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How It Looked. How It Was. Consequences. July 2012.
Dear Rowley, It’s official. The insurgency against the Jubolympics in Bloomsbury is gathering momentum. As of yesterday, Bloomsbury has been invaded by every nationality and age of chav in town for the Olympic Games. We have scrawny Asians with less … Continue reading
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Rock on Tommy 22nd May 2011
Dear Rowley, In all the tra-la-la of having Suzi Perry in town this week, I haven’t had time to put pen to Smythson paper and tell you about Royal Ascot days and disco nights of late. Thursday saw Miss P … Continue reading
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Savile Row Advance Copy August 2010
Dear Rowley, I was walking back to Bloomsbury Towers via Covent Garden yesterday when I was hailed on the street by this divine hunk of a Serbian barber called Goran who used to cut my hair at The Refinery (opposite Claridge’s) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsbury Towers, Claridge's, Covent Garden, Dee Carpenter, Ede & Ravenscroft, Goran, Linda Evangelista, Menorca, New Jersey, Peter Millard, River Cafe, Sam Clark, Savile Row, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy, Thames & Hudson, The Refinery, Thought for the Day, Trumper's Curzon Street, Yardley