London (England)

November 26, 2019

Can’t Afford a Shopping Spree At Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing

THE CARTIERSThe Untold Story Behind the Jewelry EmpireBy Francesca Cartier Brickell By Sadie Stein “Family came first,” Francesca Cartier Brickell’s grandfather tells her of the family’s […]
October 1, 2019

Kara Walker Takes a Monumental Jab at Britannia

LONDON — The Queen Victoria Memorial, centerpiece of the plaza that fronts Buckingham Palace, is possibly the most bombastic of this city’s monuments to British grandeur. […]
February 27, 2019

The Flower Disrupter

Fashion’s favorite florist learned her trade at Tom Ford, watching all the bouquets go by.
November 27, 2017

Victoria Beckham Raises $40 Million in Private Equity Investment

Advertisement LONDON — Victoria Beckham (the luxury empire, not the woman) is about to get a whole lot bigger. After years of speculation that her fast-growing […]
November 23, 2017

A Modeling Rite of Passage, Unmasked

Advertisement LONDON — On a sidewalk slicked with rain, a young woman in an Audrey Hepburn T-shirt stands awkwardly beneath an umbrella. Against the same drab […]
November 2, 2017

Watch Brands Are Thinking Twice About Going to the Fair

LONDON — The luxury watch show Salon QP is returning to the Saatchi Gallery here this week for a ninth edition — during an increasingly challenging […]
October 23, 2017

On the Runway: In Britain, Few Surprises in 2017 Fashion Awards Nominations

Elizabeth Paton ON THE RUNWAY LONDON — On this wet and windy Monday, deep in the underbelly of Soho House, the British Fashion Council unveiled the […]
September 15, 2017

Alice Archer Is a Name to Know at London Fashion Week

LONDON — There are few emerging fashion designers who can say they have dressed both Sean Combs and Pippa Middleton. But Alice Archer’s intricate digital embroidery […]
September 12, 2017

Vivien Leigh’s Jewelry on Auction at Sotheby’s

LONDON — Rarely has a sale of a grandmother’s hand-me-down jewelry gotten such attention. But when that grandmother was the double-Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, the glare […]
May 25, 2017

Balenciaga, Fashion’s Original Provocateur

LONDON — The internet went into its now de rigueur frenzy recently after Balenciaga released a blue, roughly $2,000, trapezoidal tote, created by the artistic director […]