Rule, Britannia!

Bloody hell...London Fashion Week is officially over, so before I turn my attention to Milan, I wanted to bid farewell to London.  I'm closing with a "Top Twenty" list of things I love about Britian...Cheers!

1. Music -- Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Adam Ant, Sex Pistols, Beatles, Stones...

2. Fashion -- McQueen (RIP), Vivienne Westwood, Jonathan Saunders, John Richmond...

3. Absolutely Fabulous

"Sweetie, darling.  Sweetie... darling."

4. Harvey Nichols

A shopper's paradise

5. The Tate Modern

6. Monty Python

The Holy Grail of comedy!

7. Jeremy Irons and Ralph Feinnes

I don’t really need to explain, do I?

8. Rowan Atkinson

Who doesn’t love Mr. Bean?

 9. The original "Office" and Ricky Gervais

10. Agent Provocateur



 








11. The Young Ones

When MTV had good shows!

12. Eddie Izzard

13. Tea and Scones

14. Hyde Park

15. 007

“Shaken, not stirred.”


16. Aston Martin













The original Bond car


17. Portobello Market

18. Savile row

19. Fish and Chips

20. John Inman

The hilarious Mr. Humphries!

AB FAB

Britain’s Absolutely Fabulous is probably one of my all-time favorite TV sitcoms. Jennifer Saunders is not only the show’s creator, but she stars as the main character Edina who runs a fashion PR company. The scattered and undisciplined Edina (aka Eddie), is rarely seen at work. Instead, she is usually running around wreaking havoc with her chain smoking, skin tight dress wearing pal, Patsy (played by Joanna Lumley). “I haven’t had a thing to eat since 1975,” Pats mutters when a piece of food falls out of her mouth because she can’t seem to remember the mechanics of chewing and swallowing. The two co-dependent and dysfunctional BFF’s indulge in embarrassing Eddie’s uptight scholarly daughter, Saffron (Saffy) with their scandalous lifestyle and outrageous behavior. Eddie adores Parisian designer, Christian Lacroix and is usually wearing his pieces in very poor taste. In one episode, Patsy and Edina meet the famous designer in a shopping center and, of course, Eddie proceeds to make a fool of herself.

Enjoy this little “Ab Fab” video sweetie, darlings… sweetie… darlings………….sweetie.