by Claire Etchell | 19th November 2023 | Blog, London, Naked Feature
It’s timeee! Mariah Carey is completely defrosted and belting out All I Want For Christmas – hurrah! London is one of my favourite places on earth for Christmas decorations. We have OTT displays, twinkling street lights, modern flashy trees, traditional...
by Claire Etchell | 25th October 2023 | Blog, London, Naked Feature
Whoop it is almost Halloween! Halloween in London is so special. Every year the most spectacular houses and beautiful shops are decorated with skeletons, ghosts, spiders and witches for this super spooky season. From Kensington to Chelsea houses to restaurants and...
by Claire Etchell | 22nd September 2023 | Blog, London
I’ve lived in London for over ten years and it has taken time to get to know this incredible city. There’s historic buildings, pretty palaces, beautiful neighbourhoods and iconic streets which make up this diverse city. In the age of social media, capturing...
by Claire Etchell | 12th July 2023 | Blog, London, Naked Feature
If I’d have realised how easy it was to get to Mayfield Lavender Fields, I probably would have moved in! It’s an easy journey from London with parking on site, costs £5 entry and has a red phone box in the middle of beautiful lavender! Welcome to heaven, honestly the...
by Claire Etchell | 9th July 2023 | Blog, London, Naked Style
Pink IS so hot right now thanks to Margot Robbie and the new Barbie movie. In classic Barbie fashion, she has a full wardrobe full of high octane looks with pastel pink, hot pink and shall we say, Barbie pink leading the way. I’ve always been a fan of pink in fashion....
by Claire Etchell | 12th June 2023 | London, Naked Feature
Hello and welcome to the most Instagrammable cafes and restaurants in London. I’ve included Insta hot spots from all-pink favourites to more hidden gems for a luxury look. I’ve travelled from Notting Hill to Richmond to find the best London has to offer...
by Claire Etchell | 30th May 2023 | Blog, London, Naked Style
I blame Sex and The City for my tulle skirt obsession – I would like a whole wardrobe of them! A grown up tutu looked so iconic on Carrie Bradshaw in those opening credits of the very fabulous TV series. And even in the follow up movies and the ‘And Just...
by Claire Etchell | 23rd May 2023 | London, Naked Events, Naked Feature
Welcome to Belgravia in Bloom 2023, which runs alongside the Chelsea Flower Show each year and is a hop, skip and a jump away from Chelsea in Bloom 2023 which is around the corner. Running through the are from Elizabeth Street, Motcomb Street, Halkin Street and...
by Claire Etchell | 22nd May 2023 | London, Naked Events, Naked Feature
Chelsea in Bloom is spectacular every year and I love rounding up the best displays for Instagram. There’s beautiful and fragrant real blooms as well as realistic fake flowers which make spectacular displays. This year, for Chelsea in Bloom 2023, the theme is...
by Claire Etchell | 16th November 2022 | Blog, London, Naked Feature
London comes alive at Christmas! The festive season is our speciality making it the most instagrammable place at Christmas. You’ll have seen the beautiful decorations from previous years but THIS is what you can expect for Christmas in London for 2022....
by Claire Etchell | 22nd May 2019 | London, Naked Events
Every May the highly anticipated Chelsea Flower Show rolls into London and with it, we celebrate Chelsea in Bloom as the shop fronts get a floral makeover for the week from 20 – 25 May. This year the theme is Under the Sea (2018 was the Summer of Love as Meghan...
by Claire Etchell | 2nd May 2019 | London, Recent Work
I’ve been working with The Nth Degree Club and their founder Robert Walton MBE since summer 2018 and I was delighted in February this year when they asked me to handle their PR & Marketing activities for their Restaurant Association Gala Dinner. The event is an...
by Claire Etchell | 28th January 2019 | London, Naked Feature, Seasonal
Valentine’s Day is more than a day of love, it is a money making, heart shaped, pink hued business opportunity with more than 22 million Brits – like practically all of us – spending an estimated £1 billion in 2018 according to GlobalData (an average of...
by Claire Etchell | 8th December 2018 | London, Naked Feature, Seasonal
Tis the season to be jolly! Welcome to Christmas my friends. If you are new to marketing, it is time to burst your Christmas bubble…(and not just that Santa is fictional)…because in marketing the festive season lasts all yearrrrr round. Yep, by the time it arrives,...
by Claire Etchell | 25th October 2018 | London, Naked Events, Naked Feature
It has been 100 years since the end of the First World War and it is important that we take time out to reflect and remember all of the fallen. It is often a difficult task to market a historical event and I’d like to do my little bit to share the ways you can join in...
by Claire Etchell | 17th October 2018 | London, Naked Events, Naked Feature, Seasonal
Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cash tills bubble. When did Halloween become such a marketing winner? All Hallows’ Eve has transformed from a celebration of a Western Christian feast into a month long, supermarket filled,...
by Claire Etchell | 25th September 2018 | Getting Naked With, London
In 2015 Time Out London launched their Tastemaker community which aimed to add 200 London reviewers to their books and luckily I was one of them – you can read my original blog post from when I joined here. It has been such a success that it is now rolling out...
by Claire Etchell | 25th June 2018 | London, Naked Events, Naked Feature
I would be very happy if it was Royal Ascot every single day. I love the elegance, I like the rush of excitement when I see the races, I love the outfits, I love the names of the horses, the colours the jockeys wear, I love the fact that men have top hats and I even...
by Claire Etchell | 23rd June 2018 | London, Naked Feature, Naked Review
I’m going to come clean and admit that the first time I heard of world famous Frida Kahlo was when I went to a briefing at Grosvenor’s swanky Mayfair offices as they talked through plans for the year. I’m not sure HOW exactly I managed to avoid it – is this the...
by Claire Etchell | 22nd May 2018 | London, Naked Feature, Naked Review
Chelsea in Bloom and Belgravia in Bloom for Chelsea Flower Show have been growing in popularity over the years with big brands and small boutiques alike taking part each May to capitalise on increased footfall from the event. The great thing is, it looks like a multi...
