God save McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition celebrating Alexander McQueen comes home February 19, 2015 Duck feather dress from McQueen’s 2009 Horn of Plenty show A world beholden to mercantile concerns, where in follows out with bewildering arbitrariness and where genius gets distorted, compressed and subsumed into the commercial vortex that is the retail industry – fashion is no place for an artist. But an artist is what Alexander McQueen [...]
Syria airstrike vote 2015: Here’s how your MP voted December 3, 2015 Last night MPs voted in favour of the UK beginning airstrikes against Islamic State (Isis) with an overwhelming majority of 397 votes to 223, following a gruelling 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. The move was controversial, with huge numbers of people protesting against military intervention. Some Labour MPs claimed they were being intimidated to [...]
Scottish independence: Now even the English and Welsh think Yes camp will win September 10, 2014 English and Welsh people believe Scots will vote for independence a new report shows, as the Better Together campaign flounders in the final week before the polls open. There has been a massive swing from those who thought independence was unlikely before the weekend – 48 per cent of respondents to the YouGov poll as [...]
Hedgies high on the hog at Hedge Brunch’s Avenue summer bash July 31, 2014 St James's Street played host to a hoard of hedgies last night, as Hedge Brunch threw its summer soirée at Avenue restaurant. Founder of LNG Capital Louis Gargour was there, chatting to Alcova’s Russell Hart and Tom Pontin. “When Gus [Morison – HedgeBrunch founder] told me he was getting out of the industry to [...]
Bell Pottinger pulls the crowds at its annual summertime soiree May 20, 2014 HOT ON the heels of the Chelsea preview night, Bell Pottinger yesterday threw another City shindig, pulling Centrica’s Sam Laidlaw and hedge fund legend Sir Michael Hintze back onto the tiles for the second night in a row (although they both shot off early to catch up on beauty sleep). Communications coach to the great [...]
The royals have business smarts January 19, 2014 WHEN it comes to getting inspiration from the royal family, the top things on your list would probably be wedding dresses, the quickest route to Balmoral if your helicopter is out of juice and how to get paint off one’s Rolls-Royce – and business and career advice probably wouldn’t register very highly. But over the [...]
Duchess of Cambridge in hospital after going into labour July 22, 2013 THE DUCHESS of Cambridge has been taken to hospital in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace announced today. The Duchess – formerly Kate Middleton – travelled by car to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington this morning with her husband the Duke of Cambridge. She reportedly arrived at the hospital at around 6am, with an [...]
Alexander Mcqueen rides Royal wave September 30, 2012 FASHION brand Alexander McQueen posted a 34 per cent jump in profits last year after gaining “strong exposure” from last year’s Royal nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, whose wedding dress was designed by its creative director Sarah Burton. The firm increased profits to £5.2m, up from £3.9m, according to a Companies House filing.
Royal fashion favourite Amanda Wakeley gets investment boost September 16, 2012 FASHION label Amanda Wakeley, the British designer beloved of Kate Middleton and Hollywood stars, yesterday announced it had won the backing of a Middle Eastern private equity investor to help develop the business into a household name. AGC Equity Partners, which is headquartered in London with offices in the Middle East, will make a multi-million [...]
McQueen sets up shop on Savile Row October 24, 2012 The highly-anticipated store is open for business Stylish. That’s the word that springs to mind when stepping into the new Alexander McQueen menswear store. The label is big — even more so since its creative director, Sarah Burton, designed Kate Middleton’s wedding dress last year — so you might be surprised, then, to hear that [...]