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...Outerwear, the top performing Burberry category alongside scarves at British department store Harrods, was a highlight....
...From there, Johnsen narrowed the list down to four fragrances, with two last-minute submissions coming from Epinette (Lesedi La Rona III and V)....
...Corin Mellor, creative director of David Mellor DesignRichard Batterham: Studio Potter by Tanya Harrod and Sarah Griffin This was published alongside an exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...Then, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell and senior editor Horatia Harrod join Lilah to talk comedy....
...According to Jingle, Hitchins refused an offer from Harrods to purchase the bed in the 1980s (and at the time of printing it is still available to buy)....
...One of her favourites — and mine — is Kassl Editions’ V Wrap coat, a minimalist kimono-shaped robe in felted wool (£1,050, harrods.com)....
...You couldn’t swing a handbag in the front row without hitting one of their squishy pouch bags, the square-toed slides with puffy leather strap or the courts with a V-shaped vamp....
...Martin starts his column by highlighting the contemporary resonance of a quote from Joseph Goebbels on people v parliament....
...I buy own-label marmalade in Harrods Food Hall, which is a place of fascinating theatre....
...Passing through the Mayfair store’s automatic doors — thought to be the oldest still in use in Britain — the atmosphere on the shop floor is half V&A, half Are You Being Served?...
...“I went to see Savage Beauty [the 2015 Alexander McQueen retrospective at the V&A] many times. It felt like the opposite of the fashion industry, which was really speeding up....
...He has even embraced the most modern of fashion trends, the logo – which this season stars as 1970s-style hardware on thick leather belts (£630) and smart bags (V-Ring, £2,100)....
...The old Harrods furniture depository on the riverside was converted into 230 flats and 38 town houses in the 1990s....
...The last item of clothing I added to my wardrobe was a classic white Prada shirt that I picked up in Harrods. I had to fly to London at the last minute and didn’t have time to pack....
...It would be very sad if incredible institutions like the V&A turn up in the park, drawn by the pull of the creative community, but by the time the building is finished, that community has been moved on.”...
...Hyde Park is across the road and residents of Albertopolis need only pop through a gateway known as “the hole in the wall” to make their way to Harrods....
...£850,000 A two-bedroom flat near the river in Harrods Village in Barnes £2m A three-bedroom flat with a full view of the Thames in Fulham Reach £3.5m A four-bedroom family house with a garden in Strand...
...Victoria and Albert Museum As the festival’s official hub, the V&A will host talks about the future of design and a series of installations....
...Harrods Fine Jewellery Room provides an added level of service for its top customers....
...By now his son Arthur — Wilkinson’s father — was a teenager and ready to join the family firm, which made cut-glass tableware for the haunts of the well-heeled, including Harrods....
...There are swaths of claret velvet worthy of cabinet displays at the V&A or the Met, swirls of painstakingly embroidered gold and crystal, and thousands of hand-painted feathers....
...Sales outlets number 250 in 50 countries, including concessions in Harrods and Selfridges, the London department stores....
...A, Harrods and Selfridges for the duration of the McQueen show....
...the nine days, the V&A is the festival’s official nerve centre....
...In addition to its UK property portfolio, Stone Company also bought a nine-storey office block at Avenue George V in Paris for $160m in 2007....
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