Winter Decorative Fair Name Dropping

Decorators & Interior designers (and Celebrities) At London’s Most Intersting Antique Fair

I am reliably informed by Pippa Roberts (our appropraitely initialled Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair “PR”) that the fair was once again an antiques and interior design ”A” list affair. A team from Ralph Lauren flew in from New York and were very happy with their many purchases. There was a strong presence from other decorators (UK and international) who bought energetically ~ including those from Soho House, John Minshaw, Nina Campbell and Nicky Haslam*.

Well known faces spotted at the Fair were Helena Bonham Carter, Bryan Ferry, Bill Nighy, Jeremy Irons, City business-woman Marjorie Scardino, fashionista Karen Millen, also Patsy Seddon (founder of Phase 8 stores), Lord & Lady Bamford (JCB and Daylesford Organic), Alan Rickman and Nigel Havers.

* I reported in my immediate fair posting last week that I was too nervous to photograph Nicky Haslam.  However, when I looked through my photographs, who should I see first through the doors as they called  ”they’re off” at 12 noon on the dot!  I was too busy capturing the scene to look at what I was capturing!