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Estate to be improved
Ebury Bridge Estate is to be said: “No, there’s not going to be
regenerated by Westminster City any flattening or anything like
Council. that. Having said that I’m not
Residents will be asked what ruling anything out here.”
needs improving and estate She added: “We need to look at
renewal experts will draw up a the estate almost as a blank sheet
masterplan with a £2 million of paper and ask, how can we
grant from the London improve security, the
Development Agency. Work is environment, the buildings and
expected to begin in 2011. facilities for younger people and
Asked if the works will comprise reduce antisocial behaviour?”
a lick of paint or demolition of Works could be paid for with a
buildings, cabinet member for government grant and private
housing Councillor Philippa Roe funding.
King of
cling
opens
boutique
Hervé Léger has opened its
first London boutique at 17
Lowndes Street. Oozing sex,
power and Hollywood glamour,
the label is credited with
inventing the iconic body-
conscious dress of the 1980s.
Clinging mercilessly to the
figure in bandage-like strips,
for those of us who can actually
squeeze into one, the look is
sheer sex appeal – so much so
that its creator, Hervé L.
Leroux, was crowned the
French “king of cling”.
Hervé Léger was founded in
1985 and bought by American
Max Azria in 1999. The label
has since become a red carpet
favourite of celebrities such as
Victoria Beckham and Kylie
Minogue.
On his Belgravia boutique,
which is the label’s largest and
has a dedicated VIP area, Azria
said: “I most definitely wanted a
boutique in London, the
capital of avant-gardism and
creativity.”
Moving on up
The property arm of luxury gardeners and electricians. They
concierge service will even stock the fridge with
Quintessentially has moved to your favourite foods, place fresh
Chapel Street – and despite the flowers around the house, rotate
housing crunch, business is your artwork and organise your
booming. wardrobe.
Quintessentially Estates says it “We’re busier than we’ve ever
takes the stress out of buying been – in the last quarter
property, cherry-picking the most business has picked up
exclusive homes in the UK and enormously,” says director Lucy
abroad and whisking you off in a Russell.
chauffeur driven Range Rover or Belgravia, she believes, is one
private jet to view them. of the top locations in London:
Once you’ve moved in, the “It’s quieter than Chelsea and
team can advise on the best local more family-orientated than
restaurants, schools and doctors Mayfair. The other thing is that
as well as supplying builders, 80 per cent of the roads in
interior designers, cleaners, Belgravia are good.”
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