Flashbulb! Party pictures from around town

Valli of the dolls, Piccadilly

When you’re launching a collection of frothy gowns, only a ballroom will do. Cue Malaika Firth, Sam Rollinson and Eliza Cummings rocking up for dinner at Hotel Café Royal’s Pompadour Ballroom in OTT Giambattista Valli dresses to celebrate the designer’s new collaboration with H&M. Christmas party outfit inspo starts here.  

Netflix and chill, St James’s

TV royalty rubbed shoulders with London’s cool crowd at a drinks party to debut The Black Godfather, a companion book to the Netflix documentary. Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, his wife (and the film’s producer) Nicole Avant and Jessica de Rothschild invited screen stars including Gillian Anderson and Louis Theroux to Maison Assouline, to toast the book with seriously good Negronis.

Fox of tricks, Soho

Talk about multi-talented: Laurence Fox may be best known for his roles on stage and screen, but he’s just as handy with a guitar and a microphone, as evidenced by a surprise performance at the launch of his latest album, A Grief Observed. The rest of the thespian Foxes turned up to The Groucho Club in support, alongside fellow actresses Lily Travers and Mika Simmons.