THE CONNAUGHT’S BALENCIAGA EXPERIENCE

As the first UK exhibition to explore the work and legacy of the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga, fashionistas have been flooding through the doors of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum for Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion. To celebrate, The Connaught, located on fashionable Mount Street is running a glamorous overnight experience that includes exclusive tickets to the show at the V&A, the official exhibition book Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion, and a private visit to the Balenciaga shop, conveniently located around the corner, arranged by The Connaught’s renowned butlers. Post-exhibition and shopping spree, the evening includesperfect ingredientsa legendary necessarybespoke martinito make trolley,your martini deliveredof choice.to your With door a stockedglam tipple with in your hand, it’s then time for an equally glam screening of La Dolce Vita and it couldn’t be more apropos as director Federico Fellini claimed that Balenciaga’s iconic 1957 sack dress moved him to write the film, which eventually netted an Oscar for Best Costume Design in 1960. PRICE £795 (US$1,004) inclusive of taxes for a night stay for two people in a Deluxe King Room. AVAILABLE Until February 18, 2018 www.the-connaught.co.uk