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B E S T

O F B R I T I S H

ALEXACHUNG PHOTOGRAPHED BYDAVID SLIJP

BETSY THEBULLDOG PHOTOGRAPHED BYPAUL ZAK

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July 2015 | H A R P E R S B A Z A A R| 27www.harpersbazaar.co.uk

ON THE COVER

104 In full bloom: Alexa Chung

theart of Englishstyle

From 59 Best of British: brogues,

ballgowns, boating, beagles

From 59 The greatest fashion: party

dresses, cricket sweaters, butterfly

jewels & pearls

150 Behind thescenes with

the beauty elite

FEATURES

104 ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND

Alexa Chung on her transformation

from Hampshire schoolgirl to

international fashion phenomenon

140 IN ARCADIA Catherine St Germans

reveals the secrets of her historic

Cornish estate Port Eliot and its

thrilling annual festival

FASHION

118 I CAPTURE THE CASTLEBeautiful British dresses for

fearless British girls

130 BRITANNIA WAIVES THE

RULES Seaside looks with a

charming hint of English eccentricity

STYLE

59 10 THINGS WE LOVE

Modern kilts, camel coats and

delicate English-rose blouses

64 MY MOODBOARD How the

original Summer of Love inspiredthe Peter Pilotto S/S 15 collection

67 MY LIFE,MY STYLE Inside the

elegant London home ofBazaars

beauty director, Sophie Bloomfield

ACCESSORIES

71 TOTES CUTE Britishpuppies play

with summers must-have pieces;

plus,red, white and blue bags,

brooches, shades and shoes

SHOP BAZAAR

78 FLYING THE FLAG Homegrowndesigners get stylishly graphic

CONTENTS JULY 2015


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CONTENTS

PHOTOGRAPH:KOTO

BOLOFO

COVER LOOKS Above left: Alexa Chung wears cotton and silk dress, 1 ,895, Burberry Prorsum. Pink gold, diamond and morganite earrings, 11,000; matching ring, 9, 500, both

Dior Joaillerie. Leather heels, 72 5, Nicholas Kirkwood. Above centre (subscribers cover): embroidered tulle top and skirt (sold as set), 750, Simone Rocha. Platinum, diamond

and pearl earrings, from a selection, David Morris. See Stockists for details. Styled by Leith Clark. Hair by George Northwood at Emma Davies Agency, using Redken andPureology. Make-up by Eyeko. Manicure by Orla Zusman using Nails Inc. Photographs by David Slijper. Above right (limited-edition cover available exclusively at the V&A): satin

heel, 585, Alexander McQueen. See Stockists for details. Styled by Florrie Thomas. Betsy the bulldog courtesy of Pontremoli Bulldogs. Photograph by Paul Zak

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TALKING POINTS

92 ARTS AND CRAFTS Old-school

craftsmanship comes to theWest End

93 MARRIAGE OF MINDS Sophie

Kennedy Clark and Jake Chapman

collaborate on a dark TV pastiche

94 THE STATELIEST PLEASURE

DOME Celebrating 500 years ofHampton Court Palace splendour

95 PRIDE OF PLACE British interiors

96 HIGHS AND LOWSRachel Johnson

on her complicated love affair with

Notting Hill

97 NEW SLIPPERS Cinderelladances

back to the London stage

98 RETURN TO NEVERLAND Peter

Pans classic tale takes flight again

99 THE GRAND TOUR Explore the

cultural delights of the East Midlands

BEAUTY BAZAAR150 BACKSTAGE PASS Britains

world-class hair stylists and

make-up artists reveal their secrets

154 BEYOND FACIALS The London

experts taking skincareto a new level

156 HOW TO BE AN ENGLISH

ROSENewby Handson creating

dewy, clear-skinned perfection

ESCAPE

160 THIS SCEPTERD ISLE

Dream destinations close to home

164 RURAL AFFAIRS Nick Jones bringshis Soho Housecool to Oxfordshire

FLASH!

166 MAYFAIR MAGIC Christopher

Kanes new-store launch party

167 ARTFUL FASHION The McQueen

Savage Beauty show rolls into town

REGULARS

49 EDITORS LETTER

50 CONTRIBUTORS

80

WORK BOOK101 HOROSCOPES July in the stars.

By Peter Watson

168 STOCKISTS

178 HOW BAZAAR Classic moments

from our archives revisited

An AlexanderMcQueen look from

the fashion storyI capture the castle

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What does Best of British mean right now, in this rainbow

era of vibrant individualism and multicultural achievements?

Consider some of the London-based designers and beauty

experts featuredin the current issue, whose names reflect theirvaried international backgrounds: Erdem Moralioglu, Mary

Katrantzou, Roksanda Ilincic, Simone Rocha,

Vaishaly Patel, Guido Palau. Then theres our

cover star this month, Alexa Chung: the

daughter of a father of Chinese descent, she

had a pony-riding childhood in Hampshire,

then grew up to embody the essence of urban

English chic.

So if Great Britain is an island nation, it is

also a place defined by myriad new arrivals,

and many centuries of fluidity and flow to

these shores. Yet what remains timeless is the

enduring beauty of our wild landscapes, from the ScottishHighlands to the Cornish coastline; which is why we at

Bazaarchoose to use British locationsas often as possible

in our fashion shoots and features. This month, we

feature stories set against the romantic back-

drop of Amberley Castle in Sussex (page 118)

andBroadstairs Viking Bay(page 130); and

explore the secrets of Port Eliot, one

of the most magical of English stately

homes, guided by its chatelaine, Catherine

StGermans(page140).Allthis,pluscorgi

puppies, a pack of beagles and an Old

English sheepdog, alongside the loveliestclothes in the world

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freelance stylist and

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now contributing to

publications including

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She has worked on

campaigns for JimmyChoo, Topshop and

LOral; her firstBazaar

story (Britannia waives

the rules, page 130) was

shot on the English

coast, at Broadstairs.

FavouriteBritish

designer I would

have to choose Phoebe

Philo for her genius,

season after season.

DreamBritishmeal

Nothing beatsa classic fry-up.

FavouriteEnglish

rose Rosa Mundi;

my dad sells them at

his garden nursery and

they are divine.

Against the stately

backdrop of Amberley

Castle in Sussex, the

South African-bornphotographer showcases

the best of British fashion

in I capture the castle

(page 118). He has shot

advertising campaigns

for brands including

Burberry, Louis Vuitton

and Dior, and his books

with Steidl includeLord

Snowdonand the Herms

chronicleLa Maison.

DreamBritishmeal

Chicken tikka masala.

Fivewordsthatsumup

Britishness Tolerant,

democratic, ingenious,

humorous, eccentric.

Mostbeautifulplace in

Britain The view from

the London Eye.

The 22-year-old

musician, who released

her first album Unguarded

in January, curates

a summer playlist

(National anthems,

page 93). She made

her Glastonbury debut

last year alongside

Bombay Bicycle Club

and Clean Bandit, and

played solo sets atReading and Leeds.

YourGreatBritishBake

Offsignaturedish My

mums classic occasion

cake: chocolate, with

layers of jam and

cream, topped with

oranges and crumbled

Cadbury Flake.

Favourite English

rose Emma Watson

is my generations

aspirationalEnglish beauty.

director ofThe Sunday

TelegraphsStella

supplement is a graduate

of Winchester School of

Art and Central St

Martins. She makes

herBazaardebut this

month, styling Flying

the flag (page 78).

Fivewordsthatsum

upBritishness

Creativity, humour,

individuality, mischief

and just the right

amount of craziness.

FavouriteEnglish

rose Im blown away

by the grace and talents

of Kate Winslet.

Mostbeautifulplace

inBritain The

breezy sand-dunes

of St Ouens Bay onJerseys west coast.

The contributing editor

ofThe Spectatorcharts

the changing face ofNotting Hill on page 96.

The third book

in her trilogy,Fresh

Hell(afterNotting Hell

andShire Hell), is

published on 18 June.

DreamBritishmeal

Smoked salmon,

followed by roast beef

and Yorkshire pudding,

then treacle tart and

clotted cream.Biggestmyth about

theBritish That we

are unemotional.

FavouriteEnglish

rose The pink

ones planted by my

grandmother in our

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TheduobehindPeterPilottolookedtothelateSixtiesfortheirS/S15inspiration

The carefree spirit of the Summer of Love provided Peter Pil-otto and Christopher De Vos, the design duo behind the Peter

Pilotto label, with their starting pointfor S/S 15. We were fasci-

nated by images of the rainbow warriors of the Sixties and the

crazy colours and graphics associated with them, says De Vos.

We wanted to take aspects reminiscent of that era to a new place.

Their signature prints evolved into intricate embellishments, with

Plexiglas-and-crystal flowers adorning dresses woven with hand-

stitched lace on tulle. The geometric designs of the iconic designer

Pierre Cardin influenced thecolour-blockpatternsof theclosinglooks,

while the bright hues of graphic illustrations were inspired by the lights

of the Burning Man festival. We experimented with materials and

fabrics to produce holographic organzas and iridescent jacquards, says

Pilotto. We wanted to elevate the craft element of our work to achievesomething amazing. ANNA ROSA VITIELLO

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xploring the west-London home

of Harpers Bazaars beauty

director Sophie Bloomfield with her Maltese shih-tzu Bagel

padding behind you might expect to find

a bathroom overflowing with lipsticks and

lotions. But in reality, Bloomfields edit

covers a solitary shelf. Everything that I

look at has to be beautiful, she says, sipping

coffeewithalmondmilkfromaNicoleFarhi

mug. I even installed Quooker boiling-

water taps on the sink because I couldnt

bearthesightofakettle,andIkeepmyNutri-

bullet in a specially designed cupboard.

What does catch the eye is the exquisitemuralin herbathroom, hand-painted bythe

artistFrederickWimsett.Hiswork,inspired

by 18th-century chinoiserie, alsoadorns the

homes of Alice Temperley, Kate Moss and

the milliner Victoria Grant.

ForBloomfield,hehaspainted

a vivid illustration of exotic

birds elegantly perched on

branches, complete with his

trademark ladybird. The work

was inspired by the giant fig-

tree in her parents garden in

Sussex, whose fruit fills thebowls in her kitchen.

Bloomfield bought the Ladbroke Grove

house in 2012 with her husband Will, who

works in the music industry. The location

allows a weekly pilgrimage to Notting HillFarmers Market to buy spelt croissants,

Rookery Farm eggs and punnets of cherries

for Sunday brunch with friends. I dont

embrace chaos in the sense of clutter, she

says, but I do love a house

full of people.

Before moving in, a years

worth of building work saw

every wall removed, and the

space refashioned by Bloom-

field and her best friend, the

interior decorator Naomi

AstleyClarke.Athree-metre-deep basement was dug to

Bazaarsbeautydirector

SophieBloomfieldonthedecorativedesignshefavoursforbothherhome

andwardrobe

MYLIFE,MY

STYLE

Sophie Bloomfield in herbedroom wearing jumper,280, Bella Freud. Skirt,800, Preen by ThorntonBregazzi. Shoes, 515,Paul Andrew. All jewellery,her own . Below: theliving-room. Left: FrederickWimsetts mural reflectedin the bathroom mirror

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From far left: Bloomfield in theliving-room with her dog Bagel,

wearing satin dress, 1,822, Preenby Thornton Bregazzi. Cuff, 580,

Leivankash. A Sam Francis paintingin the entrance hall. Zacs middle

name spelled-out in his room

Clockwise from left: with Leoand Zac, wearing top, 1,200,

Erdem at Matchesfashion.com. Jeans, 460 Stella

McCartney at Browns . Ring,1,400, Links of London.

A Jack Vetriano picture in themain bedroom. Framed

butterflies in the library.The kitchen and garden

create the ultimate playroom for her sonsLeo, six, and Zac, three, and their goldfish

GoldieandShark.Legoboxesarepiledbeside

a Paula Navone Ghost sofa and Eileen Gray

desk, and a psychedelicmandala painting by

Larry Smart, who famously painted Jimi

Hendrix, hangs beside the boys drawings.

Its clear thatthe demandsof having two

young children who live up to their middle

names of Rascal and Wilde havent stifled

Bloomfields self-proclaimed obsession

with interior decoration. A confiscated Nerf

gun resembles modern sculpture atop

coffee-table books on Yves Klein andChristian Dior, while her Variopinte tin

plates are both pretty and practical. It

doesnt matter if they end up on the floor

because they cant smash, she says. She

bought a jumbo mohair velvet George

Smith sofa after realising it was the same

fabric used in all the Soho Houses and

children are constantly climbing over them

in muddy trainers at the Electric and a

no-go zone has been imposed to keep the

Bennison Wheat Flower fabric-

wrapped cupboard doors in themaster bedroom felt-tip free.

Throughout the house, elm

parquet de Versailles floors and

Farrow & Ball White Tie walls

allow bolder elements such as the

cheetah carpeton thestairs, coral

Blithfield kitchen wallpaper and

the Alvar Aalto zebra-print Tank

chairs, to stand out. I like things

that have a sense of humour but

arent crazy, she says. I want it

to look both chic and homely

starkly modern houses, top-to-toein B&B Italia, dont do it for me.


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From lef t: with her son sin the playroom,

wearing jumper, 310,Zoe Jordan. Jeans,460, Christopher

Kane. Ring, 1,400,Links of London. Shoes,

445, Paul Andrew.Lights in the kitchen. Apineapple door knocker

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Candle,

99

Fornasetti

880

Chlo

Floor tiles from Bert & May and vintage

American doorknobs add sophistication

to daring colour combinations of bright

red and pink, Tiffany turquoise against

navy, and brass with green.

However, the school run did prompt

Bloomfield to rethink her former uniform

of Chlo separates, Marni accessories anddelicatevintagetea-dresses.Nowshehappily

dons Current/Elliott jeans and a J Crew

cashmere sweater, slipping on Prada heels

and a bright lipstick once shes in the office.

I enjoy the simplicity of not having to

overthink things, she says,

Ill pair a vintage Harley

Davidson T-shirt with a

Preen skirt. I love that mix

of something raw against

something refined.

Bloomfield grew up inatraditional Sussex farm-

house, before spending a

year in a flat on Thompson

Street,NewYork,onhiatusfromherhistory

of art degree at UCL. Working as a stylist

and make-up artist for magazines such as

Alloy, Indexand Interview, sheloved trawling

the East Village thrift shops sporting fluoro

pink eyeliner and multi-coloured hair.

Ultimately, she realised that unless she had

a degree or an Oscar nomination shewouldnt be able to get a visa and pursue her

dream of being a magazine journalist.

So, resuming her studies, she gainedd

a First and worked for Elle, Glamour andd

Redmagazines. It was at this point that shee

started to collect antiquee

mirrors and lighting fromm

Portobello Market, anddd

hunt down rare carpets onn

Edgware Road. Today, aass

the beauty director oof

Harpers Bazaar,she travels

to Paris for the biannual

fashion shows, and takes

great pleasure in finding

pieces to add to her Astier

de Villatte collection, or lugging back

suitcases full of Merci linen and

towels. Will sometimes says, Its

not normal, just go to John Lewis

and buy a duvet cover, she saays,

laughing.ButIhavetotrulylovve

every pieceI buy, andagonisinngg

over whether each shade and

texture works together is allpart of the process.

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Cream dresses are stylish

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throw a coloured jacket or

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Edited byHELENA LEE

TALKING POINTS

NATIONALTREASURES

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Cameron Short atthe New Craftsmen

Traditional craftsmanshipfinds a modernhome;JakeChapmanheadsforthesmallscreen;

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Below: the makerscommissioning drawers

Left: details fromthe artist Lola

Lelys sketchbook

TheartisansmovetoMayfair

DESIGN

ByHELENA LEE Photographs byHARRY CROWDER

ARTSANDCRAFTS

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Behind the frenetic bustle of Oxford Street, a short walk from

Selfridges, lies the unexpected sanctuary of the New Craftsmen.

Part agency, part collective,part shop, this modern home for luxury

British craft began life as a pop-up in Mayfair, but grew in

reputationandsize.Thespaceitselfaformerbreeches-make rrrss

workshop is bright and airy. The products are displayedd

as thoughin a gallery, but canbe touched and bought: cream

andduck-egg-bluetea bowls anddeftly paintedearthenware

vases line open shelves; fine silver beakers and jewellery

gleam in wood-framed glass cabinets. At the back, amongg

succulents and ferns, is an oversize heavy-set table: a sunn-soakedworkspacewheremakerscanbecommissionedandmmeet

customers (and each other). It is the perfect forum for discovery.

Our starting point was to go to the most ffar-

flungplaces inthe UKand find makers who were

proud of their traditions, ssaayyssCCaattherine Lock,

one of the founders, whoo sourced everything

from Shetland lace to Devvon harvest jugs on a

four-month road trip rouundd tthhe country. The

company has since grownn to represent over 75

artisans, attracting hotelieers, interior designers

andeventeamsfromChaneelwiththeirwares.Its

been a word-of-mouth suuccess, says Lock, asmany whispered that it wwwaass tthhee best thing in

London. We couldnt agree more.

The New Craftsmen, 34 NNorth Row, London W1

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MUSIC NATIONALANTHEMS

KATEBUSH

A CORALROOM

I admire the way

that she is so

relevant despite

taking herself away

from the industry

for so long.

LAURAMARLING

FALSEHOPE

The production

for this song from

her fifth record

is gritty and raw,

which is what I like

to listen to.

BETHORTON

POISONTREE

The lyrics are from

William Blakes

poem of the

same name. How

wonderfully

British is that?

BOMBAY

BICYCLE CLUB

HOMEBYNOW

A fantastic song

from one of my

all-time favourite

British bands. Bring

on the next album.

JACK GARRATT

THELOVE

YOUREGIVEN

Jack, who once

auditioned to be

a guitarist in my

band, is a brilliant

all-round musician.

LUCY ROSE

OUR EYES

A taste of her

second album,

which comes

out in July. Her

new music is

sounding amazing.

The singerRae Morris selects her top British soundsfor the summer

ByLYDIA SLATER

SophieKennedyClarkonplayingabride- -b

inJakeChapmanssurrealpasticheofaromaa

The actress and model SSo enn laarkbounds into BobBob

Ricard, a restaurant aarou t rne room the Sky studio where

shehastoreturnthiss aft at sshhetermsherworkuniform

black shorts over opaa s KKennedy Clark seems much

younger than her 24 years, andpossseesses the quintessential delicate

English-rose colouringthat oneiimmagines beneath

a bonnet in some Jane Austen adaptation. My

mother keeps asking if Id ever consider a period

drama, she chuckles. Sadly for her mother (who

is the singer and actress Fiona Kennedy) theanswerislikelytobe:notintheforeseeablefuture.

For although Kennedy Clarks wide-set blue

eyesandfallofgoldenhairgiveheranelfinbeauty

that has seen her fronting campaigns for both

Burberry and Pringle of Scotland, she prefers

to subvert their message in her choice of screen

roles. Her film debut was in Tim Burtons vamp-

ire thriller Dark Shadows, she went on to givebirth on screen as the young Philomena in the

eponymous film about forced adoption, and

followed thiswith a centralrolein Larsvon Triers

Nymphomaniac. Thereason I fellin lovewith film

is because its so mind-expanding, she explains.When youre given that platform, I think you have a responsibility

to do work that affects people.

So it is less surprising than it might seem that for her latest

project, Kennedy Clark has teamed up with Jake Chapman,

the controversialcontemporaryartist, who, wwithh hhiis brother Dinos,

has made headlines for works featuring def etchings and

Nazi-atrocity vitrines. You dont stroll is ork without a

double take, says Kennedy Clark. Now, shes p cipating in one:

Chapmans television directorial debut, an adaptation of his novel

TheMarriageof ReasonandSqualor.Blacklycomicand unsettling (Kennedy Clark describes it as a

cross between The Rocky Horror Picture Showanda David Lynch film), the series is an adaptation

of Chapmans surreal pastiche of a Mills & Boonnovel. Kennedy Clark plays the heroine Lydia,

torn between two men: her handsome plastic-

surgeon fianc and a hideously deformed writer,

bothplayedbyRhysIfans.Didsheenjoyworking

with the famously fiery artist ? I dont want to

ruin his enfant terrible reputation, but he was a

complete joy, she says. We got on really well.

Hes a natural collaborator. If you had any ide

you just had to flag them up.

Chapman is equally approving. Its been

amazing working with Sophie, he tells me. Its

quite unnerving to watch someone become

somebodyelseandsoeasilyadoptthecomplexityof what youre asking. Its quite weird. Coming from a Chapman

brother, that is definitely a compliment.

The Marriage of Reason and Squalor will air on Sky Arts on 11 June.Visit www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/kennedy-clark to read the full interview.

To listen to all 18 tracks on Rae Morris summer soundtrack, visit www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/rae-morris-playlist.

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Thecaptivatingfigures of

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye,

who was nominatedfor the

2013Turner Prize,will beon

display at theSerpentine

Gallery this June. Each

painting wascompleted in

24hours; and while they

take their cuefromEuropean

portraiture of thepast, the

black protagonists are

fictional creations.

TERESA FITZHERBERT

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses

after Dusk is on from 2 June

(www.serpentinegalleries.org).

FLOWERS BRIGHT BUNCCH

EVENTS

HamptonCourtPalaceiscelebratingfivecenturiesofmagnificence ByLUCY HALFHEAD

THE STATELIESTPLEASUREDOME

Hampton Court Palace marks 500 years since Henry VIIIs advisor

Cardinal Wolsey acquired a small manor on the banks of the River

Thames. As the kings pleasure palace, it was a showcase for royal

magnificence and ceremony. The distinct ive red brick was a bold look

for the time, and it wassaid that there were enough chimneysto light adifferent one every day of the year.

This summer, two large garden parties are being staged in

celebration of this anniversary, which will give visitors an unpre-

cedentedopportunityto immersethemselvesin 16th-centurylife.A joust

is being held, with dancing in the Elizabethan knot garden, and the

Tudor Kitchens are cooking up a traditional feast of of sweet and

savourypies,roastedmeatsandspicedchocolatepuddings.Meanwhile,

in a speciall BBaarroque-themed weekend, masques, music and merriment

will rinnggg outacrooss the palaces beautiful formal gardens.

Viissit wwww.hrp.org.uuk for more information.

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mother carved three

more out of a mansard

extension. I slept in a tiny

bedroom like a coffin

with a Velux window,andmy little brother Jo slept in a former coat cupboard.

We adored Chateau Elgin, with its velvet sofas, kilim r ugs and

Victoriana, where the sitting-room doubled as my mothers studio.

My brothers all eventually went to Eton and when their friends

visited, with their grouse moorsand stately homesattached, I would

see the flat through their eyes. It was shabby, and our building

would shudder when lorries ground into low gear to get up the hill,

but I didnt care. To me it was the grooviest place in the world, and

my route to school would take me down Elgin Crescent, past the

old house of Osbert Lancaster (number 79), Laurence Olivier (86)

KatherineMansfieldandJohnMiddletonMurry(95),andJawaharlal

Nehru, the first prime minister of India at number 60.But even thenthe area was coming up and had been since 1977,

asMichaelMoorcockwrotein KingoftheCity:Theareawasgetting

iffy. The Grove was filling up with liberal professionals

writers, TV producers, models, literary agents, bohemian

aristos, film directors, lefty columnists, barristers the

entire fucking fancy.

Even so, it was still rough. You never went to the

All Saints Road or north of Ladbroke Grove Tube if you

could help it. As Martin Amis put it in The Informant:

If anything was going to happen, it would surely happen

under the Westway.

Yes, it was grimy and scary, with shankings and

stabbings, but I loved every second of it. I would refuseto go on family holidays to Tuscany rather than miss

I RachelJohnsons latestnovelofNottingHilllifechartsthecontinuingupsanddownsofherbelovedneighbourhood

HIGHS

ANDLOWS

BOOKS

From to p: much -prized propertyin Notting Hill.

The Johnsonfamily in themid-Eighties.

Rachels motherCharlotte andbrother Boris

in 1983

n 1979 my mother divorced andrefused to accept alimony. Her only

demand from my father was a flat

somewhere as funky-reggae-party as she

was (she was is a painter, then aged

36).ShewantedtoliveinNottingHill,and

found a top-floor walk-up on a noisy

corner opposite a council block. It was

rough. One of mybrothers was beaten up

on our own doorstep on his 10th birthday.

There was a Spanish community and a Caribbean vibe and a

phantasmagoric feel, a smoky combination of grunge and glamour

in the crumbling stucco terraces and the secret communal gardens

that not even films likePerformancecould convey.A passeggiata of models and singers and writers and actors

always seemed to be cruising up and down the main arteries of

Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road, smoking, talking, buying

their beer and weed in the All Saints Road, their jerk chicken in the

Mangrove, their LPs in Rough Trade, and selling their dreams to

the world beyond our magic roundabout of London W11.

Annie Lennox served behind the counter in the local deli, Mr

Christians; there were only two restaurants, both French, and few

locals could afford to eat in either. Everyone used the fruit and veg

market,gottheirhouseholdstuff inWoolies,andinsteadofdesigner

boutiques there were bookshops including the famous Travel

Bookshop and cavernous emporia selling everything from dust-bins to those knitted Afghan slippers smelling of sick.

We all five of us squeezed into a maisonette on Elgin Crescent, a

few hundred yards from where Jimi

Hendrixhaddiedofadrugsoverdose.

It had only two bedrooms, so my

Left: JohnsonsNotting Hill

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NEWSLIPPERS

Christopher Wheeldon revamps Sergej Prokofjevs

Cinderellain a magical new version performed by

the Dutch National Ballet; even the dazzling set in the

Coliseum is the stuff of fairy tales, and includes a giant

tree that grows and sways throughout.

Cinderella is at the London Coliseum (www.eno.org)

from 8 to 11 July. TERESA FITZHERBERT

DANCE

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wion

Left: thedrawing room atElgin Crescent.

Above lef t:Charlotte

painting Rachelsportrait in 1992

FOOD

PARTYPIECES

JemmaWilsons cakes aretheepitomeofgood cheer: raspberry-ripple cupcakesandvanilla-spongepiatacakesthat cascadewith Smartieswhenslicedopen. Choose fromthecolourful array ather shop

nearLondonsCarnabyStreet.WWW.CRUMBSANDDOILIES.CO.UK

Right andbelow: cakes from

Crumbs & Doilies

one moment of carnival, a two-day street party on my doorstep.

Fast forward to 1992. I am stil l living in Elgin Crescent. I meet

andmarryamanwholivesinHillgateVillage,W8,inamewshouse.

I am with child. We have to move. He takes me househunting in

Clapham and Islington to view gracious townhouses in Georgian

squares. I refuse to open my eyes.I am a lifer, I tell him.

To my joy we find a falling-down, semi-detached house off

Elginfor385,000(Ihaveneverbeforeputinanarticlewhatwepaid

forourhouse,butattheend,Illtellyouwhatitsworthnowandthatone figure will tell you more thaneverything in this whole piece).

We move in, and just after wemove, in the mid-1990s, the Big

Bang deregulatesthe City andthe area takes off like a jump jet. The

creatives move out and the money rolls in, and since then its been

hard to find the old Notting Hill, sometimes.

Itusedtobeaplacewhereyouwanderedouttothemarkettobuy

some Coxs apples nestling plump in a green box, and came back

with a chair or a piece of cracked willow-pattern china; now you go

out to have your privates manscaped and come back with a Joseph

shearling coat costing 3,000.

WhenyouliveinNottingHillyouvealready succeeded at what-

ever level, says NottingHill Yummy Mummy,who writes a brilliant

anonymous blog about the livesof the rich in our parish. Its nolonger edgy. Its established.

Ive spent the past eight yearsdocumenting the rise and fall of

Notting Hill: the communal-garden adulteries, the planning dis-

putes, the neighbourly catfights,the competitiveness over weight.

My new novel, Fresh Hell, also eviscerates (or so I hope) the

unspeakable new vogue for buying the wrong house in the right

neighbourhood, and instead of moving, digging down, which has

been a further blight on Notting Hill. Five householders at the last

count were putting in double basements in Elgin Crescent alone.

And if I rang each doorbell in the street, Id find a pop star (Rita

Ora) and two successful publishers, John Brown and

William Sieghart, and the comedienne Ruby Wax,

but every other housethe doorwouldbe openedby aFilipina, and withinwould be an NHM (Notting Hill

Mummy)living on a raw-juice diet with four kids and

ahusbandwhohamster-wheelsintheCity.Thesocial

geometry of Notting Hill haschanged utterly. Itused

to be grunge, boho.Now its sheeny new money.

My husbandsayswhenyouliveinaplacethatyou

cant af ford to shopin its time to move. But I wont.

After all, the bad thing thats happened under the

Westwayis the arrival of an organic patisserie selling

pistachio cronuts. And even though our house is now worth

4 million plus, and if we sold itI could afford to shop here. I just

cant. My mothers still just up theroad, still painting.Its too late to stop now.

Fresh Hell (7.99; Penguin) is published on 18 June.

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(Pride & Prejudice,Atonement,Anna

Karenina). The film is a prequel, of

sorts although its set during

World War II, proofof how mutable

Peters character and situation ca nbe. He lives in an orphanage, until

one dark night, a bunch of pirates

come bungee-ing through the sky-

light and whip all children off to a

flying sailing ship to Neverland, Wright says, laughing,

aware of how strange that sounds. But Peters world is a

reflection of childhoods magic. The character of Peter felt

like a superimposition of myself and my son put together.

I just immediately wanted to

make it for him. And in a way, I

wanted this sounds naff , but itst rue

tomake it for thekid in myself too.Wright rediscovered Barries novel after

watching the 1953 Disney animated film

with his son. I find the book intensely

moving and incredibly strange; what I love

about it is this ambivalence toward its char-

acters, including the hero Peter Pan. He is

brave and smart and mischievous we really admire him but hes

a liar, hes bossy, hes cocky. All those kind of ambiguities were what

I wanted to bring to the film.

Panis part of a long tradition of taking Barries archetypal hero

and remaking him for a new age. Long live Peter Pan.

Pan is released in cinemas nationwide in the autumn. Peter Pan is at the

Royal Opera House (www.roh.org.uk) on 24 and 25 July. Peter Pan is atRegents Park Open Air Theatre (www.openairtheatre.com) until 14 June.

ThreenewversionsofPeterPantakeflightthisyear

RETURNTO

NEVERLAND

ByERICA WAGNER

FILM

Clockwise from right:Cara Delevingne as a

mermaid in Pan.Wendy illustrated by

Gwynedd M Hudson.An illustration byArthur R ackham.

The pirate ship inPan. Far right: flying

to Neverland

Right: an illustration byArthur R ackham from

Peter Pan in KensingtonGardens by JM Barrie.Below: an illustration

of Peter Pan rescuingWendy by MabelLucie Attwell

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There are few literary creations that have moved from an

authors imagination into the realm of myth. You can

countthemononehand:ConanDoylesSherlockHolmes,

Ian Flemings James Bond and JM Barries Peter Pan.

The boywho wouldnt grow up made his first appearance on stage

at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on St Martins Lane at Christmas in

1904; the smash-hit play was followed by Barries novel Peter and

Wendy, published in 1911.Im youth, Im joy, Im a littlebirdthathasbroken out of the egg, Peter tells Captain Hook when the pirate

demands to know who he is; andhis ebullience has inspiredgenera-

tions of storytellers and film-makers to make

Peters story their own.

This summer, Peter Pan comes to the stage in

twomanifestations:anewoperadirectedbyKeith

Warner has its UK premiere at the Royal Opera

House in July, and theres also a revival of the

original play at Londons open-air Regents Park

Theatre. But its not surprising, for Barries tale of

a lost boy is rich and odd.

What is it about Peter Pan that is so enduring

and so British? For thats another quality heshares with Holmes and Bond: as Huckle-

berry Finnis inescapably American, soPeter

Pan is both universal and particular to a

culture. Perhaps Barries story can be seen

as a burst of bright imagination before

World War I darkened both Britain and

Europe; he is an icon of lost innocence.

In the autumn, a new film will take on

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CANCER22June 23July

Instead of seeing a blip in a closerelationship as a near-disaster,

thinkof it as an opportunity toclarifyan area of confusion.Around 6 July, when the Suns opposed by Pluto, you should find

the courage to express views youdnormallykeep to yourself.

Its possible to do this in a no-nonsense way that shouldnt offend.

MOTTOOFTHEMONTHEnough is a feast.

LEO24July 23August

Why feel guilt y if youre obliged to keep information to yourself for

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when, in the second half of July, youre able to disclose the details

to them. Look forward to taking up a position or adopting a role

youve secretly hoped would one day be yours.

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Territory youve negotiated singlehandedly in the past would be

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Initially youll wonder whether to tell others about unexpecteddevelopments affecting your career or finances. You wont want

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Opportunities opening up before you might not offer big financial

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You cannot assume that loved ones and friends will support you

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With others loading so much on to your shoulders, youll wonder

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whatever needs doing. The only danger is that people will think

they can make a habit of overburdening you. Put them right.

MOTTOOF THEMONTHEasy Street is a blind alley.

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Listen to your instincts when they tell you that youll soon have

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outside of which you simply wont be available. And stick to them.

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The month starts well, with Neptune allied to the Sun, but you

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Having been forced to negotiate complex arrangements, youshould soon seethe fruits of your labours. The Full Moon in early

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Refuseto be persuadedto travel or attend meetings against your

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By mid-July, you can hopefully start to focus on secret venturesof your own. Until then, make it clear that youre nobodys puppet.

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Once you decide to develop a new strategy regarding finances

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InourBestofBritishissue,AlexaChungdistillstheessenceofEnglishstyle;

shot amid the gloriouslandscapesof AmberleyCastle andViking Bay;andCatherine StGermansunlocks the secrets of PortEliot,

we celebratethetalent ofhomegrown designers in fashion stories

herbeautifulyetmysteriousCornishhome

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Alexa Chung wearsembroidered tulle top and

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AlexaChunggrewupintheHampshirecountryside,thenturnedherquintessentially

amusiciansgirlfriend,shetalkstoSASHASLATERaboutembracingherdifferentBritishsenseofstyleintoaninternationalcareer.Havingforsakentheitinerantlifeof

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hat does Alexa Chung actu-

ally do? is the question I am

bombarded with when I tell

friends I am interviewing her

forBazaar. This seems unfair, as she is in fact extremely diligent.

I witness this on our cover shoot which, contrary to appearances,

takesplace ona colddayin a biting wind that drives meback indoors

after a couple of hours. Not Alexa, though, who poses barelegged

in the wispiest of summery dresses on, variously, a rowing boat, a

Pashley bicycle and a frisky grey mare, surrounded all the while by

a madly excited pack of beagles. While the florists arrange hydran-geas in the boat, she lounges goodnaturedly on the grass, chatting

to the photographer, her upper half wrapped in a Burberry blanket,

those endless legs, with their Coachella tan, shivering in the weak

sunshine of an Oxfordshire spring.

Alexa Chung is a professional model; shestarted hercareer aged

17 and, indeed, she is so comfortable in front of the camera that, as

shetellsme:Itsweirdwhentheresnotonethere.Whichisaworry.

But she is many other things too. Shes a fashion designer, who has

just launched her second collection for the California label AG

Jeans after the first sold out in record time. Shes a television pre-

senter, once named the saviour of MTV. Shes a spokesmodel for

such desirable labels as Longchamp, the French leather-goods

company;shedevelopedahugelypopulareyelinerwiththemake-upbrand Eyeko. And she wrote a bestselling memoir,It. I struggle to

think of many 31-year-olds who have achieved even a tenth of this.

Butperhaps other people are confused because Chung is slightly

puzzled herself. She describesher career as a shit-showfree-for-all:

I have too many agents and no central person, so Im the central

person andIm alreadyinclined tobe quitescatty, so mylifehas very

little order to it. But I love it.

One of the two secrets of Chungs career is her effortless style.

Everytimeshe is photographed (and there is a lens trained on her at

alltimes),sheiswearingsomeutterlybeguiling,eccentricallyEnglish

variation on a combination of high-necked governessy top, hotpants

and mens clumpy shoes. Combined with her clear-skinned, feline

beauty, its a look that is all her own, albeit one that has spawned

infinite, occasionally successful, imitations. I think my style is a

balance between masculinity and femininity, she offers, clearly

struggling toarticulatewhat comesso naturally toher. Its a sexyway

to dress because its confident. A bad outfit can really get me down.

If Im wearing something really normal and boring, its like torture.

Her other secret is her popularity with a notoriously fickle but

lucrative group young, fashion-conscious women. Like Cara

Delevingne,shehas alwaysbeenan earlyadopter ofnewtechnology,

and thus is one of the opinion formers and influencers who play out

theirlives online. Iwas one ofthefirstpeopleto getonMyspace [the

social-media platform launched in 2003], Chung says, as we sit

together while the twilight darkens in a chilly but beautiful boudoirof Shotover House, the 18th-century manor where we have been

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Cotton trousers, 295Victoria by Victoria

Beckham. White goldand diamond earrings,

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Chiffon and silk coat, froma selection, Alexander

McQueen. Suede heels,465, Tabitha Simmons.Right hand: white gold,

diamond and aquamarinering, 9,100, Dior Joaillerie.Left hand: gold and enamel

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Velvet and organza dress,3,275, Christopher Kane.

Leather heels, 725,Nicholas Kirkwood.

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ring, from a selection,Chanel Fine Jewellery

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shooting.AndherflightyinsoucianceisperfectlysuitedtoInstagram(1.7 million followers) and Twitter (1.5 million followers): I love

trying to fit a stupid pun into 140 characters just as much as I

love picking theright filter and captionfor Instagram.Thosefollow-

ings are unmistakably important. They have an ef fect on whether

brands choose to work with you or not. But it seems a bit silly that

its become something to be respected. I mean, its just fun isnt it?

Yet thereason herfollowers trust Chung, buyher pussy-bowblouses,

adorn their eyes with her trademark black flick, and watch her pro-

grammes, is that, as she says in her deep, throaty, home-counties

smokersvoice,Icouldneverdoanythingthatwasntgenuine.Iturn

down a lot of things. Tech companies approach you to hold some-

thing in a picture and then say This is what I want you to write on

your Twitter. There are people whoget away with that and look really cool

doing it; but Im just not one of them.

Indeed,therearetimeswhenbrands

efforts to court her backfire, such as

when Makers Mark bourbon thanked

her for her vocal enthusiasm for the

liquor. Do you know what they did?

she laughs. They sent me a bottle with

my face etched onto it and I was like

time to stop! Ive been drinking more

red wine now. So no Twitter name-

checks for Makers Mark.

Asforthedarkersideoftheinternet,inhabited by trolls, I ignore it, she says

calmly. Sometimes I respond, but I try

notto.IdontthinkIneedtogetinvolved

in that. I know it happens to everyone,

and I dont pay any attention because

its not relevant to my life. She pauses

a second and then confesses, as if she cant resist, occasionally

I write things back if I think its funny. Like once I tweeted: Im

signing my book this afternoon. Im excited to meet you all.

Notongues. Andsomeone wrotebackWillyousuckme off? and

I replied well, i f you bought the book

A gooddeal of Chungs allure resides in herdry, self-deprecating

wit. Before the shoot starts, she tells a funny story about spending

a night out with, among others, Leonardo DiCaprio, in New York

and him mistaking her for a waitress

because he cant really see brunettes.

He spent the evening ordering vodka

and cranberry juices from her which

she, being one of the good guys, duly

went, queued and paid for.

These days, Chung spends half her

time in New York and half in London,

a result, she says, of her contrariness:I dont like being told what to do,

she explains. And I dont want to be

penned in. I dont want to feel I have to

be anywhere. Sort of like, Oops, you

thought Id be here, but Ill sort of

vanish. I am quite restless. It makes

me a nightmare to date, I think.

This rest iveness is a product of having grown up in the middle

ofnowhere,shetellsme.IgrewupinPrivettinHampshireinafield,

and I spent so long there just imagining and imagining and imag-

ining what I would do if I lived not in a field, that as soon as I got

out I ran straight to London. The daughter of a part-Chinese

graphic designer and a housewife, she was a bright student at

school, and had a place on an art-foundation course in Chelsea and

another to read Englishat Kings College, London: I couldnt decide

which to do,she explains. So, hating to be pinned down, she ditched

both and spent two years modelling while studying the Meisner

techniqueofacting,butmyactingteachersaidIwastoodefiantand

interested in entertaining the class which is perfect for TV.

Success on Popworld, a music TV show known for its cheeky

interviews, led to a whole slew of popular programmes for Channel

4. At the time she was dating Alex Turner, the frontman of Arctic

Monkeys, a nd photographed everywhere in her exquisite gamine

wardrobe. What more could she want? Im not materialist ic, she

says. Its not about making money. But Im excited to exploredifferent things. So, instead of staying in London, she set off for

I amquiterestless. Itmakesme a

nightmare todate, I think

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Chung for AG Jeans. Cotton

and silk skirt, 495,

Alexander Lewis. Silk

and satin heels, froma selection, Toga

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Faux-fur coat, 3,330,Stella McCartney. Meshbody (just seen), 1,540,

Holly Fulton. Suede

miniskirt, 770, AlexaChung for AG Jeans.Suede flats, 495,

Tabitha Sim mons. P inkgold, diamond and

morganite ring, 9,500,Dior Joaillerie

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Cotton and silk dress, 1,895,Burberry Prorsum. Leather

heels, 725, NicholasKirkwood. See Stockists for

details. Hair by GeorgeNorthwood at Emma Davies

Agency, using Redken andPureology. Make-up by

Eyeko. Manicure by OrlaZusman using Nails Inc.

Stylists assistants: EmmaShaw and Ashlee Hill.

Prop styling by James Hattat D+V Management.Flowers by Victoria at

Foxgloves + Glory. Animalsprovided by Jackie at

Animal Dramatics. On-siteproduction by Amy Guthrie.

Shot at Shotover House

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New York and a stint on MTV. Turner

moved as well, and they lived together

as a dream celebrity couple. She was

supported during this time by a group

of close friends that she calls Team

Evil. It was this international crew of

young women; basically groupies, she

recalls. They kept their volatile part-

ners in thrall by being tough on them.

Chung doesnt really discuss her

relationships (her current

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