessories...up to 80% off....including...

Stella McCartney (Dress) Reg Price: £295 | Sale Price: £80
You Must Create (Shirt) Reg Price: £129 | Sale Price: £20
Olly London (Silk Skirt) Reg Price: £80 | Sale Price: £10
Spijkers en Spijkers (Pencil Skirt) Reg Price: £245 | Sale Price: £90
Junk De Luxe (Knit) Reg Price: £80 | Sale Price: £30

Plus many more of the biggest and best brands at the lowest possible price.

Price: £1
Dates: Thursday 1st May - Monday 5th May
Opening/Closing Times: Thursday - Monday 11.30 am - 7.00 pm.
Venue: Shop 14
Address: Elys Yard, (Off Hanbury Street) The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E16QL, U.K.
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street, Aldgate East
Visit: On the QT Fashion

april 2008

25-26 April 2008 — Billion Dollar Babes Spring Sale New York
Designers on offer at considerable discounts include:

Please note designers are subject to change.

Venue: The Altman Building
Address: 135 West 18th Street New York NY 10011
Opening/Closing Times: Friday 25th April 2008: Noon - 9.00pm — VIP Preview Sale | Saturday 26th April 2008: 9.00am - 5.00pm — All Welcome
Visit: Billion Dollar Babes New York

DSUK is holding its fab 'Spring into Summer ' men's and women's sample sale, in Shoreditch.

The sale will include a catwalk show (happening on the preview day) that will reveal, just how to select some great wardrobe additions for the season.

Whether you are looking for street attire, sassy and sexy numbers, smart and sensual workwear or night club adornments; the eclectic mix of designer labels (picked fresh from the catwalks) are all on sale at unbelievable prices.

Why pay retail ever again!

On offer:
Miki Fukai's: skirts and tops — from £59
Martin Margiela: tops and skirts — from £45
Vivienne Westwood: pastel dresses, corset tops — from £69
Chloe pieces — from £79
Yohyi Yamamoto: dresses, jackets, skirts — from £89
Johann Bester's: classic tailoring — from £45 and many more

Credit/Debit cards subject to £2 surcharge

Opening/Closing Times: Preview Day: Thursday 24th April 13.00pm - 22.00pm, Catwalk shows scheduled for: 1.30pm, 3pm and 5pm (BY INVITATION ONLY) | Public Days:
Friday 25th April 11.00am - 21.00pm | Saturday 26th April 11.00am-20.00pm | Sunday 27th April 11.00am-17.00pm
Venue: The Old Truman Brewery
Address: 85 Brick Lane, London E1 (Doorway on left hand side coming from Whitechapel just before Bridge and just before the entrance to Dray Walk).
Nearest Tubes: Aldgate East, Liverpool St
Tel: +44(0)1273 470880 | MB: 07813 986999
Visit: Designer Sales UK | The Gambia Reality Charity

18-20 April 2008 — Designer Warehouse Sales
(mens)
The old one's are always the best so the saying goes. Now in its 21st year, The Designer Warehouse Sale truly offers a diverse range of designers, excellent stock at up to 70% off.

18-19 April 2008 — Billion Dollar Babes
The sale for designer fashion at huge discounts.

Price: £2.00 (Donation to Fashion Targets Breast Cancer)
Opening/Closing Times: Friday 18 April 2008: 9.00am-6.00pm (Members Only Visit Site for Membership Details) | Saturday 19 April 2008: 9.00am-6.00pm
Venue: Chelsea Town Hall
Address: King's Road London SW3 5EE | Tel: 020 7384 1110
Visit: Billion Dollar Babes

Daywear, eveningwear, party dresses, jackets and coats. Plus childrenswear, accessories and one-off samples.

New stock everyday.

Opening/Closing Times: Thursday 17 April- Saturday 19 April 2008: 11.00am-19.00pm | Sunday 20 April 2008: 11.00am-17.00pm
Venue: 20th Century Theatre
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove London W11 2QA
Tel: 020 8960 3121 | Fax: 020 8960 8374
Visit: Ghost

Five grand pianos, insides out, are suspended in the clearing of a forest ...

In an extraordinary sculptural installation that is both music box and landscape painting, Heiner Goebbels’ chief protagonists are all objects at the mercy of elemental forces. Stifter’s Dinge is a performance with no performers: an alchemy of sounds, visions, disembodied voices and unusual weather conditions.

International composer and director Heiner Goebbels’ compelling new work occupies one of London’s secret spaces: the cavernous interior of P3 — a former construction hall where concrete resistance was tested for the building of motorways.

Duration: 80mins

Price: £16.50 | £13.20 Concessions (Students / Senior Citizens / Unwaged) plus postage.
Tickets: See Tickets
Opening/Closing Times: Tuesdays to Fridays: 8.00pm | Saturday: 5.00pm and 8.00pm | Sunday: 5.00pm
Venue: P3
Address: Marylebone Road London
Access to the venue for wheelchair users and those with limited mobility should be made by arrangement with Artangel by telephoning Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7713 1400.
Visit: Artangel

Price: £4.00 (Students with ID £2.00, acc. Children FREE)
Opening/Closing Times: 11.00am-5.30pm
Venue: Chelsea Town Hall
Address: King's Road London SW3 5EE | Tel: 020 7254 4054
Visit: Frock Me Vintage Fashion

A selection of mens and ladieswear clothing, sold at reduced prices.

Opening/Closing Times: 11.00am - 20.00pm
Venue: 20th Century Theatre
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove London W11
Visit: Clemens en August | 20th Century Theatre

Price: FREE to KCWC members | £5.00 Guests and Non-Members
Opening/Closing Times: 9.30am-4.00pm | 9.30am-12.00 noon Open for KCWC Members | 12.00 noon-4.00pm Open to the Public
Venue: Chelsea Town Hall
Address: King's Road London SW3 5EE | Tel: 020 7385 6025
Visit: KCWC

Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960, on view from the 8th of April through to the 19th of October 2008, is the second exhibition in the Museum’s new gallery for contemporary photographs.

Photography on Photography presents four decades of photographs by artists in the permanent collection who have made photography itself their subject and taken aim at its claims of objectivity and its ubiquity in modern life.

Featured in the exhibition are works by: Vito Acconci, William Anastasi, Lutz Bacher, Liz Deschenes, Roe Ethridge, Robert Heinecken, Sherrie Levine, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Prince, Thomas Ruff, Allen Ruppersberg, Karin Sander, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Andy Warhol, as well as recently acquired photographs by Moyra Davey, Kota Ezawa, Janice Guy, Josephine Pryde, James Welling, Christopher Williams, and Mark Wyse.

Price: Adults $20.00 (Includes Main Building and The Cloisters on the Same Day) | Seniors $15.00 (65 and over) | Students Members $10.00 and Children under 12 accompanied by adult FREE
Opening/Closing Times: Fridays and Saturdays: 9:30 am-9:00 pm | Sundays, Tuesdays–Thursdays 9:30 am-5:30 pm | Met Holiday Mondays in the Main Building: 26 May and 1 September 2008 Sponsored by Bloomberg 9:30 am-5:30 pm
All other Mondays CLOSED; 1 January, Thanksgiving, and 25 December CLOSED
Venue: Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography
Visit: Ticketweb | Booking Tel: 1-800-965-4827.
Information Tel: (212) 535-7710; Visit: Metropolitan Museum

6 April 2008 — Anita's vintage fashion accessories & textiles fair
Anita's vintage fashion fairs, Notting Hill, London; showcasing vintage fashion accessories and textiles.

Price: £5.00 Public | Students £2.50 with ID (Children under 16 go FREE)
Venue: 20th Century Theatre
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove London, W11 2QA
Opening/Closing Times: Sunday 6th April 2008: 10:00am - 4:30pm
Visit: Anita's Vintage Fashion Fair | 20th Century Theatre

From chomping caterpillars to beautiful butterflies, the Natural History Museum comes alive this summer with a tropical butterfly house and giant outdoor maze.

In collaboration with the Secret Sample Sale, The London Accessory Sale incorporates a selection of ladies and men’s accessories and clothing, all at up to 80% off the RRP.

View the latest collections from designers such as: D&G, YSL, Chloe, Balenciaga, Belstaff and Jimmy Choo, plus London’s lesser-known quirky designers.

Prices range from: designer pair of shoes, reduced from £300 to £80, a man bag, reduced from £500 to £50, to a £8 handbag that was originally £40.

The designers on sale include: A Timeless Culture, Balenciaga, Burberry, Chloe, Chris & Tibor, Couleurs du Sud, Dolce & Gabbana, Designer Sunglasses (YSL, Stella McCartney, Armani, Gucci), Fendi, Foxy Originals, Grab, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Makki, Mikey Miu Miu, Mulberry, Mogil, Olivia Morris Shoes, Prada, Ruthi Orlin, Sergio Rossi, Scorah Pattullo, Tods, YSL.

Plus many more to follow…

Opening/Closing Times: Friday 4th April 2008: 12noon-7.00pm (Preview for member's only)
Saturday 5th April & Sunday 6th April 2008: 12noon-7.00pm (Open to public)
Venue: The Old Truman Brewery
Address: T2 (F BLOCK ) 87 Brick Lane London E1 6QR
Visit: Secret Sample Sale | Girls Night In | London Accessory Sale

4-6 April 2008 — Secret Sample Sale
The 4th of April 2008 marks the return of the Secret Sample Sale, at the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch, for three days of fashion bargain shopping.

Cash and cards accepted, no cheques

Price: £1
Opening/Closing Times: Friday 4th of April 2008: 12.00-19.00 (Members Day: register at Secret Sample Sale for membership and pass) | Saturday 5th of April 2008: 12.00 to 19.00 (Open to the Public) | Sunday 6th of April 2008: 12.00-19.00 (Open to the Public)
Address: T2, F Block, Old Truman Brewery 87 Brick Lane (opposite Woodseer Street) London EC1
Nearest Tubes: Old Street, Aldgate East, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch
Visit: Secret Sample Sale

White Cube Hoxton Square will show 'You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil', curated by the artist and writer Harland Miller in collaboration with Irene Bradbury. In anticipation of the bicentenary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth (1809), the exhibition explores the enduring legacy and cult status of the American writer.

Harland Miller discovered Poe as a child while recovering from a bungled appendix operation in York County Hospital, where he found an early-learner edition of Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings', which he remembers as having alleviated much of the misery of this time. Using crayons and a drawing pad he began writing and illustrating his own versions of these stories, and he has always cited Poe as his first literary influence. When Miller was writer in residence at the ICA, he began thinking about a project that would consider not only the abiding appeal of Poe but also some of the more diverse responses to his work. This exhibition is the result of that initial idea.

Poe is now recognised as an artist far ahead of his time, particularly for the charged psychological facets of his work, which seemed to foretell psychoanalysis, pre-dating Freud by more than half a century. His famous detective, Dupin, became the blueprint for many future detectives, including Sherlock Holmes, Poirot and Miss Marple, and he is also a pioneer of what we now know as science fiction, influencing such writers as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. However, Miller felt that Poe had become synonymous with whatever is merely gothic or dark, a misconception that he wanted to address by curating this exhibition. 'There's a real distinction here', says Miller. 'It was really telling when we'd approach people and they'd say, "Oh yeah, I've got this painting which is nearly all black!" That was really disappointing.' Miller sought to address this glib association by selecting a dozen of Poe's stories that seemed to lend themselves most to a more contemporary interpretation. Wherever he noticed a connection to an artist's existing work, life or practice, he approached them to read the stories and asked them to respond in any manner they saw fit and to interpret the story with a new work.

'Some of the ways in which I went about this were very tenuous,' Miller explains. 'It didn't always have to be about this great debt to Poe or some kind of extravagant mystery bound up in a cipher. With Damien Hirst, for instance, I did actually think he'd really love the story, but what really made me think of him was Poe's title 'The Startling Effects of Mesmerism on a Dying Man', which reminded me so much of the rhythm in one of Hirst's own titles, which I really love.'

This exhibition brings together a broad range of these responses, from 34 artists, ranging from painting and sculpture to installation, digital media and performance, as well as existing works such as Douglas Gordon's 'Sleeper (Portrait to Edgar Allan Poe' (2002) and Mike Nelson's installation 'Melnais Kakis' (The Black Cat) (1999).

'You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil' will feature the work of Fergus Bremner, Jake & Dinos Chapman, John Cooper Clarke, Liz Craft, Tracey Emin, Angus Fairhurst, Katharina Fritsch, Paul Fryer, Barnaby Furnas, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Marcus Harvey, Anton Henning, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Abigail Lane, Christian Marclay, Kris Martin, Harland Miller, Polly Morgan, Mike Nelson, Magnus Plessen, Michele Howarth Rashman, Julian Schnabel, Gregor Schneider, Norbert Schoerner, George Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Jason Shulman, Dirk Skreber, Paul Steinitz, Fred Tomaselli, Jane & Louise Wilson and Cerith Wyn Evans.

A fully illustrated exhibition guide with a short story by Harland Miller will be available.

Venues: White Cube Hoxton Square and Shoreditch Town Hall
Opening/Closing Times: Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Visit: White Cube

Samantha Salmons

Jewellery designer Samantha Salmons will be taking part in an amazing exhibition from Friday the 4th of April until Tuesday the 8th of April 2008, at Flat 1 Audrey Street E2 from 10am to 6pm each day.

Not only will the exhibition have gorgeous jewellery to buy but, paintings and art by other talented artists are on view.

To make it even more interesting, the newly renovated flat in which the exhibition/sale will be held, is up for rent. Hence the name SHOW HOME.

Other shows that Samantha Salmons will be exhibiting and selling at, are as follows:

Show: Show Home | Address: Flat 1 Audrey Street London E2
Tel: Amanda or Nicola on: 020 7749 1070
Show: A Jewellery Affair | Date: Wednesday 14th May - Thursday 15th May |
Venue: 20th Century Theatre | Address: 291 Westbourne Grove London W11 2QA
Visit: A Jewellery Affair
Show: Design Show Liverpool | Date: Thursday 19th June - Sunday 22nd June
Visit: Design Show Liverpool | Samantha Salmons

Here's your chance to acquire some of the most luxurious lingerie ever designed, by Rigby & Peller London.

Choose from:
Bras £15 | Briefs £5 | Swimwear £15 & under! And more...

Whilst stocks last!

All must go!

Venue: 20th Century Theatre
Address: 291 Westbourne Grove, LONDON, W11 2QA
Opening/Closing Times: 3rd April 2008: 11.00am-9.00pm & 4th April 2008: 10.00am-8.00pm
Visit: Rigby & Pellar | 20th Century Theatre

MARCH 2008

This exhibition shows the work and collections of Thomas Hope (1769 - 1831), one of the most influential designers and patron of the arts in Britain during the early 19th century.

Hope played an important role in establishing the Regency style in England. His London townhouse in Duchess Street was described as the finest specimen of true taste in England or France. Wanting to improve British taste, Hope opened the house to the public and published a monograph in 1807 — Household Furniture and Decoration — which became the style bible par excellence.

The exhibition includes recreations of the flamboyant interiors of Hopes Duchess Street townhouse, as well as displays of sculpture, painting, furniture, metalwork and silver.

Price: £5 | Children under 12 - FREE
Opening/Closing Times: 10.00am - 17.45pm and until 22.00pm on Fridays.
Address: Cromwell Road South Kensington London
Nearest Underground Station: South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
General Information Tel: 020 7942 2000 | Booking Tel: 0870 906 3883
Visit: V&A