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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. February 2016.

Dear Rowley, I always wondered when the fashion industry would, like a snake swallowing its own tail, eat itself. The prediction came true with the announcement that Burberry – closely followed by Tom Ford – would cease to show Spring/Summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Academy Awards, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder, Born Yesterday, Burberry, Buster Keaton, Cecil B. DeMille, Chanel, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel, Dear Rolwey, Dior, Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson, Gypsy Rose Lee, Hays Code, Hedda Hopper, Helen MIrren, Hollywood, James Sherwood, Jennifer Lawrence, Joe Gillis, Judy Holiday, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Louise Brooks, Lulu in Hollywood, Mack Sennett, MAe West, Male and Female, Marcel Wave, Marie Antoinette, Mary Pickford, Max, Norma Desmond, Ocado, Oscars, Paramount Studios, Paul Iribe, Pola Negri, Queen Kelly, Rudolph Valentino, Salome, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Sunset Boulevard, Swanson on Swanson, Thus Passes the Glory of the World, Tom Ford, Tonight or Never, Young Fellow

Untold Stories of Hollywood. May 2014.

Dear Rowley, As Samuel Pepys would have told you, don’t look to the leading ladies and gentlemen in history for the truth. You want to know about Cleopatra’s amours? Ask a handmaiden. Henry VIIIs temper? Ask the fool. The same … Continue reading →

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Golden Globes Fashion. January 2014.

Dear Rowley, Well, I got Michelle Dockery’s frock completely wrong. Turns out it is an Oscar de la Renta though the shape is very reminiscent of last season’s Dior couture. I adore Mr de la Renta. We’ve never met but … Continue reading →

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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. February 2016.

Untold Stories of Hollywood. May 2014.

Golden Globes Fashion. January 2014.

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