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The Black Tie Brooch. October 2017.
Dear Rowley, You know I am always wary of broadcasting good news because it is invariably at that moment when the lightening bolt sets fire to your fun fur. But it seems like the wind is in the sails of Jewellery … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Tie Brooch, Cannes, Dear Rowley, Fagin, Hancocks of London, Hollywood, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lucas Rarities, Mount Street Printers, No One Marylebone, Ron Moody, Shaun Leane, Stephen Webster, Sterlé, The Wedding Gallery, Theo Fennell, Virgin Startup, Wartski, Wright & Teague
Jewellery for Gentlemen. October 2017.
Dear Rowley, After a year’s work, my Jewellery for Gentlemen book is finished bar the choice of cover design. What I long to do is go straight to where my heart is warmest – Son Bou beach on the island of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bond Street, Boucheron, Cartier, Celebrity Juice, David Beckham, Dear Rowley, Faberge, Freddie Kruger, Halloween, Henry Poole, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Judith Watt, King Charles I, La Farmer, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lewis Hamilton, London, Madame Arcati, Menorca, Mr Bowering, National Portrait Gallery, Palace of Westminster, Prince of Wale, Queen Elizabeth I, Ronaldo, Sir Walter Raleigh, Son Bou Beach, Thames & Hudson, The Wedding Gallery, Van Cleef & Arpels, Verdura, Virgin Startup, Will Smith
Fine and Dandy? October 2017.
Dear Rowley, The other day, I had the privilege to view pieces tailored by Henry Poole & Co in the Museum of London archive. We saw the black velvet tunic Sir Henry Irving wore to play King Charles I and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury Towers, Bourbon, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Count D'Orsay, Dear Rowley, Florence, George 'Beau' Brummell, Henry Poole & Co, Holy Grail, I Am Dandy, Ian Kelly, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Kate Bush, Khedive of Egypt, King Charles I, King Charles X of France, King Edward VII, King George IV, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Men At Play, Museum of London, Nick Foulkes, Pitti Uomo, Regency, RuPaul, Sir Henry Irving, Stephen Sondheim, The Dandy at Dusk, The Sparsholt Affair, The Wedding Gallery, Timothy Long, Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club, Wicked Witch of the West End
Black Magic. September 2017.
Dear Rowley, Well, Alexander Skarsgard is swiftly becoming the poster boy for Jewellery for Gentlemen and the picture in my locket. Not only did he win the Emmy for Big Little Lies, he also accepted it wearing a Deco diamond Cartier dress clip … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Art Deco, Bacon, Bambi, Bentley & Skinner, Berkeley Square, Big Little Lies, Cartier, Clark Gable, Compliquée Peacock watch, Country Life, Dame Judi Dench, De Koonig, Dear Rowley, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress Marie Feodorovna, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Faberge, Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs, Fabergé Mosaic Egg, Gaugin, HM The Queen, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Joe Orton, John Brown, King Edward VII, LAPADA, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lucas Rarities, Picasso, Pollock, Queen Victoria, Revolution Magazine, Rothko, Russian Revolution, Suzanne Belperron, the Munshi, The Wedding Gallery, Third Imperial Egg, Tracey Llewellyn, Tsar Alexander III, Tsar Nicholas II, Victoria & Abdul, Wartski
Jewellery for Gentlemen. August 2017.
Dear Rowley, After all these years, I think you’ve gathered that I’ve always had a magpie’s eye for jewellery. Over the years I’ve progressed from writing about fine jewellery in the FT and the old International Herald Tribune to styling … Continue reading
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Tagged Ara Vartanian, Bespoke Banter, Bitcoin, Cartier, City, David Webb, David Yurman, Dear Rowley, Evan Yurman, Harlem, International Herald Tribune, James Sherwood, Jewellery for Gentlemen, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lewis Hamilton, Lucky Blue Smith, Nation of Shopkeepers, Neo-Renaissance, New York, No 1 Marylebone, Panthere, Primark, Savile Row, Scott Wimsett, Shaun Leane, Thames & Hudson, The Wedding Gallery