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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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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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Happy New Year. January 2013.
Dear Rowley, Happy New Year darling. It’s a throwaway line, no? But this year I really wish you and I some much-needed jollity after a run of months that would have had Job whistling for the St Bernard and waving … Continue reading
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Alexander McQueen: Fashion Visionary. October 2012.
Dear Rowley, Birthdays always make one reflect. Mine isn’t until tomorrow but because we have a Ciao Bella meeting of the Mayfair Massive tonight I am treating the 26th as the official jour de naissance. The day began signing copies … Continue reading
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