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All That Glitters. May 2013.
Dear Rowley, Quite the thrill that the Pink Panther struck again at the 66th Cannes Film Festival this week. The first hit was a million dollars of Chopard diamonds from a Novotel safe in Cannes. To paraphrase Lady Bracknell, to … Continue reading
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Pale & Interesting. May 2013.
Dear Rowley, I’ve been keeping rather a hawk’s eye watch on the Cannes Film Festival in advance of the amfAR show and dinner next week. As you know it is aeons ago since I last reported on the women’s runway … Continue reading
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Tagged 66th Cannes Film Festival, amfAR, Anna Wintour, Balenciaga, Bettie Page, Bling Ring, Bloomsbury Towers, Burberruy, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival 2013, Cara Delevingne, Carey Mulligan, Carey Mulligan Dior Couture, Chanel, Chopard, Christopher Kane, Croisette, Daisy Buchanan, Dear Rowley, Dior Couture, Dragons Den, Emma Watson, Financial Times, Givenchy, Hamish Bowles, Hilary Devey, Hotel du Cap, Ingrid Thulin, James Sherwood, John Galliano, La Cage Aux Folles, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Madame Vionnet, Madonna, Met Ball, Mia Farrow, Nicole Kidman Cannes 2013, Nicole Kidman Dior Couture, Philip Treacy, Punk: From Chaos To Couture, Raf Simons, Salome, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sofia Coppola, The Damned, The Great Gatsby, Visctonti, Vogue
Diamond Days. April 2013.
Dear Rowley, When I wrote for the FT one of my favourite assignments was always to indulge in a diamond day: having the opportunity to handle exceptional gemstones destined for the finger or ear lobe of of the imaginary Middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsbury Towers, Brentwood LA, Bulgari, Christie's, Churchill, Cinecitta, Cleopatra, David Guest, Dear Rowley, Elizabeth Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, Financial Times, Fleet Street, Frank Sinatra, Graff, Howard Hughes, James Sherwood, LA, La Lollo, Lady Thatcher, Legendary Jewels of Elizabeth Taylor, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liliane Bettencourt, Liza Minnelli, Love Gold, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Middle EAst, None So Few, Palace of Westminster, Rome, Solomon & Sheba, Something's Got To Give, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Gina Lollobrigida sale, St James's, St Paul's, Thames & Hudson, Trapeze, World Gold Council
Emerald Eyes. March 2013.
Dear Rowley, Doesn’t it always amuse when party planning and common sense threaten to collide? I only ask having been on La Farmer’s arm last week to attend the unveiling of an exceptional collection of jewels commissioned by Gemfields from … Continue reading
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Abdications etc. February 2013.
Dear Rowley, Long time no write. Let me guess, you thought I was at the Davos Summit tearing a slice of Sloppy Giuseppe with Messers Cameron, Osborne and Johnson. The Davos World Economic Forum, that Alpine January jolly for the … Continue reading
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