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Easter Parade. April 2012.
Dear Rowley, Where have I been all your life? Well, truth to tell after finishing off The Perfect Gentleman I’ve gone from 5th to 1st gear. Bliss, isn’t it? Of course having time on one’s hands allows the devil to make … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andy Barnham, Art Deco, Atlantic Bar & Grill, Beaufort Bar, Bible, Brasserie Zedel, Brett, Burlesque, Carolly Erickson, Carry On films, Charles Laughton, Corbin & King, Corfu, Dear Rowley, E F Benson, Easter, Easter Bunny, Evil Under the Sun, Faberge eggs, Gary Cooper, Henry Poole & Co, I want to be evil, James Sherwood, Joe Keenan, Lady BRacknell, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, London, Lord Rosebery, Mapp & Lucia, Marlene Dietrich, Ollie Peyton, Puttenham Church, Rizzoli, St George's Mayfair, Thames & Hudson, The 10 Cases, The Last Tsarina, The Perfect Gentleman, The Savoy, The Yard, Titanic, West End, Witness for the Prosecution
Diva Fever February 2011
Dear Rowley, Sorry for the silence darling. I had a weekend of bathing at better half’s, scads of mystery drama, a tub of Bailey’s ice cream and the odd nip of green ginger wine wearing an old cashmere sweater and … Continue reading →
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Tagged 14 Savile Row, Art Deco, Beaufort Bar, Betty Blue Eyes, Burlesque, Centre Stage, CNN Royal Wedding, come fly wit me, Covent Garden, Dame Barbara Cartland, Diana, End of the Rainbow, Evita, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Hardy Amies, Huffington Post, Huntsman, Jamie's Italian, Judy Garland, Lee Brown, Les Mouches, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Miranda, Monmouth Street, MTBA, New York, Pam Sommers, Pat Murphy, Patti Lupone, Princess Anne, Princess of Wales, Regency architecture, Riverside Studios, Rizzoli, Rosy Runciman, Rowley, Salad Days, Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, Savoy, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Sunday Night at the Savoy, The Queen, The World of Interiors, Tracie Bennett, Trafalgar Studios, Vuitton Guide to London 2012, www.chiktrek.com
Savile Row Book Cover July 2010
Dear Rowley, The hazards of the digital age darling. I’ve always said the pride before the fall really emerges when you find yourself Googling your own name in the twilight hours after one too many sherries. Well, I wasn’t quite … Continue reading →
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Tagged 300 Years of Fashion at Royal Ascot, Antinous, Bespoke, Bloomsbury Towers, British Museum, Bruno Tosi, Camilla Johnson-Hilll, Dashing Tweeds, E. M. Forster, Frederica, Guy Hills, Hatchard's, Interview, La Divina., Maria Callas, Noel Coward, P. T. Barnum, Palazzo Corsini, Palazzo Pitti, Queen Elizabeth II, Rizzoli, Savile Row, Savoy, Sotheby's, Thames & Hudson, The Rake, The World of Interiors, Vogue, Wendy Moffat