Annabel’s unveils magical 'through the wardrobe' Christmas façade for 2025
This year’s spectacular Christmas façade in Mayfair is inspired by the famous children’s story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Every year, Mayfair’s private members’ club Annabel’s puts on a spectacular display for Christmas.
And this year is no exception, with a magical installation that pays homage to one of the world’s most beloved children’s stories: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
This year’s incredible display has been created in support of The Caring Family Foundation’s Food From The Heart campaign.
This year’s festive display transforms its famous Berkeley Square entrance into an ornate, oversized wardrobe, opening onto a magical winter scene of snow-dusted trees, shimmering icicles and a striking porcelain-like lion standing guard at its centre.
It feels like stepping through the wardrobe and into Narnia!
Designed by Tatiana Kharchylava, Creative Director of The Birley Clubs, the installation celebrates “light in the darkness” and draws on the idea that children represent hope and resilience.
Kharchylava says she wanted to recreate the feeling of stepping into a childhood memory — “a moment when the world felt full of possibility and light.”
Crowds gathered in Berkeley Square for the grand switch-on, with Alexandra Burke and the Capital Children’s Choir delivering a heartwarming performance to mark the reveal. Inside, celebrations continued with festive Johnnie Walker Black Ruby cocktails and a seasonal dinner hosted in partnership with Perrier-Jouët. Guests included Richard and Patricia Caring, Arizona Muse, Freddy Carter, Lydia West, Julia Restoin Roitfeld and Amber Le Bon.
Annabel’s will run fundraising events throughout the festive season to support TCFF, which has provided more than 3.5 million meals to families in need since launching its Food From The Heart programme in 2020 including over one million meals in the past year alone.