🖤 [BLOG POST IN BIO] Tim Burton-inspired afternoon tea at Harvey Nichols 🖤 🎄🖤 Harvey Nichols have transformed the traditional afternoon tea into an eerie yet playful celebration of the festive season 🎄♠️The Tim Burton-inspired gothic afternoon tea blends Burton’s spooky whimsical wonderland and Christmas magic #timburton#theworldoftimburton#afternoontea#timburtonstyle#harveynichols
Harvey Nichols have partnered with ‘The World of Tim Burton’ exhibition at the Design Museum to celebrate gothic elegance and festive cheer with exclusive window display and a themed afternoon tea.
Harvey Nichols’ Knightsbridge store is famous for their whimsical festive window displays.
This year, in partnership with the Design Museum, they launched a curious red and black window display showcasing the world-famous director’s sculptures borrowed from Burton’s personal collection.
Learn more about Harvey Nichols’ Tim Burton-inspired festive window display here.
Tim Burton-Inspired Afternoon Tea
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Harvey Nichols have transformed the traditional afternoon tea into an eerie yet playful celebration of the festive season. The Tim Burton-inspired gothic afternoon tea blends Burton’s spooky whimsical wonderland and Christmas magic.
Photo: Urban Adventurer
The afternoon tea serves sweet and savoury sandwiches, cakes and snacks, including white Celeriac and Mushroom Soup served with black mushroom gel stripes, mini Chicken Pie with Purple Potato Puree and Roast Beef, Truffle Cheese, Horseradish, Truffle Pecorino Sandwich served with charcoal bread and delicious bites.
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For sweets, they serve black Christmas baubles with edible glitter, blood orange curd crémeux & Christmas pudding mousse, tea & biscuit teapot cake filled with Harvey Nichols Breakfast Tea mousse and tea gel, peppermint candy cane macaron and white chocolate cinnamon gingerbread bonbons.
And, of course, the classic homemade raisin and plain scones, served with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry jam.
The afternoon tea comes with tea or coffee of your choice. Alternatively, you can opt for a glass of Champagne (that’s extra charge).
The afternoon tea is available until the 28th December 2024 at Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge and OXO Tower.
Price
£40 per person OR £50 per person with a glass of Champagne
Ready for your next adventure? If you’re a fan of Tim Burton, ‘The World of Tim Burton’ exhibition is a must-visit at Design Museum. The exhibition is open until the 21st April 2025 and features original sketches, character ideas, movie costumes and props and much more!
Dreamlike settings, eerie atmosphere, elongated shapes and Gothic overtones. Welcome to ‘The World of Tim Burton’; a bizarre and brilliant exhibition of the master filmmaker behind much loved cultic films, such as ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘The Corpse Bride’.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙞𝙢 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣 @the Design Museum [BLOG POST IN BIO] Welcome to ‘The World of Tim Burton’; a bizarre and brilliant exhibition of the master filmmaker behind much loved cultic films, such as ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘The Corpse Bride’ 🖤 The World of Tim Burton exhibition showcases over 600 items from the director’s personal archives as well as artworks and movie props 🖤 #theworldoftimburton#timburton#timburtonexhibition#thenightmarebeforechristmas#wednesday#beetlejuice
‘The World of Tim Burton’ exhibition has been touring for a decade and now it reached its final destination, London.
The exhibition showcases over 600 items from the director’s personal archives as well as artworks and movie props used in ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘The Corpse Bride’, ‘Wednesday’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, just to name a few.
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The exhibition starts with Burton’s childhood in Burbank, California, a suburban American neighbourhood, he called “Anywhere, USA” in an interview.
Young Tim Burton has become interested in horror and science fiction from an early age that fuelled his artistic style over the decades.
At age nine, he asked his mother to make him a skeleton Halloween outfit that later inspired Jack Skellington, the protagonist of cultic stop motion animation film: ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’.
The exhibition showcases Burton’s early works that eventually have never been used because they halted at various stages of the projects.
There is an original letter, the 18-year-old Tim Burton sent to Disney with one of his projects, called ‘The Giant Zlig’. The response letter came from Jeanette Kroger, Editor of Walt Disney productions is also on display. In the letter, the editor rejects Burton’s work, but includes some positive feedback regarding the story and the art and finishes the letter saying “keep up the good work, and good luck”.
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There is also a recreation of Burton’s studio which gives visitors a glimpse into his working process.
If you take a closer look to the wall, you will spot some illustrations and drawings from recent projects, such as ‘Wednesday’ he produced during the Covid_19 pandemic.
Sketchbooks, Movie Props and Costumes
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The exhibition continues with a selection of 14 sketchbooks containing a wide variety of drawings and the most different character ideas.
On the walls, there are original drawings of the most famous scenes from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, character sketches of ‘The Corpse Bride’ and ‘Fankenweenie’, and a series of drawings drawn on napkins.
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Original puppets used in ‘The Corpse Bride’, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘Frankenweenie’ are also on display. You can meet face to face with Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie, Victoria Everglot, Emily the Corpse Bride and Victor Van Dort, among many other well-known characters.
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The next room is probably the most fascinating for movie fans.
Here, original costumes and movie props are on display, including Edward Scissorhands’ outfit and scissors worn by Johnny Depp, Katrina Van Tassel’s black-and-white striped dress, worn by Christina Ricci, and the Headless Horseman’s costume worn by Christopher Walken.
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Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman outfit is also on display from ‘Batman Returns’, 1992.
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Don’t miss Wednesday Addams’ school uniform with her school bag and her famous ball dress if you’re a fan of the series.
Did you know that the shirt was sourced from a vintage shop on London’s Carnaby Street?
There are also original sketches, drawings and storyboards.
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There is a section dedicated to ‘Beetlejuice’ with puppets and character concepts, including The Shrinkers and a Beetlejuice maquette.
Twist and Turn
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A long neon lit corridor leads visitors to the next exhibition room.
The corridor is twisted and turned, just like the scenes and characters in a Tim Burton film.
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Tim Burton depicts physical reality as it is personally felt, not as it appears, distorting perspective and the human figure itself. His drawings, paintings, and sculptures often reflect the director’s childhood belief that he was a ‘misunderstood outcast.’
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During your journey in the twisted corridor, you will encounter with giant sculptures and paintings before coming across an eerie Gothic merry-go-round in the final room.
‘The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories’
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The final exhibition room showcases Burton’s various other projects, including music videos, photography and illustrated books, such as ‘The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories’ (1997)
The characters of the above projects are now on display at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge.
The centre stage of the display is the five sculptures from ‘The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories’ that have been borrowed from Burton’s personal collection.
As part of the collaboration, Harvey Nichols is offering Tim Burton-themed afternoon tea until the 28th December 2024.
Photography
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Tim Burton is primarily known as filmmaker; however, he is also a passionate photographer.
His photo projects are deeply personal and separate from his professional work. The exhibition highlights a bunch of photographs taken over a span of 5 years (2019-2024), highlighting recurring motifs and Burton’s signature style.
Tim Burton-Inspired Topiary
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On your way home from the exhibition, don’t forget to visit the Burton-inspired topiary for a surreal touch inside Kensington Arcade that connects the tube station and High Street Kensington.
Tickets can be booked on the Design Museum’s official website.
Adult tickets from £19.69
Children (aged 5-15) tickets from £9.89
Kids under 6s go free
Concession/student tickets from £14.77
Ready for your next adventure? Marvel at London’s most beautiful Christmas lights from Covent Garden to Battersea Power Station.
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