Granted, it was attended by the great and the good from all sectors of society, including Anya Hindmarch, Samantha Cameron, Dominic West and Alice Rothschild, and guests drank Louis Roederer champagne and feasted on caviar and truffle-oil crostini.

But of equal - or some might argue greater - significance was whose names had been included on the guest-list for the after-party party, held at Willa's on Swallow Street

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Boho barmaid

As a fixture of London's young social, music and arts party scene, Willa is 'opening my address book and bringing in my crowd', which includes high-profile models, fashion designers, actors, rock stars and artists. Close friend and art dealer Tyrone Wood has contributed contemporary art by Sophie Delaporte and David Montgomery for the interior, and big-name musicians have already agreed to perform

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How to party, by the queens of clubland

Clubland has traditionally been run by men, but 2009 is the year the girls took charge. From the society starlet Willa Keswick, whose new venue, Willa’s, has hosted the likes of the Kooks, Noel Fielding, Amber le Bon, Tyrone Wood and Bruce Parry within its first few weeks of opening

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