Christmas drinks in the Piccadilly Arcade – A sartorial feast!
I've wanted to organise an eveningwear event around Christmas for a long time. Something where everyone who has an excuse to wear that gorgeous black tie they commissioned, but can also wear simply a sharp suit and tie, or anything creative in between. A sartorial feast for the festive season.
This year we've managed it, thanks to friends in the Piccadilly Arcade. The event is being held in partnership with Budd, Edward Green, Yard O Led and New & Lingwood, with Justerini & Brooks providing the drinks. It's on Wednesday, December 3rd, in three weeks.
The event is from 7pm-9pm, though doubtless there will be warm-up drinks somewhere, and I'm sure many people will take the excuse to have a nice dinner nearby afterwards. Like the events we've done in the Royal Arcade back in the spring, and the Burlington Arcade last summer, the gates will be closed and a guest list on the door, so RSVP is essential.
Please RSVP using this link or by emailing [email protected].
We'll have photography on the night, and have an article afterwards featuring some favourite outfits, so your sartorial efforts will be widely appreciated. We thank you making the effort - when everyone does, it enhances the night for everyone.
“We thank you making the effort – when everyone does, it enhances the night for everyone.”
Amen!
(I’m still a little surprised that people have to be reminded of this on a PS party 🙂 )
Expect to see people wearing black tie with Dunhill Grecian slippers!
I can’t be there in person, but I’ll definitely be there in (the Christmas) spirit.
Looking forward to the forthcoming article and all the handsome gentlemen in their evening wear.
I love this idea, I just wish it were on this side of the pond. I think you should consider doing something like this in NYC too one year. The PS Christmas could be a tradition worth waiting for every year.
As it stands my family and I still do a black tie dinner in NYC near Christmas every year. We might be the only ones in black tie, but we do love the tradition and we’ve yet to be laughed at.
That’s awesome.
I also think this would be a fun event to do in NYC. Are there any spots that you think would be a good place to meet at? Maybe we can pick a bar and descend then in our finery?I work for one of the major NYC menswear shops; I will see if we can organize something.
Hi Simon,
Slightly off topic, but I know you have been in Burlington Arcade. I thought your reader may be interested.
I saw this attached picture taken by Lee Millar in 1940 at an exhibition of her work today. It’s at the Tate Britain and I’d highly recommend going.
All the best.
Wow, just wow.
I look at devastation like that and I think, “It could never be cleaned up. It’s just too much.” And yet somehow, we do.
Thanks, Stephen. I could never have imagined that, especially since I’ve strolled through the arcade a number of times.
Such a striking composition. I’ve never seen that image before. What a career she had, from the Surrealists to Vogue shoots to the Allied liberation.
Just registered. Looking forward to this memorable event.
Thanks Ray, looking forward to having you
Looking forward to it!
That sounds like the start of something big, like a Pitti-upon-Thames.. but better.