DINNER WITH UNIQUENESS

Photos by me and Sim Canetty-Clarke

Since my lens seems to have been firmly fixed on the food at Bocca Di Lupo all night, I thought it only fair to mix in some actual event photography from the Uniqueness dinner, luckily somebody is keeping their eye on the prize. The dinner, hosted by Alessandra Facchinetti and Caroline Issa, was super fun and relaxed; a rare chance to meet so many amazing people face to face. I'd never been to Bocca Di Lupo before, but the food was delicious! I can see why everyone loves it, the food was simple and delicate; classic italian cuisine, my favourite being the Crudita di Mare, incredible raw prawn and scallop dish. The reason Alessandra had chosen the restaurant is because it was the one place that tasted just like home. The manifesto of Uniqueness is to have fun and live freely, express yourself with colour, print, desire of the moment. There is no seasonal story, the pieces are affordable and available to buy online immediately after they have been shown at Milan fashion week. Pretty brave and ground braking if you ask me. It's obvious fashion is shifting and I'm looking forward to following Alessandra wherever Uniqueness takes her.

Thank you to Caroline and Alessandra for being such great hosts, and to TCS for organising everything

CAFE LUC

I couple of weeks ago I was invited to Cafe Luc, a stylish brasserie on Marylebone High Street serving exciting Belgian and French cuisine. We arrived for cocktails (some of them will blow your head off) and met the owners Julie and Laurent. It was amazing to see how much the restaurant reflected their characters, you instantly feel at home as if you were surrounded by your own family.

The decor was another beauty to marvel at, Julie designed every last piece of Cafe Luc, the most impressive being the glass jars that surround the bar, each hand blown by an artist in Battersea.

We all settled down at the table to begin our cuisine adventure. For starters I had their world famous Steak Tartare, the first time I've ever tried it and now I think i'm addicted! For mains I had the lamb - beautifully presented and melt in the mouth, and for pudding I had the most amazing salted caramel, vanilla and speculoos ice cream, followed by tea. Major food baby to follow all this.

It was wonderful to meet Marco, Will and Isabelle as well as seeing some familiar faces Osman, Alex, Emily, Wayne and Alexxsia.

It was such a perfect evening, a huge thankyou to Julie and Laurent for having us and to Alix and Kat for organising the event.