Harrods department store owner and Egyptian multimillionaire Mohamed Al Fayed was questioned by police Wednesday, a store spokeswoman said, after London Metropolitan Police said a man had been questioned "in connection with an allegation of sexual assault on a girl under 16."
Its opening may have been an unmitigated disaster of canceled flights, lost baggage and painful delays, but the architects behind Heathrow Terminal 5 say they hope their $8.6 billion colossus will eventually bring a different kind of drama to the traveling experience.
Sure, she gets to wear jeans to work, but that doesn't mean there's anything laid back about Andrea Bernholtz's job running cult-jean maker Rock & Republic with co-founder and CEO Michael Ball. The globetrotting exec spends most of the year on the road - schmoozing everyone from stars like Eva Longoria who give her brand buzz, to merchants like Harrods and Neiman Marcus. We caught up with Bernholtz in L.A. - fresh from the launch of the company's accessory and eyewear line to talk travel.
A brokenhearted father takes over the proceedings, calling the Royals insulting names and pressing a bizarre conspiracy theory that he holds to be fact
Harrods department store owner and Egyptian multimillionaire Mohamed Al Fayed was questioned by police Wednesday, a store spokeswoman said, after London Metropolitan Police said a man had been questioned "in connection with an allegation of sexual assault on a girl under 16."
Its opening may have been an unmitigated disaster of canceled flights, lost baggage and painful delays, but the architects behind Heathrow Terminal 5 say they hope their $8.6 billion colossus will eventually bring a different kind of drama to the traveling experience.
Sure, she gets to wear jeans to work, but that doesn't mean there's anything laid back about Andrea Bernholtz's job running cult-jean maker Rock & Republic with co-founder and CEO Michael Ball. The globetrotting exec spends most of the year on the road - schmoozing everyone from stars like Eva Longoria who give her brand buzz, to merchants like Harrods and Neiman Marcus. We caught up with Bernholtz in L.A. - fresh from the launch of the company's accessory and eyewear line to talk travel.
A brokenhearted father takes over the proceedings, calling the Royals insulting names and pressing a bizarre conspiracy theory that he holds to be fact
Potential jurors for the London-based inquest into the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed must have one thing in common: very little knowledge of the case.
What is it: For my money the Mandarin Oriental is the most glam hotel in London. Its not unusual to see movie stars or models milling around the foyer, while its location near Hyde Park and the shopping mecca of Harrods and Harvey Nichols also make it a place for the seriously monied.
Fashion designer Carlos Miele has a store in New York and a global client base but it is the shantytowns of his native Brazil that are also reaping benefits from his work.
Squinting at the sumptuous treasures of the Gilbert Collection in London's grand Somerset House, it occurs to me that you could make a theme tour called "Exquisite London." It would feature the souvenirs and ego trips left over from London's gilded age of obscene privilege, plus a few ostentatious knickknacks from our own time.
Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed won a court battle Friday to have a jury preside over the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi al Fayed.
In an age when more and more people are abandoning the art of handwriting in favor of the swift, impersonal blandness of e-mail communication, the pens manufactured by Italian company Montegrappa continue to provide a strong incentive for sticking to ink and paper.
London department store Harrods has unveiled a bronze statue to pay tribute to Princess Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed, eight years after the pair were killed in a Paris car crash.
Walking up the aisle can take a lot more than just saying "I do," with careful planning and a big budget required for some couples to get the right look.
Breakthrough Since Los Angeles-based Matteo unveiled its ultrahip linens at New York's ABC Carpet & Home in late 2001, sales have soared 95% domestically and 300% internationally.
In July, 82-year-old Brit Beatrice Muller "retired" to the Queen Elizabeth 2, the grande dame of cruise ships, saying it didn't cost much more than a retirement home. Intrigued, we set up this comp...
I never imagined I'd be in London, undressing before the Queen. But here I am, at Rigby & Peller--the royal corsetieres just across from Harrod's--shrugging out of my bra for an expert fitter named...
As the summer travel season nears its peak, millions of U.S. tourists are pouring into Europe. Unfortunately, a good many of them will forget something on their way out: a refund on Europe's value-...
Apart from a brief rebound in May, the long-almighty greenback has been declining for almost four months now in what looks to many economists like the new long-term trend (see The Economy). The dec...
The Burberry raincoat, designed for British officers in the trenches in World War I, has clothed royalty, spies, and foreign correspondents, but it might not clothe U.S. travelers who want to buy o...
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