Notting Hill showcases an impressive portfolio of Christmas wreaths this year
‘Tis the season when the smartest doors located at the smartest addresses, showcase the most fanciful, decadent and gargantuan wreaths. Ribbons, dried orange segments, iridescent baubles and foliage in all shapes, colour and varieties – at practically the size of a toddler.
Yes, it might seem like a neighbourly competitive thing, ‘my wreath is better than yours’ (and therefore alludes to more handsome fruits within) tit for tat – but, this year, Tatler is looking at it as far as neighbourhoods go. Mayfair vs. Dulwich vs. Notting Hill in the ultra-competitive Wreath Wars. 10 Downing Street often does some heavy-lifting for the City of Westminster as far as wreaths go – even if it hasn’t done year-round for politics. Historically it’s been decked with fir cones, baubles, berries, ribbons, the lot – and all set against that distinctive black door.
But, politics aside (just kidding, this is deeply political), what about the areas in question? Which wreath wins…
Mayfair are not letting the City of Westminster down as far as their wreaths go
Mayfair
A stone’s throw from Westminster, in Mayfair, the wreaths come into their own. None of the garish flashing nonsense – aside from a much-loved private members’ club up the road at Berkeley Square – this is a land of pure wreath class. Foliage is elegantly wrapped around Ionic columns in a way that resembles Bernini’s Baldacchino in St Peter’s Basilica framing the focal point, the cylindrical wreath.
