Forget Jude Law, Lily Cole leaves seedy Soho club The Box with the owner instead

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Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:42 PM on 27th March 2011

Just weeks ago she was spotted there with rumoured flame Jude Law and last night Lily Cole was partying at The Box nightclub once again, but this time left with the owner.

The 22-year-old model left the controversial London club with Simon Hammerstein, looking coy as photographers snapped them together.

Lily seems to be a regular at the Soho venue, which is notorious for its semi-naked dancers, sexually explicit cabaret acts and claims of drug taking.

New friends: Lily Cole left The Box last night with club owner Simon Hammerstein, just weeks after being spotted there with former flame Jude Law

Despite attending the fetish club though, the St Trinian’s star looked anything but provocative in black jeans and a casual cream coat, alongside her newly darkened locks.

But she seems to have sparked up a friendship with the man behind The Box, 31-year-old Hammerstein.

The public-school educated grandson of celebrated lyricist Oscar Hammerstein escorted Miss Cole out of the party hotspot on Saturday night.

Hammerstein has previously described his nightclub as a place of ‘mystique, mystery and sexual openness’, which has proved popular with its A-list regulars.

The London venue opened in February following the success of its sister club in New York’s Lower East Side.

And Hammerstein said: ‘I love the humour, the tongue-in-cheek sarcasm and dryness over here.

‘Our show has that humour the English really get with panto and music hall.’

Lily’s ex-boyfriend Jude Law, who she is rumoured to be dating again, is a fan of The Box, along with Kate Moss, Jamie Hince, Prince Harry and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

But seeing as 38-year-old Jude was a no-show last night , Cole was entertained by Hammerstein instead.

Entrepreneur: Club owner Simon is the public-school educated grandson of celebrated lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and opened the London club after the success of its sister club in New York

Earlier this month Jude and Lily were spotted by onlookers at the club, who said they appeared to be locked in embrace.

‘Jude and Lily were at a table kissing and being very flirtatious. It was clear they were comfortable with each other’, the source said.

The pair, who first dated in 2008, fuelled speculation that they’ve reignited their romance after spending time together following Jude’s Split from Sienna Miller in January.

Heading home: Lily jumped into a green car at the end of the night after partying at the Soho club