ABSTRACT
The invitation said that Lady Pamela Berry was At Home at Fishmongers Hall. During her Presidency of the Society of London Fashion Designers, Lady Pamela has been at home in many mansions; Lancaster House, No. 11 Downing Street, the Mansion House itself. It was not, in very truth, without misgiving that the Warden and Court of the Fishmongers Company lent their stately hall in the City for such an unaccustomed rout. The reception is held at the close of the first day of the London couture collections. Over by the entrance, a young man from the Design Centre in Manchester is saying, ‘Here comes one of those clever continental raincoats, flung on for evening glamour’. What actually comes is the Fashion Editress of English Harper’s Bazaar in a petunia pink theatre coat, a rare couturier’s piece.
