SCHMOOZING: WALPOLE COCKTAIL RECEPTION CELEBRATING BRITISH LUXURY

by John Russel Jones



 

Walpole, the not-for-profit organization that promotes, develops, and protects the British luxury industry, held a cocktail reception on Tuesday evening at the British Consul Residence in the UN Plaza in New York, hosted by Walpole CEO Helen Brocklebank and His Majesty’s Deputy Consul General to New York Hannah Young.

Notable guests included Zachary Weiss, Brynn Wallner of Dimepiece, Eric Twardzik of Robb Report, Mike Pell, Executive at Microsoft, Influencer Mustafa Kacar, Karl-Edwin Guerre of No Chaser Magazine, and representative of Mulberry Americas, The Armoury, Bicester Collection, London Sock Company, and Neals Yard Remedies. Notable expats living in New York dropping by included Helen Toomer Founder of Upstate Art weekend and Director of Photo Fairs, Sophie Wright Director of Fotografiska,  Dame Glenda Bailey, Avril Graham (Harpers), and Alan Bedwell of Foundwell.