Luxury 101
After the Science Museum and latte we decided to ditch the education and go to Harrods. Harrods isn't just a department store, no, it's a must-see on the London tourist trek. It's gorgeous, gawdy, and full of guilty pleasures, actually it's an education in luxury.We walked into the entrance by the Knightsbridge tube stop exit. Then into one of the Rooms of Luxury - this was full of every designer label you can think of - from Valentino to Hermes to Chopard to Prada. Louis Vuitton handbags were to the right - I saw a key fob for 125GBP in the glass case. Burberry was around the corner, their signature scarves selling for 250GBP.
We went up the escalators in the Egyptian Hall - an area all decked out with what I assume to be Harrods' view of the decadence of the Egyptian pharoahs. There we walked around the women's clothing, Whistles is quite a nice line, then upstairs to home furnishings and the last stop was the men's area which we skipped.
At the bottom of the Egyptian Hall escalators is a memorial to Diana and Dodi. That's what it's called - Dodi and Diana memorial - no princess, no Al Fayed. It's just a small fountain with their pictures, a wine glass and ring. The plaque explained that the wine glass was the exact one they used at the hotel the night they died and the ring was the engagement ring that Dodi had bought for Diana the day before they died. Pretty tragic and it was actually a touching memorial.
Here's a close-up of the ring.
After Harrods we made our way back to Finsbury Park where we joined our new neighbours, after much debate, at their housewarming bbq which turned out to be a nice time. Then to Red Rita for a birthday pint for HD and home to chill and sleep.
posted by RC @ 1:48 PM
1 Comments:
That is such a nice memorial to Diana and Dodi, because at the end of the day they were two individuals who's lives were cut short. Now that's a ring! Oh by the way don't forget to pick me up a pair of Prada shoes. Thanks!
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