Paule Ka opens its new store on London’s Mount Street
Courtesy of Paule Ka

I can't think of a nicer way of spending an evening than surrounded by stylish people and beautiful clothes. And that is exactly why I loved the Paule Ka store opening last night. The French brand was celebrating their new address at 19 Mount Street, which just happens to be one of my favourite shopping streets in London. It's simply très chic. The shop inside, though full of people last night, was super spacious, minimalist with a modern touch of 60's and pops of colour.

From among the stylish guests my favourite was Poppy Delevingne, who is impossible to stop staring at no matter how many times you meet her. She was wearing a full Paule Ka look – oversized chunky merino jumper over a leather mini skirt and accessorised with a cute wicker basket bag.

There was a great atmosphere (I loved the music) and my friend and I had such a nice time checking out the amazing winter pieces the brand has on offer – make sure to check them out. You can also find Paule Ka on Grafton Street, Sloane Street and Harrod's.

First look at Burberry’s Regent Street flagship store, the biggest yet

Today Burberry opens their newest flagship store in London's Regent Street. The new space is the brand's largest to date with over 44,000 square feet totally devoted to the world of Burberry. The brand has this incredible ability to create unique atmospheres that really transport you to their world. A great example is their head office in London, which is as beautiful as it is technologically impressive. Burberry is also bringing to their new store new technologies (they're pioneers in this, after all) but they have also focused on conserving the amazing 19th century building that is their new home. They have restored many of the original features – I am in love with the old school entrance! – proving once again that no one marries heritage and forward-thinking like them.

With London Fashion Week kicking off later this week this is the best possible time to open this great new space to the public. I personally cannot wait to stop by and marvel at the architectural wonders of the building. And hopefully Burberry is planning an opening party in style with live music. No one beats them at this either.

  All images courtesy of Burberry

Last Thursday night Giulia and I attended the store opening party of the new Burberry Brit store in the heart of Covent Garden. We got there quite late and were so impressed with how packed it was. The crowd looked super cool and we had never seen so many our our favourite Burberry Prorsum biker jackets in the same place. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Ellie Goulding looked sexy and cool up close, as did Lily Donaldson and the Delevignes, who we didn't bump into.

We didn't expect to have such a brilliant time because store openings are usually so dull but Burberry had live music by 'Life in Film' followed by a DJ set by Tom Guiness. So we just enjoyed a few drinks and the really cool nibbles while we got to see some of our favourite pieces like the red plastic trench from the April Showers collection.

[Courtesy of Burberry]

Giambattista's boutique opening

I still remember how Giulia jumped up and down (literally but in a classy way) when she first heard Giambattista Valli was opening his first store ever in Paris at the beginning of the year. She loves his clothes to the point of madness. And so does the rest of the world. He has an exquisite eye to create modern shapes reminiscent of the golden eras of fashion to make a woman feel and look beautiful. Even even more so if the woman is already stunning as it is. That's the case of Diane Kruger (not in Chanel, for once), Lapo Elkann's ex (who he didn't deserve anyway) Bianca Brandolini and Industrie's über-chic Editor-at-Large Elizabeth von Guttman. They all went out to celebrate the store opening at the Rue Royale, which coincided with the designer's collaboration line with Longchamp sold exclusively at the new boutique.

In case you don't remember (I doubt you don't) here is the SS11 collection. Not Giulia's or my favourite because he tried to do the same kind of minimalistic thing everyone was doing. But it improves about halfway through when the leopard comes into scene. (Sorry about the quality, couldn't find the full show better).

I'm off.

[Pictures: Style.com]

Karen Millen Barcelona store opening!

Karen Millen is opening a brand new flagship store in Barcelona today! To celebrate it they're live streaming the event and they've been kind enough to let us host the streaming at soVIPzone. They've put together a “Behind the Scenes” featuring a fashion shoot featuring the brand’s FW10 collection in collaboration with Neo2, a popular Spanish style magazine. The show will be shown as it happens together with scenes teasers, live music from DJ Florencia Vergara, interviews with the creative team from Neo 2, and Karen Millen’s Creative and Managing director, Gemma Metheringham. It starts at 5.30 UK time (6.30 mainland Europe). Don't miss it!

I'm off.