L’Heure du Thé (a French High Tea)
Have your cuppa served with Parisian style and couture
Ultra-luxe event producers Le Style are throwing a tea party this Saturday that looks like it may be a game-changer. Always ready to trumpet French style, they are taking the traditional high tea service and giving it a fresh Parisian twist.
The high-end affair will be staged at the ballroom of The Langham, which is probably the most charming of Melbourne’s five-star hotels, and is serving a menu devised by the accomplished Pierrick Boyer (Le Petit Gateau), matched with tea blends by Madame Flavour. They are collaborating with the talented gentlemen behind Madam Virtue & Co., Melbourne’s treasure trove of archival quality European high-end, who are presenting an installation of true French couture from their own label.
So…we are being invited to take tea in a ballroom full of blooms by the lauded Domain Flowers, and be served pastries while losing ourselves in the textures, intricate stitching and draping of true French couture – the real kind, the kind that’s hand-sewn in Paris by the ‘premières’ couturiers.
Clearly, this is not your everyday sort of cuppa; more a died-and-went-to-Paris moment. Le Style have capped the day off with a ‘Pop-up French Emporium’. They have invited Melbourne’s most special boutiques, like Peony Melbourne Haute Parfumerie, to trade from the venue for the day. Guests will be able to shop and sample treasure-some French luxuries, necessities and ephemera.
The dress code is Parisienne Chic, and the best-dressed will win a piece of French luxury by Prahran’s homeware and objet d’art dealer, Miles Mason Trading Company. Need any better reason to get dressed up all Frenchie-chic and join in? Ticket proceeds and 100 percent of raffle funds raised are being donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Tickets are $55 and each guest leaves with a giftbag full of chic goodies. Ooh-la-la!
When: Sat 17 Sep
Where: The Langham, Clarendon Ballroom, 1 Southgate Ave, Southbank
Times: Three sittings, 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Dress Code: Parisienne Chic
Details: L’Heure du Thé
