Going up!
Banksy’s vest
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Sotheby’s is selling one of the five Union Jack bulletproof vests Banksy made and Stormzy wore to headline Glasto. The estimate is £200,000 to £300,000 for next Wednesday’s auction. Dig deep.
Ermine capes
A suggestion from the new Valentino collection designed by Alessandro Michele: wear royal robes. He showed ermine-esque feather shawls. Why not go the full cape, and make like Elizabeth I.
Mask and fan balls
Anyone in Marylebone last Thursday would have borne witness: celeb haunt Chiltern Firehouse celebrated their decade with a monochrome, masked ball. It was the only list to be on last week. Just ask Sienna and Princess Beatrice.
High tops
A postcard from Paris: little trainers will no longer do. Chloé, Loewe and Polo Ralph Lauren all had high tops. Grab your Jordans. Slam dunk.
Going down...
Barbie x Stanley cups
Two things I would be overjoyed never to see/hear about/talk of ever again: Barbie and those ridiculous reusable Stanley cups. Now there is a collaboration. Shudder.
Strictly Come Dancing
Will we ever stop hearing about Strictly’s bullying-gate? It is making the annual task of avoiding photographs of “celebrities” in chorus-line sequins very difficult.
Americanisms
Why does everyone in London speak like they were raised in Tennessee now? “Can I get a Diet Coke?” “I’ll take the chicken salad.” To be avoided.
Rescue dogs
Interior designer and tea-towel maker Nicky Haslam has declared little pooches picked up at Battersea Dog & Cats Home common. Solution: don’t tell people where you found Dolly the cocker spaniel.
