Exciting news for those fashion followers, Tata Naka has just  announced that the venue for its pop-up shop is 33 Bruton Place W1 with the opening night on the 8th September.  This will be the exclusive outlet for the AW2010 Collection and the chance for fans of the label to buy Tata Naka designs in a central London location until the 21st September.

The boutique will feature Tata Naka’s signature prints and style aesthetic with the design of the shop a visual collaboration with renowned creative consultant Emma Davidge and her team at Chameleon Visual. Highlights for the launch night include a couture bar where three dresses can be ordered in a signature archive print, vodka and caviar bar, and special guest DJ (TBC).

Tata Naka has a great celebrity following, with International ambassadors including  Cameron Diaz, Mina Suvari and Sarah Jessica Parker.

www.tatanaka.com

According to reports Kate Moss is set to end her lucrative four-year relationship with Sir Philip Green’s fashion retailer, Topshop, with a final launch in October. The company confirmed that the supermodel’s autumn/winter collection, her 14th, would be her last.

However, she may design a number of one-off “capsule” ranges in the future, a spokesman for Arcadia, the owner of the high-street store, said. Sources say the split was amicable, after a relationship that culminated in Moss’s presence alongside Sir Philip at the opening of Topshop’s flagship US store in New York in April last year, reports the Telegraph.

Apparently the range has ended as Kate Moss was un able to spend the large amounts of time that were required on the fashion label,  as there were other areas that she still wanted to pursue.

Good news for those shoe lovers, from September Berties will be opening on South Molton Street and in Covent Garden.  A dedicated team of designers have revitalised & refreshed the brand. The new collection features an edgy urban look with distressed leathers, stacked heels and cleated soles. The celebrated wedged brogue and creped sole hiking boot are contemporised through the strong universal trend of androgyny.

The new concept store is an eclectic mix of metropolitan style within the framework of an East End loft apartment. Features include a denim wall, show lace chandelier and wrapped leather cash desk .

It’s exciting news in the hotel industry, Corinthia Hotels has just  released details about its £270m five-star luxury hotel in central London, which is expected to open early next year.

The Corinthia Hotel London, currently under construction in what was the original Metropole Hotel from the 1880s and subsequently part of the Ministry of Defence, will be the group’s ninth hotel.

In addition to two restaurants, a concept cocktail bar, boardroom meeting facilities and a refurbished grand ballroom, the hotel will have 294 bedrooms, including 45 suites. The average room-size will be 45sq m and the two-bedroom Royal Suite will be more than 470sq m.

The adjoining 10 Whitehall Place property will be redeveloped to include a luxury spa operated by ESPA. Chef Massimo Riccioli, owner of La Rosetta in Rome, Italy, will be responsible for the fish and seafood restaurant at the Corinthia and the hotel will also provide for all-day dining with a new-wave British restaurant.

Alfred Pisani, chairman and founder of the Corinthia Hotel Group said: “Once again, the eyes of worldwide travellers are turning towards the business and cultural attractions of London.

“I am dedicating myself, personally and with great passion, to delivering to London a five-star, luxury hotel, which will be amongst the best-of-the-best in the world. Corinthia Hotel London will be a true grand hotel for the 21st century.”

A consortium made up of International Hotel Investments (IHI) of Malta, and two of its principal shareholders, Libyan Foreign Investment Company and Nakheel Hotels of Dubai, purchased the Metropole building and the adjoining 10 Whitehall Place from the Crown Estate in 2008.

Last year the investors secured a £135m bank loan raised from a syndication of banks led and arranged by Barclays. The other members of the syndicate include the Libyan Foreign Bank, the Arab Banking Corporation and the Bank of Valletta of Malta. The bank loan matched the £135m invested as equity by the developers, setting a 50:50 loan-to-equity gearing on the project.

British design talent Paul Smith will be opening his latest womenswear store somewhere a little unexpected but most certainly a little luxurious this September.

The store will be located next to Claridge’s Ballroom in Mayfair, with access from both Brook Street and from within the hotel lobby itself. The décor will be, as expected, beautiful – with the initial sketch showing pink striped walls and a couple of Thirties Italian Murano glass chandeliers to add sparkle.

Founder and creative master himself, Paul Smith, said: “We are really excited to be opening a beautiful shop in Claridge’s selling clothes and accessories for women and a small selection of gifts for men. I have been a big fan of the hotel for many years and have held several women’s shows there in the ballroom. It’s original Art Deco style really appeals to me so having this shop is very special to me.”

And special for shoppers too! The store is scheduled to open in mid-September.

www.paulsmith.co.uk