With the primary day of spring upon us and the season of al fresco entertaining imminent, table-scaper Alice Naylor-Leyland and designer-slash-DJ Harley Viera-Newton seized the chance to unveil their forthcoming collaboration on the Maybourne Resort in Beverly Hills on Monday.
Company together with Jessica Hart, Gia Coppola, Ever Carradine and Rebecca Rittenhouse, all attired in Viera-Newton’s whimsical HVN attire, turned out to toast the pair’s colourful tablescape assortment over champagne and scones, and a cool summery soundtrack curated by DJ Harley.
The pair first met in London years in the past via associates, and immediately bonded over their love of playful prints. And the Mrs. Alice x HVN assortment, which launches completely on MrsAlice.com on Could 1, doesn’t skimp on both with a riot of bows, gingham, cherries, and poodles adorning the collection of linens, glassware, and crockery.
“I used to be a buyer first,” Viera-Newton informed Vogue. “I really like a tablescape, I really like a vacation, so round Christmas or Easter I might at all times go straight to Mrs. Alice to see what was new on the positioning. I used to be a real fan and there was simply a lot synergy and overlap with our concepts it was really actually tough to slim all of it down.”
As the group admired the fantastically laid tables, Naylor-Leyland, who repeatedly entertains along with her husband Tom at Stibbington Home, their fairy-tale-like nation dwelling in Cambridgeshire, mused on the origins of her enterprise. “I began my model as a result of I used to be 24 once I moved to the countryside and was fairly a staid, mahogany desk setting. I needed it make it enjoyable,” she informed Vogue. “I’m additionally an terrible prepare dinner and the meals for me is a significant afterthought. My husband’s the prepare dinner and I do the gorgeous tables.”
As for her prime ideas for elevating any desk this summer season? “Layer each time you may. Don’t be afraid of colour. And add a bow”
