Ethical fashion has come a long way in recent years – and it’s all thanks to designers such as CVTF500 member, Ada Zanditon, (www.adazanditon.com). The London College of Fashion graduate is committed to using organic and natural fabrics, plus non cancer-causing dyes in her collections – without compromising on luxury. Selected to show at London Fashion Week by the prestigious Vauxhall Fashion Scout panel, her AW10 ‘Echolocation’ collection appeared this season at Covent Garden’s Free Mason’s Hall. Then from catwalk to Exclusif cocktails, the fashion pack enjoyed the Courvoisier-sponsored after-party at The Hospital Club – complete with a goody bag of Courvoisier cognac miniatures! [Read More]

Business moguls and company founders take note – there’s a new, alternative marketing consultancy that’s set to take branding to a whole new level. Entrepreneur and CVTF500 Network Ambassador Jo Jackson, (founder of gallery/boutique Beyond the Valley) is turning her creative hand to a new consultancy specialising in retail strategies, pop-up shops and “memorable brand experiences”. And ‘I-am Beyond’ (www.i-ambeyond.com) promises to use the most innovative and unconventional methods to get your brand noticed. [Read More]

From Jarvis Cocker, the Foo Fighters and the Kaiser Chiefs to our very own Courvoisier The Future 500 members….Last week, network member and London-based photographer, Tom Oldham (www.tomoldham.com) turned his lens from music legends to his fellow CVTF500 members for an exclusive, ‘Picture Me’ event in the Courvoisier Future Gallery.

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Last week, members, journalists, art aficionadas and celebrities came together at The Future Gallery to celebrate the opening of the Courvoisier Jolly Darkness exhibition by CVTF500 members Kate Garner and Marchella De Angelis. [Read More]

As memories of Christmas and New Year fade, January in England can be a dreary month. Yet CVTF500 member and self-confessed “maverick designer`’, Marchella De Angelis has come up with something that promises to be a must-do date in the diary: her new collaborative exhibition, ‘The Jolly Darkness’.

This new exhibition is a culmination – and continuation – of the work that Marchella has done this year with acclaimed photographer, Kate Garner. And if that name is ringing bells for reasons unrelated to art then yes, you’re right in thinking this is the same Kate Garner that first rose to fame as a member of ‘80s pop band, Hasi Fantayzee! [Read More]

What do you get when you cross one of Lady Gaga’s favourite artists with spectacular culinary creation from Heston Blumenthal and an impressive array of alcohol – from biodynamic wine to the finest whisky, gin and cognac? Not a forgettable experience that’s for sure!

Actually, this eclectic mix of performance art, food and drink is typical of what CVTF500 members, Hayley Sudbury and Angella Newell do. As the visionaries behind the Tasting Sessions (www.thetastingsessions.com), they create multi-sensory experiences centered around sampling food and drink – but with some almighty twists. [Read More]

As another year of exciting member ventures and collaborations comes to a close, the network celebrated with the party to end all parties…

Hundreds of members gathered in 33 Portland Place for a Courvoisier cocktail-laced Christmas party at the site of Bompas and Parr’s Courvoisier Architectural Punch Bowl.  The punch bowl was open for business and as members marvelled at the astonishing feat in engineering, health and safety and creativity, it certainly became a night to remember. With three members’ bars, an array of delicious canapés, (also provided by members’ restaurants) and the punchbowl itself to get round, the CVTF500 blogger was on hand to get the gossip… [Read More]

We’ve had aquatic plants, fire crackers, interactive ‘wish fountains’ and many more weird and wonderful suggestions. Finally last week, the pressure was on to decide just which Courvoisier recipe would be chosen to fill the Courvoisier Architectural Punch Bowl by Bompas & Parr’s this December. [Read More]

Sex and the City, Gossip Girl and hot young designers like Thakoon and Alexander Wang are just some of the things that make New York a fashion capital - and a shopping addict’s paradise. But if you can’t afford a trip to the Big Apple itself, (let alone fit all those new shoes in your suitcase on the journey back), some of it’s coolest independent boutiques have just landed on Londoners’ doorsteps…

Network member, Jo Jackson has been supporting new names in fashion, art and design ever since 2005 when she and two friends launched Beyond the Valley (www.beyondthevalley.com) – a Soho gallery and shop space that’s helped launched the careers of over 200 up-and-coming British talents. Now she’s gone one step, (and a few thousand miles of sea) further. [Read More]