Friends, Staff Say Farewell to Alannah Weston at Old Selfridges Hotel

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'Thank you, mom, for making this my career,” shouted Alannah Weston to her mother Hilary during her farewell party. Weston, who is Selfridges Group chairman, is leaving after nearly 20 years of family ownership.

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The entertainment included live piano performances; a DJ set by the Fancy Shrews, who arrived in a tiny toy car; another DJ set by Fat Tony; a performer called Margot lip-synching Madonna songs, and a confetti cannon moment.

Guests sat at tables, lounged on sofas and danced in the space, which had been transformed into a fantastical attic filled with window and store props from the past 18 years. There was a life-size baby giraffe, a pack of Corgis gathered near the bar, and crates filled with bright, glittery objects from all those annual themed takeovers, including including Radical Luxury, Good Nature, Music Matters, Agender, and the Beauty Project.

True to its green ethos, Selfridges hangs onto it all: there is zero waste on this glamorous patch of Oxford Street.

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