Lifestyle | Fashion A host of very warm A-listers gathered in the shade of the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion on Tuesday night, as June’s party season truly hit its peak. Maya Jama , Venus Williams and Benedict Cumberbatch were among the stars who headed to the Serpentine South gallery, in Hyde Park, to admire architect Minsuk Cho’s pavilion which is made up of five parts “that we call islands," he says. It came at the end of the London art scene’s party circuit, and attendees buckled in for a final hurrah (before they all flock to Glastonbury , that is).
Among bottles of Ruinart and magnums of Whispering Angel, Serpentine gallery heads Bettina Korek, CEO, Hans UIrich Obrist, Artistic Director, mingled with the likes of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan , Skepta, Bianca Jagger and artists Yinka Shonibare, Marina Abramovic, Marc Quinn and Es Devlin. It’s all in the mix. Most fun was had by the fashion set — this year, London designers were invited to create a “squad” of guests to dress, which for the most part had predominantly happy results.
Edie Campbell was dressed by her friend Molly Goddard, and was striking in neon-green, see-through tulle. Harris Reed , the London-based designer who is creative director at Nina Ricci, dressed Jama in a leopard print bandana and shirt worn splayed open with a black bralette, while Nensi Dojaka ensured Alexa Chung was the jewel of the bash in an emerald silk, strappy slip. Other key designers included Charles Jeffrey , wh.
