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Velvet Lifestyle: The Modern ‘Mary Poppins’ for Private and Corporate Clients

At Velvet Lifestyle, we provide a rarefied, Mary Poppins-inspired service — seamlessly orchestrating order, clarity, and calm amidst the complexities of modern life. Our mission is elegantly simple: to restore time, space, and focus to our clients, allowing them to attend to what truly matters. No request is too small, no challenge too intricate; every detail is anticipated and handled with discretion, precision, and a cultivated attention to nuance.

Our founder, Xara, brings over 24 years of distinguished experience spanning private households, lifestyle management, and private and corporate infrastructure. She combines operational expertise with a unique creative flair, enabling Velvet Lifestyle to deliver solutions that are both meticulously structured and elegantly personalised. Recognised as a Top Recommended Lifestyle Advisor in Spears 500, 2023 edition, and an IRCA-qualified auditor specialising in ISO 9001:2015 / BS 99001 quality management systems, Xara ensures every engagement is executed with the highest standards of professionalism. Drawing on Velvet Lifestyle’s bespoke and niche network of contacts, clients have access to trusted specialists for virtually any requirement, allowing every need to be met with discretion and excellence.

Velvet Lifestyle excels across the full spectrum of lifestyle and operational responsibilities, offering these bespoke services to UHNW individuals and families as well as the luxury businesses that support them. Our comprehensive offerings include:

  • Organisational and Administrative Support: Creating filing structures, developing process and procedural documentation, diary and email management, audits, and remote chief-of-staff duties

  • HR and Recruitment Oversight: Recruitment guidance, HR consultancy, and operational oversight to ensure teams function efficiently

  • Travel and Logistics: Coordination of travel arrangements, appointment scheduling, errands, research, and online shopping

  • Lifestyle Management: Personal shopping, closet organisation and decluttering, arrangement of private chefs, personal trainers, bespoke security solutions, and special events or occasions

  • Consultative and Compliance Services: Private household and corporate site assessments, building and optimising internal systems, internal processes, physical filing structures, health & safety procedures, GDPR and data protection compliance

  • Auditing Expertise: Advisory and auditing services aligned with ISO 9001:2015 / BS 99001 quality management systems

Where a requirement falls beyond our direct scope, Velvet Lifestyle leverages its extensive network of trusted professionals to guarantee seamless delivery, maintaining the same high standards of discretion, precision, and efficiency.

At Velvet Lifestyle, we do more than manage tasks — we cultivate order, efficiency, and peace of mind. From the smallest errand to complex operational oversight, including remote chief-of-staff duties, every detail is executed with consummate skill, warmth, and discretion, allowing our clients the freedom to focus on what truly matters, confident that every aspect of their private and professional life is handled with expertise, creativity, and care.

Why Choose Us

We offer a transparent service and are able to tailor any provision down to the smallest detail
By hiring VL, we can give you back time you otherwise didn’t have access to
We can add value and increase your daily productivity
Keeping costs down for businesses of all sizes
We invoice purely for the services provided
No hidden costs

Testimonials

We are deeply grateful to Xara for almost a decade of unwavering support to our private household team. Their expertise in HR consultancy, headhunting, onboarding, operational processes, EA services, and lifestyle management has been invaluable. Velvet Lifestyle consistently ensures our needs are met efficiently, professionally, and with remarkable attention to detail. Their dedication, discretion, and proactive approach have made them an indispensable partner in managing the demands of our household seamlessly.

Private Client Family – W1H

We have had the pleasure of working with Xara for the last 3.5years.

She has been instrumental in supporting our HR functions and onboarding processes. Their expertise spans both practical implementation and strategic process design, ensuring that every new team member experiences a seamless and professional integration. Her insight, professionalism, and proactive approach have been invaluable in helping our super-prime AV company maintain operational excellence and a highly organised workforce.

Tillman Domotics

Over the past three years, Xara has been an indispensable partner to our team, providing outstanding HR consultancy, business operational support, and a touch of private client services. Their ability to seamlessly navigate complex organisational needs while maintaining exceptional professionalism has greatly enhanced our operational efficiency. Xara brings a rare combination of strategic insight, meticulous attention to detail, and a proactive approach that consistently exceeds expectations in a high-stakes, super-prime construction environment.”

Beau Bespoke

We have had the pleasure of working with Xara for nearly a decade, and her expertise has consistently been nothing short of exceptional. Specialising in auditing services, HR support, global operations, and professional organisation, they have transformed the way we approach operational efficiency and organisational structure. Their insights are always precise, actionable, and tailored to our high-demand, super-prime property and project management environment. Over the years, Xara has become an invaluable partner, delivering consistent excellence and strategic guidance that elevates our business to the highest standard.

London Super Prime Property & Project Management Firm