Sugar and spice… December 10, 2013 And all things nice for an indulgent Christmas treat TWG Immortal Moment black tea £56.00 harrods.com Melt chocolate wreath £30.00 meltchocolates.com Godiva gold pouch £30.00 godiva-online-store.eu Grand Marnier limited edition Haussmann bottle £26.05 Exclusive to Harvey Nichols harveynichols.com Goose Foie Gras en Gelée £18.50 fortnumandmason.com Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester chocolate hamper £125.00 alainducasse-dorchester.com Laurenti [...]
How shopping for watches online went mainstream February 6, 2014 DM London chairman David Coleridge tells us how the watch retail industry is changing with the times DAVID Coleridge has always been a man with a vision; one of those people who are ahead of the curve, a leader rather than a follower. It sounds hyperbolic but without him, in his auspices as chairman of [...]
Festive formal wear suits you December 4, 2013 Get suited up for the Christmas party season in one of these dinner jackets Etro Embossed Velvet Jacket £925, harrods.com Take paisley a step further by embossing it onto your dinner jacket. With a satin trim and a printed silk lining, this jacket is sure to liven up any suit this party season. Ami Tuxedo [...]
Private View: On the market in Mayfair this week October 24, 2013 PARK LANE PLACE, W1 £5.95m Three bed, three bathroom apartment on the 7th floor with a balcony and access to the leisure facilities of the Marriott Hotel. Contact Harrods Estates on 020 7409 9001 MOUNT ROW, W1K £7m Three double ensuite bedrooms with walnut wooden flooring throughout. Close to Mount Street and Grosvenor Square. Contact [...]
Mywardrobe bought out of administration November 19, 2013 ONLINE fashion retailer mywardrobe.com was given a new lease of life yesterday after being bought out of administration through a pre-pack deal that will save 50 jobs. A consortium of private investors have stepped in a bought the company from administrators Leonard Curtis, after it struggled under mounting losses and ran out of cash to [...]
Focus on Marylebone: Where Holmes meets luxury homes January 16, 2014 HOUSE prices in Marylebone have risen by 28.5 per cent in the last five years and the trend looks set to continue, according to statistics from property website Zoopla. “We anticipate that within the next five years, prices in Marylebone, NW1, will increase by up to 25 per cent as the area benefits from further [...]
What a load of pants November 6, 2013 Keep it brief this winter with this selection of quality underwear POSH PANTS DaDa £18.00 These bright, candy-striped boxers are from specialists DaDa. Too busy to refresh your stock of pants regularly? Then join their Quarterly Men’s Underwear Club at dadaunderwear.com for £59 a year and get a pair delivered every quarter. HOLIDAY PANTS Orlebar [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 17 September 2013 September 16, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Record Saudi oil output in supply gap The trigger for the jump in Gulf production has been huge disruption to supplies from Libya, where striking workers and militias have reduced exports from about 1m b/d to merely a trickle. Saudi Arabia has responded by pushing output to 10.2m barrels a day in August, [...]
The retail champion who puts fame after business December 1, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks T-shirts and Small Business Saturday with Made in Chelsea’s Oliver Proudlock THE SERGE DeNimes headquarters is a cosy studio-cum-office, located exactly where you would expect for a business whose founder has found fame on Channel 4’s hugely-successful reality TV show Made In Chelsea. I’m hesitant about interviewing Oliver Proudlock, who, when not [...]
Candy gets the thumbs up to turn Knightsbridge office into house August 28, 2013 PROPERTY tycoon Christian Candy, one of London’s best known residential developers, is turning an office building in Knightsbridge into a supersized residential home. Candy’s CPC Group was granted planning permission by Westminster borough council earlier this week to convert its offices at Rutland Gardens into a house, which will be 16 times the size of [...]