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Anya Hindmarch Urges Public to Chill During London Fashion Week

A CLOUDY DAY IN LONDON TOWN: Anya Hindmarch loves putting on a wacky show. Past ones have featured spinning teacup rides or handbags singing show tunes while the latest is an immersive, Instagrammable presentation for the press and the public with big, fat bean bags shaped like clouds, a live choral concert and lots of meditative moments.
The installation, Chubby Cloud by Anya Hindmarch, is a three-day event that’s taking place at Banqueting House, the neo-classical gem designed by Inigo Jones. The great hall has a vast Peter Paul Rubens on the ceiling, and once Saturday morning’s giddy guests had jumped, vaulted and flopped down on the big white bean bag that nearly took up the room, they could view that painting like never before.
On Saturday, a BBC presenter invited guests to relax on the cloud while he read “The Shipping Forecast,” a regular radio weather report for the seas around the U.K. — many British people find this both informative and soothing — as Hindmarch spoke briefly about the virtues of taking a break. The accessories designer has booked a lineup of ticketed talks, meditations, music and bedtime stories over the three-day period.

Hindmarch opened a cloud-themed café for a three-day consumer event

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GOING UP: Balenciaga is reopening its dedicated space at Dover Street Market just after unveiling an installation at Selfridges’ Corner Shop.
The shop has moved from the first to the second floor, and it’s based on the idea of elevation. Designed by Berlin-based architecture studio Substance & Inhalt, it mimics elevator cars and products will be housed in these containers.
There are three separate cars, one to hold men’s wear, one for women’s wear and the final one to house men’s and women’s shoes. There are different points of access for each container: The shoe car can only be accessed through the other two containers.
The men’s wear one, which is designed with white glass panels, and the shoe one are both lit up by LED lights. Meanwhile, the women’s wear one is decorated with Balenciaga logos.
To mark the reopening, Balenciaga has released two exclusive designs: The Triple S sneaker in white, blue and green, which retails at 615 pounds,and the Kitten everyday camera bag in purple retailing at 700 pounds.

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