LONDON - It was the warm pink walls that drew us to this 1880s west London flat decorated by designer Virginia Howard. The designer was given free rein to change spaces around and do the architectural detailing, so the layout was completely transformed, most notably from three bedrooms to two and an enormous amount of storage added.
THIS INSTALMENT OF 10 IMAGES features the Instagram photos of Cecilia Santi @in_and_outside_london. And as the account's name suggests, the shots are not exclusively London, although there are plenty of those—such as the magnolia blossoms of Little Venice, Maida Vale—but all around the world as well. From Venice to Paris (picturesque cafés and hotel breakfasts) and back again to St. Peter's Square and St. James's Park, you'll find yourself lost in the beauty of the world through Santi's eyes...
When we first moved to Spain three years ago, one of the only things that we lamented was that around the holiday season, the city just didn't seem very festive. There was the usual carousel and a few smaller decorated trees here and there, but over all, the shops and streets never really got into the holiday spirit like they do in the UK.
Hyp favourite Impey has established a reputation as a key player of the new wave of producers creating some of the most exciting grime-leaning club constructions on the circuit since his emergence in 2014, with ties to notable imprints like Sector 7, Astral Black and Coyote Records.
THIS WEEKEND had moments of bliss: there was the tennis, insanely beautiful weather, glasses of wine at old favourite places, and most of all, time to spend together; these moments, however, were punctuated by pure dreadfulness. At some point last week, must have somehow caught what had thought was an innocuous (albeit poorly timed) summer cold, but in actuality turned out to be a most unpleasant chest infection...
In this instalment of TIG TV: Anna Wintour shares her favorite moments from Paris fashion week; view the 28 best looks from the Paris collections and listen to Virgil Abloh’s Lecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design; see inside Robert Downey Jr.'s Hamptons home; learn how to break bad habits and how dark patterns trick you online; and as always, much much more.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING for a place less ordinary to have a cup of coffee, try Host Café in London. Housed inside a functioning church, St Mary Aldermary, the sublime grandeur of this café is unlike any you've visited before.
IT’S A TRADITION here at TIG that every year, around this time, we post a festive slideshow that encapsulates the romance of the holiday season (see last year’s here).
