Hill & Friends will make you happy
Hill & Friends’ bags close with a postman’s lock fastening in the shape of a smiley face - to lock the bag, you ‘wink’ an eye. This brand is all about happiness, from the comedy iced biscuits for breakfast to the Muppets’ Life’s a Happy Song on the soundtrack.
Hill & Friends is laying strong claim to the territory of Mulberry’s glory days
Was a Bayswater your first ever bag crush? Do you still love your Alexa? Hill & Friends wants your business. The shapes, hardware and fabrications of these bags look more like updates of the bags Hill designed in her Mulberry days, than like a different brand. This makes the anticipation of new Mulberry designer Johnny Coca’s collection all the more interesting: we can now surely expect something totally new there.
Hard-boiled eggs should be painted pink this season
At an extra-long table in Claridges’ dining room guests were served an all-pink breakfast. Muffins with pink praline topping, brioche topped with pink sugar, Pink Lady apples, pink champagne - and, yes, raspberry-toned hard-boiled eggs
Bellboys took the place of models
In Claridges’ ballroom, the hotel theme was maxed out, with the handbags carried by bellboys in crimson and orange livery. Very Grand Budapest Hotel. Miniature ponies and Hill’s son Hudson, joyriding on a luggage trolley, joined in the high jinks.
Hill & Friends bags start at £495
Our early-pick favourite bags: the Happy Satchel (not a million miles from the Bayswater) in two tones of leopard print, and the Happy Chain (remember the Mulberry Lily?) in Happy Pink.
