Parties: It's Amy in Wonderland
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It is Sky's 14 August celebration bash for its new "designer" HDTV receiver boxes, which, funkily etched by Amy and her fellow fashion gliterati Henry Holland, Julie Verhoeven and Erdem, are causing quite a stir at this Wonderland launch.
Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland is positively entranced, while a bevy of TV presenters, Angelica Bell, Jenni Falconer and Charlie Webster, look iridescent in the glow of a bank of flatscreen TVs.
In one corner, Liz McClarnon (is an Atomic Kitten any relation to a Cheshire Cat?) holds court, no doubt with tales of her recent reincarnation as a celebrity Masterchef, before the actor Nick Moran arrives, toting a furled umbrella and looking a tad dazed as he surveys the fantasy world.
As the evening draws to a close, shapes thrown by the less-than-sleepy dormouse to DJ Jodie Harsh's mixing provide a welcome distraction from the first intrusion of reality: a white rabbit is busily removing his "head". Maybe he's late for his next appointment...
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