If anywhere is about power dressing, it must be Washington DC. Imagine what bargains are to be had in the second hand clothes shops. Americans don’t call them that, of course, it’s far too vulgar. No, they like to call them “consignment shops”. Secondi, near Dupont Circle is one of the better-established ones, situated in large, bright,
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In the attractive town of Grasmere, next to the church where William Wordsworth is buried, is this delightful cottage, built in 1630 and formerly a school (William taught here) but now a shop making and selling genuine Grasmere gingerbread. Sarah Nelson took over the cottage in 1850 and her gingerbread has been sold here ever
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A visit to Grasse, the home of perfume, would not be complete without a trip to one of the town’s most famous perfume factories. Molinard, set in a handsome building in its own right – pinky-cream rendering with pie crust tiling and iron fretwork – was established in 1849 and much of the perfume making
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