About 5 years ago I received an invite for a fashion event at marco polo house. It started at 10 am, so even living in Bedfordshire I had to travel throughout the rush hour to get there, and its south of the river which meant a taxi journey as well.
The meagre buffet was good, but not enough of it; and all the big guns turned out ie Simon Wilson (who spent most of his time talking to the models); Kim Mendellson showed up and rattled on endlessly about her products (as usual) but surprisingly did not have the ability to hold a 'proper' conversation and giggled a lot; Lorraine from Kipling was also there and she was the most chatty. Julia (and her toeposts) was polite but not over friendly, and Dale was nowhere near as tall as I imagined he was - probably around 5'9 ish. Chuntley was stick thin and had her hair in long long ringlet. Lots of attendees wore Indigo Moon (groan) and Kim & Co.
The goody bag included a qvc teddybear, qvc ruler, a weird looking Kipling drawstring duffel bag, a Kim & Co scarf and a couple of other non-descript bits. It all finished around 2ish, so we (oh yes the invite was for me and a friend) wandered off to Convent Garden in hunt of a proper meal before going home. In all it was an experience but it cost a lot of money to do it, and compared to some I didn't have to travel that far !