November 28, 2025 |
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, fashion truly loves thee. Indeed, the fash pack has had a hand in this year’s best Christmas trees around the Big Smoke. Erected in luxury locations from the Royal Opera to Claridge’s, here, we roundup the best caniferous creations of 2025. Emily Phillips
Claridge’s x Burberry
Legendary in the London circuit, the Claridge’s Christmas tree returns with renewed splendour. This year Burberry’s Daniel Lee takes the reins, dressing a 16ft fir in surplus Burberry bows – Victorian ribbons of unity threaded in cashmere-soft nostalgia. Wild thistle and Highland foliage cascade through the branches, brass bells glint beneath a gold crown topper, while chess-piece plinths and blankets gather at its feet like a fireside daydream. Burberry’s check threads through the hotel – doormen, lifts, cocktails with a knowing wink. A pop-up Scarf Bar completes the scene: heritage, craft and Christmas wrapped in immaculate British polish. EP
The Londoner – Susan Fang
The Londoner unveils its Christmas tree in ethereal partnership with London-based Chinese designer Susan Fang. A super boutique hotel demands a supercharged imagination, and this season it finds one in Fang’s crystalline dream – a sculptural white tree blooming with iridescent bubbles and 3D-printed petals that seem to hover on air. Soft blush light glimmers across transparent spheres, reflections dancing like snowflakes caught mid-breath. It’s futuristic romance made festive, a love letter to purity, nature and innovation. In Leicester Square’s beating heart, The Londoner invites guests to step inside the dream – where Christmas feels weightless, glowing and beautifully surreal. EP
One Hundred Shoreditch x Charles Jeffrey
If anyone is going to flip the expectations of what a Christmas tree should be on their head, it’s Charles Jeffrey. Not one to follow the crowd, the Scottish designer has teamed up with One Hundred Shoreditch to create an unruly, potty-mouthed tree bursting from its cardboard container. The design is inspired by tales of trees grown in the Scottish Highlands, which say they “must be sealed in cardboard, shipped north and tamed by Santa’s workforce” before they can cop an invite to the Christmas party. Messy, crude and untameable, this tree would rather be naughty than nice. Bella Koopman
Royal Opera House x Paul Smith
Paul Smith’s knack for eclectic detailing and joyful design has been put to good use this festive season, as the British designer unveils his Christmas tree for the Royal Opera House. Informed by the backstage bustle that happens behind the plush, red curtain, Smith’s tree, which measures 18ft high and 8ft wide, features a spattering of tassels, fans, flutes and candelabras alongside vintage ornaments and baubles striped in Smith’s signature style. Take a closer look and more wintery wonders make themselves known, including miniature ice skating figurines and random objects wrapped in Smith’s seasonal stationery. Situated in the house’s Paul Hamlyn Hall, the tree is open to the public from now until January 5. BK
Top image: photography courtesy of Burberry.
