Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Style | Tags: Cafe de Flore, Fashion Photography, Juergen Teller, Paris Fashion Week, Samantha Platero, Self Service Magazine
I got the chance to meet Juergen Teller at Cafe de Flore during Paris fashion week…an interesting man he is. He is normally seen wearing trainers, running shorts and a blazer but his photography for the Fall/Winter 09/10 Self Service magazine is alluring with his use of colour and contrast. One of the shoots takes place in a castle in Germany with 500 rooms, but they could only manage to take photos in 100 of them. Make sure you check the magazine out!
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Party, Press, Style | Tags: 40 Winks, David Carter, fashion designer, London Fashion Week, Pop-Up Showroom, Samantha Platero
40 Winks is ecstatic to announce the selected fashion designers for its event during London Fashion Week. The first ever Pop-Up Showroom at 40 Winks will provide a chic venue for up and coming fashion designers to help promote their work to a wider audience. If you work in the fashion industry and would like to attend, please drop a line at info@40winks.org or phone at 020 7790 0259. Take a peek at the beautiful works by the talented fashion designers.

Atelier Annick

Alexandra Kaegler

Katherine Wardropper

Lisa Gibson

Ruti Danan

Timothy Foxx
SAMANTHA
Filed under: Culture, music | Tags: August, Jazz, music, Picnic, Regents Park, Samantha Platero, Sunday
Every Sunday afternoon of August, Regents Park hosts a live jazz band in the middle of its picturesque flora and fauna. Don’t forget your picnic basket and throw for an afternoon of pure serenity and music.
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Gossip, Party, Press, Style | Tags: 40 Winks, Bedtime Story Nights, David Carter, reviews, wall street journal
Check out the Wall Street Journal today….
There’s an amazing review of our fantastic Bedtime Story Nights (and a rather flattering portrait of me too!!).
David
Filed under: art, Culture, furniture, interior design, Interior Designer, Press, Style, Travel | Tags: 40 Winks, boutique hotels, David Carter, east london, hotel, Interior Designer, Samantha Platero
In the 2009 issue of Zoo Magazine, Diane Pernet writes a piece on 40 WiNKS and all its glamour, couture interior designing, and the face behind the world’s smallest boutique Hotel… the intriguing Mr. David Carter!
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, music, Style | Tags: fashion brand, music, Permanent Vacation, photography, Samantha Platero, Swedes
A creative group of Western Coast Swedes has come together to form a fashion brand called Permanent Vacation. These beautiful Swedes also dabble in photography, play records, special design work clothes, collaborations, writing and styling for music videos. The clothing line is inspired by the ‘classic gentleman’s’ way of dressing; dapper, shapely, comfortable and useful, garments aimed to love, wear out and repair! Puss Puss!
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture | Tags: Old Truman Brewery, Oxfam, portraits, Rankin, Rankin Live, Samantha Platero
Rankin‘s latest project to help raise money for Oxfam, consists of a collection of 1,000 portraits of people in today’s society who represent true Britishness. The exhibition starts tomorrow, July 31st and will end the 18th of September at the Old Truman Brewery. Hope to see you there!
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Party, Style | Tags: Christian Dior, Exhibit, Fashion and Textile Museum, la perla, lingerie, Samantha Platero, Stella McCartney
The lingerie exhibit at the Fashion and Textile Museum that began June 12th, is this summer’s hottest art scene! Going on until the 27th of September, the exhibit observes everything from the first bra by Christian Dior to contemporary designs from La Perla and Stella McCartney. On the 24th of July, try to make it to the Undercover event for a night of music, poetry, catwalk and burlesque.
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, music, Press, Style | Tags: Bossa Nova, Depeche mode, Nouvelle Vague, Samantha Platero
Nouvelle Vague’s new album has been released in Europe and will be released in Japan and USA in September. I am already shakin’ and whirlin’ my hair to their bossa novavic version of Master and Servant by Depeche Mode.
SAMANTHA
Filed under: art, Culture, Gossip | Tags: Aliona, David Carter, mark seliger, phillips de pury, photography

David and Aliona naughtily integrate themselves in to a picture by Mark Seliger...
Filed under: Culture, music, Press, Style | Tags: 40 Winks, Alice in Wonderland, celebrities, David Carter, Kasabian, NME, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
4O WiNKS continues to attract a stellar crowd… last week we had the lovely lads from Kasabian shooting a wonderful Alice in Wonderland cover here for NME (due out next week). The boys from Leicester were a total delight, and have a new album coming out on the 8th of June called West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, so make sure you bag a copy!!
DAVID
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Style | Tags: David Carter, designer hats, happy hats, mad hatters, mad millinery, passionate about hats

kooky divine...
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, furniture, furniture design, Style | Tags: David Carter, david carter interior design, david's chair of the day, designer furniture, hot chairs, naomi campbell

The Chair With The Silver Model..
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Style | Tags: David Carter, designer hats, hat of the day, mad hatters, mad millinery, passionate about hats

It's been a windy day, but I don't care...
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, Style | Tags: David Carter, dogs with hats, hat of the day, mad millinery, passionate about hats

Why indeed....
Filed under: art, Culture, interior design, Style | Tags: David Carter, french style, inspirational rooms, interior photography, marie antoinette, robert polidori, room of the day

Perfect in its simplicity....
Filed under: art, Culture, fashion, lighting design, Style | Tags: couture, David Carter, illumination, lighting design, shining lights of fashion, Tim Walker

The wonderful Tim Walker puts fashion under the spotlight...