After a high-pressure week of meetings, management and making connections, the best way to decompress is to plug in your headphones and allow a superb selection of tunes to take your brain far away from the world of work. Enter the Walpole Weekend Wind-Down: a monthly playlist of tracks curated by one of our Walpole members or partners that will help you transition into a weekend headspace.
Our December playlist has been curated by Sandra Choi, Creative Director of covetable shoe label Jimmy Choo – and the design force behind this season's Claridge's Christmas Tree, which is now an annual event at the Mayfair institution (and Walpole member). Choi follows in the footsteps (no pun intended) of a slew of famous designers who have stamped their vision onto the tree since the tradition started back in 2009, including Christopher Bailey for Burberry, Karl Lagerfeld and Kim Jones for Dior.
Named ‘The Diamond’, Claridge’s Christmas Tree 2022 is a magnificent sculptural creation is crafted from reflective mirrors and accented with light which pulses and undulates. The diamond has long been a special icon in the world of Jimmy Choo with Sandra often dreaming of what it would be like to step inside one. Therefore, the tree is created for guests to actually enter and stand inside to take in a magical and shining, diamond-refracted space. The tree is finished with a giant, glittering bow topper - a nod to one of the key design themes of the brand’s winter collection.
As you might expect, Choi's playlist is packed with classic tracks that are just as festive as the tree she's created.
"Claridge’s is a London icon. The perfect blend of glamour and decadence - great things happen at Claridge’s," says Choi. "There’s a magic energy as you enter the doors that’s contagious, from the warmth of the staff to the discreet buzz of guests in the lobby. And at night the hotel invites you to party. Claridge’s is a London jewel, it’s multifaceted, like the diamond that inspired our tree, like Jimmy Choo."
See the Jimmy Choo Claridge's Christmas Tree 2022 at Claridge's, Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4HR
