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It was just after 6 p.m. on Saturday night on the easternmost platform of London Victoria Station. Commuters wheeled their suitcases home after a long week at the office, and tourists surged towards the underground entrances to catch their West End shows.<\/p>\n
But if you looked a little closer, you would have spotted an unlikely cast of characters boarding the 6:30 p.m. train at platform two. Was that Roger<\/a> and Mirka Federer strolling arm-in-arm over to the carriage? Tom Ford and Stella McCartney<\/a>, bobbing and weaving through the commuter crowds to climb aboard? Emma Corrin clinking glasses with Alexa Chung behind a window? Yes, in fact, it was.<\/p>\n A glittering crowd had descended to travel on Celia, the new private dining and events carriage on the Belmond British Pullman train<\/a>\u2014invited by its designers, Baz Luhrmann<\/a> and Catherine Martin<\/a>, and the night\u2019s co-host, Vogue\u2019s global editorial director, Anna Wintour. (All of this just a few days after the 2026 Met Gala<\/a>, which Luhrmann and Martin too had a hand in bringing to life<\/a>.)<\/p>\n If there was any sense of party fatigue, though, you wouldn\u2019t have guessed it. The night began with cocktails in the Celia car\u2014where Martin herself was stationed behind the bar in a marabou-sleeved Prada two-piece, cheerfully pouring Champagne into Waterford crystal coup\u00e9s\u2014before guests dispersed across several carriages to enjoy dinner of an Isle of Wight tomato tart and beef Wellington. The picture-postcard landscapes of the Kent Downs, meanwhile, unfurled behind the windows. Luhrmann, in a Bode suit with braided lapels, swanned up and down the train throughout the night, encouraging everyone to eat, drink, and be merry.<\/p>\n After dessert was served, everyone returned to Celia for espresso martinis and an hour or two of dancing to disco classics under the carriage\u2019s pastel-lit ceilings. The majority of guests were then bundled into a fleet of vintage cars to head over to Mark\u2019s Club on Berkeley Square, ready for the night to continue into the early hours. The recurring question over nightcaps at Mark\u2019s: When would everyone be invited to ride with Celia again? Full steam ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n