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The Lady is a Vamp May 2011
Dear Rowley, Sometimes you’ve got to love the British press. They are having an absolute ball ‘dropping earrings’ about the mystery ladies and gentlemen who have blocked the newspapers by law from naming profile adulterers. I love that phrase ‘dropping … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolutely Fabulous, Alexander McQueen, Anastasia, Anthony Sludds, Balmain couture, BBC Fashion Royal Ascot, Bolsheviks, Bond Street, Bruton Street, Buckingham Palace, Chanel, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Dear Rowley, Diamonds, Dior, Donna Karan, Evita, Fred the Shred, Furs, Gone with the Wind, Hardy Amies, Hugh Bonville, Jade Jagger, James Sherwood, Karl Lagerfeld, Kathy Burke, Katy Thomas, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mammie, Marilyn Monroe, Matthew Williamson, Michael Kors, Mount Street, Mrs T, OBE, Olivia McCall, Pippa Middleton, Rafael, Rainbow High, Ralph Lauren, Rear of the Year, Royal Ascot, Royal Enclosure, Ryan Giggs, Sarah Burton, Scarlett O'Hara, Sienna Miller, Soho, Stella McCartney, Super Injunction, Suzi Perry, Svetlana Myronko, The Yard, Vivienne Westwood, White Army, William Banks-Blaney, William Vintage
Big Pony December 2010
Dear Rowley, You know I adore Ralph Lauren. The Christmas windows on Bond Street alone confirm that the guy can ‘do’ British better than we can. There is a level of slick and polish that one cannot help but admire. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anderson & Sheppard, Angus Cundey, Art Deco, Belinda Bowles, Big Pony, Bond Street, Brett Perkins, Burlington Arcade, Carol Woolton, Champers, Ede & Ravenscroft, Elizabeth, Fashions in Jewellery, Hello Dolly, Isetan, James Sherwood, Japan, John Bowering, Julian Haddon, Keith Levett, Kiaran Macdonald, Len Goodman, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Magnus, Mandy Cundey, Marcelle D'Argy Smith, Mrs T, National Library New York, New York, Okura, Oliver, Pamela Stephenson, Pickett, Ralph Lauren, Richard Craig, Rowley, Russell Sage, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy Grill, Savoy Museum, Sharon Brown, Signature Suites, Strictly Come Dancing, Susan Farmer, Taiwan, Timothy Everest, Tokyo, Trevor Pickett, Waterstones Piccadilly
A Riotous Christmas December 2010
Dear Rowley, You were sweet to write and inquire as to my whereabouts after a rather prolonged silence. Do forgive me. I was not, as a ‘friend’ suggested, lying naked in Bloomsbury Towers with a bottle of Tanqueray 10 in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchists, Apple Store Covent Garden, Apple Store Regent Street, Bette Midler, Bianca Jagger, Bishop of London, BlackBerry, Bloomsbury Towers, Bond Street, Buddhist, Champagne, Charles James Fox, Christmas Lights, Churchill, Duchess of Cornwall, French Revolution, Gabriel, Huntsman, James Hamilton, James Sherwood, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lock & Co, Lock & Roll, London Palladium, Lord Browne, Lucifer, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Marilyn Monroe, Ninth Circle of Hell, Off with their heads, Our Lady, Parliament Square, Pink Floyd, Prince of WAles, Princess de Lamballe, Queen Victoria, Rededication, Rolls Royce, Rowley, Royal Variety Performance, Rupert Everett, Russian Revolution, Savile Row, Savoy, Scientology, St George's Mayfair, Tanqueray 10, the Cenotaph, The Row, Tiffany, Tony Blair, Trilby, Waterloo, Wilton's