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Return to Splendour. September 2017.
Dear Rowley, While recording a short interview for a film about Savile Row the other day I was asked what made me throw so much energy behind British bespoke tailoring? I believe the epiphany came at the Paris menswear shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Art Deco, Bitcoin, Boucheron, Cartier, China, David Beckham, De Beers Diamond, Dear Rowley, Faberge, Hip-Hop, Hong Kong, Indian Art Deco, James Sherwood, Jared Leto, Jewellery for Gentlemen, John Lewis, Juste un Clou, King George IV, King Henry VIII, King James I, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lewis Hamilton, Maharaja of Patiala, Mary Tudor, Met Gala, National Portrait Gallery, Paris, Peregrina, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary, Romanovs, Russia, Savile Row, Thames & Hudson, Tsar of Russia, Van Cleef & Arpels, Waitrose, Whitehall Cartoon, Will Smith
The Crown. November 2016.
Dear Rowley, Having devoured the first six episodes of Netflix epic The Crown, telling the story of The Queen’s accession to the throne, it is patently clear where £100 million was spent on the production. I wonder whether re-staging the marriage … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Jennings, Anne Boleyn Wolf Hall, Claire Foy, Coronation 1953, Dear Rowley, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Windsor, Earl of Mountbatten, Eileen Atkins, Great Smog 1952, Greg Wise, Group Captain Peter Townsend, James Sherwood, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Kenya, King George VI, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Matt Smith, Nathalie Dormer, Netflix, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Mary, Queen Victoria, The Crown, The Iron Lady, The Queen, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton, Wallis Simpson, Westminster Abbey, Winston Churchill
Rage Against the Machine. January 2015.
Dear Rowley, Do you recall seeing Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)? Metropolis is a pioneering science fiction film set in 2026 that depicted a dystopian city where the masters lived at the top of Towers of Babel and the poor serviced the machines … Continue reading
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