A Simple Life of an Ordinary Londoner: 2011-06-05

Saturday 11 June 2011

Bidding War

Some of the many stunning dresses which are going under the hammer @
Natalia Vodianova's 2011 Love Ball: "The White Fairly Tale"

Balmain by Christophe Decarnin

Riccardo Tisci

Gareth Pugh

Olivier Theyskens

Vivienne Westwood

6 Jul 2011

Chateau de Wideville, Paris

loveballparis.com

Overrated

St Pancras Spa @ St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

The verdict: Instead of the aromatic infusion & the zen-like calmness of a welcoming sanctuary, what you get when entering the new basement spa @ St Pancras hotel are the smell of cheap perfume & the stuffy, poorly ventilated atmosphere which makes you rethink your spa escape as the traffic-filled Euston Rd up above seems to provide better fresh air than here. Certainly very little of £150 million transformation of this 138 year-old station hotel was spent on the spa. It has, to be fair, good facilities & the Ottoman-style pool area is quite unique. But seeing is one thing, as experiencing it makes you realise how badly designed the place is. Amenities are extremely limited. The tempting & creative spa menu reads well & although the treatments are pretty good, the pushy (in selling their heavily fragranced products) & untrained receptionists will not fail to put you back in a bad mood all over again. You need a spa treatment, preferably elsewhere, to recover from an experience at this provincial service, badly lit with funky smell.... ummmm.... spa?! Never again!

stpancrasspa.co.uk