/ 15 September 2025

The Gold Hot List

The Gold Edition’s column brings you a selection of our favourite things to have on your radar. From the latest beauty news and fashion collections to restaurant openings and wellness launches, here’s everything you need to know this month.

GEORGINA BLASKEY

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Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude

The first musky vanilla fragrance from Lancôme, this new feminine eau de parfum has been crafted by two of the most renowned French perfumers – Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo. The result is a floral, musky fragrance that fuses the sweetness of glazed Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar with the depth and luminosity of jasmine from Lancôme's Domaine de la Rose, together with an enveloping base of creamy, white musk and sandalwood. Inspired by French patisserie, like a crème pâtissière, this fragrance offers up to five-hour intensity to carry you from day to night.

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Ready to revisit one of our favourite period dramas on the big screen? In cinemas now, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future. Directed by Simon Curtis and with a familiar cast, such as Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggat and Penelope Wilton – plus some new faces including Dominic West, Paul Giamatti and Joely Richardson – it promises to be an elegant send-off to a much-loved series.

In cinemas now.

Katie Loxton AW25

Elevated designs are central to the new collection from British fashion and lifestyle brand, Katie Loxton. This season’s bags include a rich palette of chocolate brown, cherry, silver patent crackle and frosted green, complemented by inspired design details like woven vegan leather, statement studs and chic minimal profiles. Brand-new silhouettes like the Nova, Meela and Taya play with textures, while timeless pieces such as the Hadley and Sloane elevate the everyday. Also available is a range of cabin bags that can be personalised.

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Sims Hilditch, Beautifully British Interiors

British interior design studio Sims Hilditch's new book Beautifully British Interiors, written by Giles Kime, showcases the extraordinary range of the studio’s recent portfolio of work including nine of its most visually striking and varied projects – from London townhouses, country estates, manor houses and seaside villas to the ultimate party barn. Each project demonstrates the studio’s hallmark approach: embracing the best of old and new British design to create elegant, comfortable spaces that balance beauty and the demands of 21st-century living. The result is a collection of beautifully layered interiors, where grand entrance halls and bedroom suites meet hardworking kitchens and back of house spaces – all designed to serve everyday life.

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Medik8 Advanced Pro Collagen Peptide Cream

Looking to support your skin better? Powered by cutting edge longevity science and a trio of advanced active ingredients, Medik8’s new peptide cream helps to increase collagen production by 45% in just seven days. This lightweight formula, with a pillow-soft texture, moves beyond short-term smoothing to deliver real, lasting skin support. Ingredients include: Growth Factor MiniProtein, which visibly improves the appearance of skin structure over time by helping to boost skin's collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid levels; NAD+ Longevity Booster to support skin longevity to delay visible skin ageing, preserving the skin's structure and quality; and Anti-A.G.E Peptide to help the prevention of new lines and wrinkles by blocking skin-damaging sugars from binding to collagen in the skin.

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Lilibets Restaurant

Opening tomorrow, 16th September, Lilibet’s is a classic seafood restaurant at No.17 Bruton Street in Mayfair. The site, historically recognised as the birthplace and former home to Britain’s most revered and celebrated young princess and her family, has been reimagined as a 160-cover dining destination. Founded by restaurateur Ross Shonhan, it offers a seafood-led menu inspired by Mediterranean flavours, with a focus on high-quality British ingredients.

Guests can choose from a variety of dining experiences, ranging from the Oyster Bar, with its selection of fresh seafood, to the Fireside Grill, where bespoke dishes like whole turbot pil pil and lobster tails over spaghetti take centre stage. The Cocktail Bar will serve a selection of Martinis, as well as classics and a selection of light bites. The main kitchen will offer a selection of dishes, including an anchovy éclair, fried crab thermidor and a rich squat lobster bisque that showcases one of the unsung heroes of the Scottish seas. Celebrating the best British farmers, a carefully curated selection of sustainably sourced meat and poultry will also feature on the menu, with some dishes finished or presented tableside in a nod to timeless classic service.

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Armani Beauty Skin Tint

Looking for a make-up bag refresh? Armani Beauty is known for well-structured foundations that sit beautifully on the skin, providing perfect coverage without looking like you’re wearing lots of make-up. The newest skin tint features light-catching Golden Hour Pearls for a radiant, healthy look, while the 92% silk-like serum formula, infused with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide, hydrates, perfects and boosts luminosity. Micro Silk Technology creates a weightless, skin-to-skin sensation and you can build from low to medium coverage. Suitable for all skin types, it promises 24-hour hydration and weightless wear. Available in 20 shades.

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Domaine Evremond

Launching this month, ‘Flavours of Kent’ is a series of culinary experiences hosted at Domaine Evremond’s state-of-the-art winery in Chilham near Canterbury. The immersive three-course meals will highlight the three key forces that shape Kent’s produce and wine: the sun, the sea and the earth. Crafted from locally sourced ingredients, each dish pays tribute to one of these elemental forces and reveals a different expression of Domaine Evremond’s inaugural release, Classic Cuvée Edition I.

The first of four instalments, ‘Chapter I: Autumn’, will take place over three Sundays (21st Sept, 19th Oct and 9th Nov) with a menu that celebrates the produce of the season, including Whitstable oysters, goat’s cheese from the North Downs and apples grown on the estate. Future chapters – Winter, Spring and Summer – will follow suit, each with its own menu to be announced quarterly. With only 16 seats available, these lunches will be an intimate celebration of the best that Kent has to offer, both in the glass and on the plate.

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Smythson X Liberty

To celebrate the launch of Smythson in Liberty, the brands have developed an exclusive limited-edition range of Smythson X Liberty products. The Liberty Print Collection features a selection of signature notebooks and diaries in Liberty Purple, Smythson’s Nile Blue and a seasonal Coral colourway, each lined with a coordinating iconic Liberty-print fabric – Strawberry Thief, Poppy Forest and Sambourne. The notebooks and diaries will be available in Smythson’s Panama cross grain and Mara croc-embossed leathers, in both Panama and Soho sizes.

Available to purchase in the UK exclusively from Liberty’s flagship store in Regent Street and at LibertyLondon.com

W-Wellness

If you’re interested in finding out more about supplements but are overwhelmed by the choice, W-Wellness is a digital shopping platform that offers an expertly curated line-up of the industry's top wellness products. Over a one-to-one 30-minute video call consultation with one of their expert nutritionists, they’ll tailor a supplement plan to suit your personal health goals – whether you're looking for more energy, hormone management, better sleep or simply want to optimise your overall wellbeing. Once you’ve received your personal health plan, you can place your order and your £50 consultation fee is fully redeemable.

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Fulham Pier

Fulham Pier has become one of London’s buzziest and must-visit destinations. Overlooking the river with far reaching, leafy views of Putney and Barnes, it’s a hub of activity, with art exhibitions, live music, health and wellbeing talks and classes, children’s events and an array of street food vendors. Brasserie Constance, the first-floor restaurant, has Michelin-starred chef Adam Byatt (of Trinity Clapham and Charlie’s at Brown’s Hotel fame) at the helm. Paying homage to Constance Spry (the trailblazing florist and chef who once worked just around the corner with Fulham Pottery), her spirit is felt throughout the restaurant – from the understated elegance of the interiors to dishes such as Coronation Chicken Pâté en Croûte, a twist on classic coronation chicken which Spry helped create.

On the upper floors, chic members’ club Lighthouse Social is spread over three levels with a lounge, restaurant, several roof terraces, shared workspaces and a screening room. Opening this autumn and designed to feel like a private residence, Fulham Pier Hotel will be home to just 13 rooms and suites, each bathed in light through floor-to-ceiling windows and done up with a blend of classic, yet contemporary, elegance – think natural stone, warm wood, polished metals, marble bathrooms and a fresh colour palette inspired by the Thames. The rooftop penthouse has a terrace, complete with outdoor kitchen, bar and heated pergola and panoramic views. The entire Fulham Pier project will be completed next year with the opening of the spa and wellness club, which will be spread across five floors with a menu of treatments, a café, gym, sauna, classes and a 15m heated rooftop infinity pool.

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ME+EM Trouser Lab

Since launching ME+EM in 2009, founder and CEO (and trouser obsessed) Clare Hornby has been in pursuit of the perfect trouser, and the brand has since become renowned as the 'Trouser Whisperers'. Now, she’s taken it one step further and spent considerable time obsessing over every intelligent detail, from leg lengths and stitching to pocket placements, in what she has coined the 'Trouser Lab'. Truly understanding the power of the perfect pair of trousers, designers have spotlighted eight key styles and challenge even the most devoted dress wearers to find their ideal silhouette. The classic wide leg (the bread and butter of ME+EM's trouser collection) is timelessly flattering with expertly proportioned, fitted, waist-to-wide-hem ratios. The contemporary barrel leg style features clever seams and panelling, creating a distinctive curved leg look that has quickly become a ME+EM wardrobe staple. For creating the illusion of an elongated silhouette, the kick flare adds a feminine edge to modern suiting looks.

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