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I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, As La Farmer would say, I feel like I’ve been shot out of a canon; rather in the spirit of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie hollering ‘raspberries darling!’ . As the old boiler said to the taxi dancer, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, BBC Fashion at Royal Ascot. Dear Rowley, Bespoke Banter, Bill Tildon, Blithe Spirit, Bloomsbury Towers. Bloomsbury Square, Brenda Dean Paul, Bright Young Things, Bryan and Diana Guinness, Capri, Carol Channing, Cecil Beaton, Charleston, Duke of Windsor, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Faberge. Wartski. Geoffrey Munn, Fellini, Fort Belvedere, Fotheringay, Fox St James's Street, Gail Capri, Great Exhibition 1851, House of Elliot, James Sherwood, Joe Allen, Kate & William, Lady Elizabeth Anson, Mary Queen of Scots, Mrs Simpson, Napoleon III, NBC, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Primrose HIll, Prince of WAles, Queen Mary, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Russian Imperial Family, Scott Wimsett, Sir Tom Baker, Southampton Row, Stephen Tennant, Tallulah Bankhead, Thames & Hudson, The Boyfriend, the Duke of Windsor, The Kooples, The Perfect Gentleman, the raft of the Medusas, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Guy Hills. Dashing Tweeds. Kirstie, Timothy Morgan Owen, Tsar Nicholas II. Empress Alix., Valpoliparrot
A STATE VISIT MAY 2011
Dear Rowley, Isn’t The Queen on a roll? HM triumphed at the Royal Wedding, rocked it out in Ireland and showed President Obama how it’s done at the State Dinner last night. It is heaven to see the Grand Duchess … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Wakeley, Anthony Price, BBC Fashion at Royal Ascot, Bloomsbury Towers, Celia Waldren, Dear Rowley, Deirdre Murphy, Diamond Jubilee, Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Cornwall, Ede & Ravenscroft, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, Forest Mere, George Best, Golden Gates Ascot, Grand Duchess Vladimir tiara, Henry Poole & Co, James Lock & Co, James Middleton, James Sherwood, Judy Garland, Kay Thompson, Keith Levett, Kensington Palace Royal Dress collection, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, President Obama, Prince William, Princess Margaret, Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Mother, Queen Victoria, Rachel Trevor-Morgan, Radio 4, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Russian Revolution, Scarlett O'Hara, State Dinner, Stephen Jones, Suzi Perry, Thames & Hudson, The Queen, Vivienne Westwood, Walking Groom State Livery, Westminster Abbey, William Vintage
Marvellous Millinery 17th May 2011
Dear Rowley, Glorious tintonabulations, my BBC partner-in-crime at Royal Ascot Suzi Perry flies in this morning to start a marathon of fittings with designers and milliners for this year’s Royal Meeting. Suzi is quite simply one of my favourite people … Continue reading
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Tagged A Room With A View, Amanda Wakeley, BBC, BBC News, Blitz Club, British Fashion, Clarence House, Cornelia Uphaugh, cornflowers, Dear Rowley, Debbie Reynolds, Die Hard, Dino, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style, George Emerson, Holby City, James Sherwood, Jennie Bond, Jesus, Lara Mingay, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Longmire, Mapp & Lucia, Maria Callas Signature Suite Savoy, Mary Magdalen, MGM, Morpheus, Old Bond Street, Philip Treacy, poker, Princess Beatrice, Radio 3, Relax Soho, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Savile Row, Savoy, Stephen Jones, Suzi Perry, the Miss Allen's, Victoria Coren
Met Ball May 2011
Dear Rowley, So it’s curtains for Osama Bin Laden. It has always struck me that he looked rather docile and beatific to be the personification of evil but that just shows how wrong you can be. Look at Simon Cowell. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander McQueen, BBC News, BBC1 Breakfast, BBC2, Bea Arthur, Bloomsbury Towers, Capri Dry Cleaners, Chopard, Dear Rowley, Debbie Reynolds, Dusty Springfield, E. M. Forster, Evening Standard, Fashion at Royal Ascot, Giverny, Golden Girls, Henry Poole & Co, Hollywood, James Sherwood, Juicy Couture, Lancaster Ballroom, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Maggie Hambling, MArk Winstanley, Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, MGM, Monet, Nina Dobrev, Nine, Osama Bin Laden, Penelope Cruz, Princess Letizia of Spain, Radio 4, Recycling, Robert Tewdyr Moss, Rowley, Royal Ascot, Royal wedding, Savoy, Savoy Museum, Signature Suites Savoy, Simon Cowell, Tallulah Bankhead, The Groucho Club, V&A Museum, Virginia Wolf, Whither the Arts?, Wyvern Bindery