Five star luxury hotel, The Sanderson and St Martins Lane, have teamed up with motivational social network Mothers Meeting in partnership with Whistles, to host an exclusive evening book launch like no other with a panel of POWER MUMS hosted by tv presenter and mother of 2 Cherry Healey and three days of exclusive workshops with some of the most successful women in London, including founder of WAH nails, Sharmadean Reid, and Brand_Famous author, Linzi Boyd.
To celebrate the launch of her new book, How to be a Hip Mama without Losing your Cool, St Martins Lane and Mothers Meeting have teamed up to share Jenny’s knowledge and advice on how to enjoy motherhood’s numerous new adventures whilst keeping your cool.
Mothers Meeting was born when creative director and graphic designer, Jenny Scott, had her first child and found her busy work and social life replaced with monotonous daytime TV and research on nipple creams. Scott decided to create her own social network that focused on the mother as her own person and not just a ‘mum.’ Mothers Meeting has created a stimulating, engaging and supportive environment that helps mothers of all ages meet like-minded women intent on keeping their cool.
As one of London’s first boutique hotels, The Sanderson and St Martins Lane is a name synonymous with forward thinking and working with brands that challenge the everyday stereotype. Now teaming up with Mothers Meeting, St Martins Lane aims to bring together some of the most inspirational women from different industries to share their knowledge with the women and mothers of London.
The evening consisted of lots of red lipstick, gorgeous women, energy, enthusiasm, Snow Queen vodka cocktails and Bloom Gin specialities, an air of excitement and a panel of power mamas dressed head to toe in slick Whistles outfits and a discussion that covered all aspects of motherhood from fitting sex in to a busy work schedule to running away from it all (quite literally). The evening did not just end there - we even had an awards ceremony with awards that celebrated amazing women doing the hardest job in the world - being mums! Our awards consisted of :
‘most chilled out’
‘least amount of social media followers’
‘just do it’
‘do it your own way’
and many more.
These awards where more than just an award in a gold frame it was a reflection of the Mothers Meeting ethos and celebrating more than just self-promotion and celeb statues!
OUR EVENING GUEST PANEL GUESTS WERE THE AMAZING:
LIZ MATTHEWS
Liz Matthews is mother of not one or two children but 4!! and entertainment publicist with over a decade of experience. A former journalist, Liz knows the media inside out and has an impressive list of contacts. But it does not stop there… over the years Liz has extended her reach to photographers, make-up artists, stylists, music moguls, casting directors, agents and TV execs ensuring her clients really do enjoy a full service. She prides herself on being a proactive publicist working alongside journalists to create the best end result and has a reputation for constantly providing press with credible and talented people.
Liz co-founded Laundry Communications in 2002 where she concentrated on personal profiling and brand building for celebrities. Liz Matthews PR was set up in early 2006, before that Liz worked on big consumer brands at International PR firm Hill & Knowlton. Liz has been featured in Vogue, ELLE, Marie Claire, Stylist, Sunday Times Style, Coutts Woman, Gorkanaand InStyle.
LAURA ATKINSON
Laura Atkinson is the Features Editor at The Sunday Times’ Style Magazine, having previously worked at Grazia Magazine. She lives in London with her fianceand two month old daughter Nancy.
SHARMADEAN REID
Sharmadean Reid is a creative consultant and the founder of WAH Nails Ltd. She lives and works in London, at just 29-years-old, the multi-tasking phenomenon has already notched up impressive milestones like energy consultant for Nike, sportswear editor at Arena HommePlus, publisher and editor of the cult fanzine, WAH!, author (of The WAH Nails Book of Nail Art) and mother to two-year-old Roman. But it’s with the burgeoning “hip hop meets punk, street meets fashion, uptown and downtown” nail empire WAH Nails that she’s emerged as one of the industry’s most exciting entrepreneurs, leading the way with her brand of nail art.
TAMARA HEBER- PERCY
Tamara is the co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith, a collection of boutique hotels; and Smith & Family, a brand-new hotel collection that actively encourages children staying while offering something special for parents too.
She lives in leafy Chiswick with her husband James (co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith) and two children. Much of her time is spent seeking out new hotels to join the Smith family so is lucky to travel frequently as part of the job.
She loves seeking out hidden gems to recommend to her friends, whether it’s a new cafe or bakery just around the corner from her home or a great little restaurant with a beach view in Ibiza.
CHARLOTTE PHILBY
I’m a journalist, London born-and-bred. When I’m not working as a reporter for The Independent, I write a weekly column chronicling the glamour of motherhood, and a weekly shopping page - both for The Independent Magazine, launching 12 April 2014.
LINZI BOYD
Author of Number One Brand Best-Seller ‘Brand Famous,’ CEO of Surgery Group, and a Partner at Shirlaws. Linzi Boyd is a successful business woman and business management speaker who has successfully launched, developed and sold a number of businesses, consistently riding at the highest peaks of the waves of consumer trends and brand popularity. After years of working on building and developing brands Linzi is now set to share her methodology which will provide a more in-depth version of the steps used to take a Brand from Idea to Execution. The School of Brand Fame is set to launch towards the end of this year, December 2014.
KATE MALKIN
Kate spent six years at Topshop, starting as their first Website Editor and was responsible for their digital marketing, content and social media strategy.
Six years ago, Kate left Topshop with Whistles CEO Jane Shepherdson to rebrand and reposition the then failing high street brand. Kate is the Head of Marketing and looks after the brand’s marketing, creative and content for Whistles.
Kate is mum to Daisy who turns 4 this December and has been married to Illustrator Stuart Daly for 7 years.
A MASSSSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THE EVENING - SO SO SPECIAL!!!!
Notes to Editors
About Morgans Hotel Group
Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) is widely credited as the creator of the first “boutique” hotel and a continuing leader of the hotel industry’s boutique sector. Morgans Hotel Group operates Delano in South Beach, Mondrian in Los Angeles, New York and South Beach, Hudson in New York, Morgans and Royalton in New York, Clift in San Francisco, Shore Club in South Beach and Sanderson and St Martins Lane in London. Morgans Hotel Group has ownership interests or owns several of these hotels. Morgans Hotel Group has other hotels in various stages of development to be operated under management or franchise agreements. These include Delano properties in Las Vegas, Nevada and Moscow, Russia; Mondrian properties in Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas, London, England, and Doha, Qatar; and a Morgans Original in Istanbul, Turkey. Morgans Hotel Group also owns a 90% controlling interest in The Light Group, a leading lifestyle food and beverage company. For more information please visit www.morganshotelgroup.com
About Jenny Scott
Jenny Scott has spent the past 12 years working as an art director and designer for many global, high profile brands, such as fashion designer Gareth Pugh, Nike, and Coca Cola. Three years ago she started the parents and events communications agency Mothers Meeting, to connect with other creative, interesting mums. She lives in London with her partner and her son. http://www.mothers-meeting.com
