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Friday night Alex, Jemima and I headed down to Ping in Earl’s Court for the Individualism ‘Buttoned Up’ party. Aka, the fashion party of the quarter. Individualism is predominantly a men’s style collective, and the guests at the party just oozed sartorial elegance and style. Well dressed men and women were everywhere you turned, and I felt completely underdressed in my LBD and flats! I went for cocktails at Apres before the event with Caroline and Laura, so I was in an outfit suitable for all events.
The night included waiting at the bar for far too long just for a coca cola (I was driving and had already had my one-cocktail-allowance at Apres), before heading over to the Style Booth to be camera whores and take advantage of the awesome photographer, Ikenna Mokwe. Jemima and I were then interviewed by the co-founder of Individualism, Reuben Christian, for their video of the event, whilst Alex did his
manly duties and held our bags.
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Photography courtesy of Ikenna Mokwe. |
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Photography courtesy of Ikenna Mokwe. |
After having our photos taken we wandered over to the Ping Pong tables and decided to get stuck in. After all, you can’t go to an event at a place called Ping and not have a go on the Ping Pong tables! We spent hours playing…and I kept everyone thoroughly entertained with my very own version of Ping Pong. It’s called tennis…with a table in the middle that the ball may happen to bounce onto every so often. My brother and I play it all the time, we have a Ping Pong table at home and whenever we go to a hotel that has one we go crazy and cause chaos with balls bouncing all over the walls.
In the middle of one game I suddenly noticed a guy who looked very familiar…so I called him over and quizzed him on his name. Turns out it was who I thought it was…I went to school with his brother for 5 years! He and his friend joined our game and when we were all finally thrown out of the venue at 2am, we headed over to VQ for a late night snack. A really fun night, and it was so good to see Jemima again – it’s been far too long!
Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of Content Marketing at Amazon by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.
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