There’s no place better than in the lead-up to Christmas. Enjoying some roasted chestnuts on the Southbank; knocking back a few mulled wines as you peruse the stalls of ; hotel-hoping to see which grande dame has put together the most audacious tree design of the year: you’re never short of things to do when in the capital. They’re traditions that have stood the test of time, and passed down through generations of families as they look yonder towards the yuletide.
But there’s one address in particular that fills hearts with glory and glamour like no other, a place where dreams of decadence really do come true: Bond Street. And it is back, thanks to a series of fabulous parties, an impossibly cool new opening and a canopy of stars straight from the very heights of high-luxury that look upon its glossy pavements. Those twinkles? They’re .
Yes, for the first time in 60 years of illuminating the shopping haven, Bond Street is touting Christmas lights as seriously-chic as the stores that line it. From New all the way on down to Old, eleven huge Chanel No.5 bottle motifs are proudly adorning its skyline, with 87,750 lights in total glistening above the most glorious boutiques the country has to offer.
Actress and house ambassador Lucy Boynton was there to pull the switch. ‘Having grown up in London I have walked under these Christmas lights every year, so I could not be more thrilled to be a part of lighting up Bond Street with Chanel this year,’ Boynton said after ce.