Tatler UK

Chandler Tregaskes As Tatler’s style editor, Chandler Tregaskes (left) loves global fashion, but British is always best. In this issue, he explores ‘hun culture’ – a new craze sweeping high society that sees aristos hashtagging Instagram snaps of their ‘holibobs’ and swapping their Ralph Lauren Purple Label for Juicy Couture velour. ‘Being a hun is all about owning the ordinary,’ says Chandler. ‘It’s a very British celebration of the mundane and I love it. But I’d swap the prosecco for champagne and only wear my Juicy Couture at home.’ Their opposite number, the Hons, are horrified – and a new culture war has been waged. Which side are you (H)on? John Arlidge Award-winning journalist John Arlidge (below) has interviewed everyone from Apple designer Jony Ive to fashion tycoon Giorgio Armani. Now his attention…

Cricket whites were swapped for black tie as 360 guests bowled up to the Oval cricket ground for the inaugural Oval Ball, in aid of The Mary Obolensky Underwood Foundation and Charlie Watkins Foundation. Old Oundelian Clemmie Cuthbertson was a knockout in a silver Vampire’s Wife gown, and old fraudster ‘Posh George’ Cottrell waged a bidding war against Monty Pearson, with the latter winning a week’s stay in Verbier. Would his friends be chipping in to help cover it? ‘Not if it’s a boys-only trip,’ said Downe House alumna Izzy Brown. Bristol uni graduate Jack Prosser held court in the smoking areas until guests were turfed out at midnight. Then it was on to Chelsea for an afterparty at Charlotte Taylor and Anouska D’Abo’s house.…

‘Extremely good vibes,’ said Emilia Boateng, describing the atmosphere at her swimwear launch party at Cafe Koko, the hot new members’ club in Camden. Her model mother, Gyunel Taylor, jetted in from Portugal for an evening of bespoke ‘EB’ cocktails accompanied by Afrobeats played by DJs clad in Emilia Boateng Swim. Among those ‘vibing to the music’ were Dua Lipa’s sister Rina and Emilia’s BFF Edie Rose. All went swimmingly. ‘My all-female DJ line-up killed it,’ said Emilia. ‘It went off!’…

The 20th century may have had the Mitfords but the 21st century has the Ayrton-Grimes: three sisters who know how to throw a good party. So when it was her 30th birthday, the eldest, Sophia, didn’t disappoint. In the family’s palatial Sussex house, Edinburgh grads and St Mary’s Ascot alumnae embraced instructions to dress ‘chic and sexy’, channelling the burlesque club Crazy Horse Paris. And the best-dressed guest? A black-stockinged Lord Hugh Carnegie, having his Malvolio moment. Interior designer Sophia made sure the decor was red – flowers, lighting, walls (painted especially for the occasion) – and the drinks were Gallic: French 75s and champagne, served until 5.30am. Peachy Den It girl Issy Weatherby danced with her Old Harrovian boyfriend Chester Robinson. And the night was topped by a racy…

The Gold & Silver Room at The Dorchester was more dazzling than ever when society’s diamonds gathered for the 32nd Cartier Racing Awards. Lester Piggott’s son-in-law, trainer William Haggas, picked up the Horse of the Year prize for Baaeed. Tetra Pak heiress Kirsten Rausing received the Award of Merit to a standing ovation. As the clamour abated, she joked about her Viking roots, quipping: ‘I came from East Anglia in peace.’ Straight from the Norse’s mouth.…

It was the night that Liz Truss faltered and Rishi Sunak strode in to No 10. And nearby in Knightsbridge, 350 luminaries watched on from the ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental, there to celebrate The World: A Family History, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s bestseller about the rise and fall of dynasties. Emily Maitlis discussed the new premiership with Michael Gove, who was mysterious about whether the new PM would appoint him to the Cabinet (he subsequently did). Charles Spencer joined billionaire Len Blavatnik in the book-signing queue. Some, Sebag Montefiore noted wryly, were impressed that the 1,200-page tome had been produced during lockdown, when ‘most were baking cakes or watching Netflix’.…