Tag: britain
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Fantasy becomes reality as fashion’s ‘Wonder Boy’ shows in London
With cartoon prints, snail-shaped stickers and speckled ermine coats, British designer Jonathan Anderson delivered on his promise to put the “fantasy in fashion” as he presented his latest collection in London on Sunday. The British capital's fashion elite were up early to cram into the military building that provided the backdrop for the autumn-winter 2016…
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Eagle gift from Reagan fetches top price in Thatcher sale
A gift from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan fetched top price in a sale of ex British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's personal possessions which raised more than 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) overall, auctioneer Christie's said. Reagan's gift to Thatcher of an American bald eagle figure fetched the highest sum, 266,500 pounds, and was sold…
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Margaret Thatcher’s power suits, handbags go on sale
Handbags, clothes and jewelry owned by the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher are to go on sale on Tuesday, with some items expected to fetch up to 180,000 pounds ($273,000). Up to 350 “historic and personal lots” related to Thatcher are on offer, and include Britain's only woman prime minister's wedding dress, her red…
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Spanish maker of Princess Charlotte dress inundated with orders
By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) – A family-run children's clothes shop in Spain has been inundated with orders from around the world for dresses identical to the one worn by Britain's Princess Charlotte in the latest official photos – but has enough cloth to make only 20 of them. “The biggest advertising agency in the…
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Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills
Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honor among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain's World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 pounds by 1937 – around 12,000 pounds ($18,000) at today's prices -…
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UK wartime leader Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills
Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honour among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain's World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 pounds by 1937 – around 12,000 pounds at today's prices – with…
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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group
South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to…
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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group
South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to…