My subscription copy of Tatler has turned up – 142 pages, no supplement. Recycled images of Audrey Hepburn provide the backdrop for a collage-style jewellery editorial. Paris Hilton is described as “the greatest IT Girl of them all” although I’m sure people in the 1920's thought the same about their celebrities. Don’t expect any depth or self-reflection from the feature – she’s still selling the character of “Paris” but with a cleaned-up look and sound, because she knows people like nostalgia. She knows what sells, she just doesn’t need to sell it as hard today.
There’s a 10 page fashion editorial, ‘Talk of the ton’ with Natasha Luwedde@Select wearing voluminous gowns, shot by Oli Kearon and styled by Sophie Pera.
This issue will not be going on sale in Thailand because there’s an article about how everyone wants the King ousted.
The throwback page is a 1992 cover of Helena Bonham Carter.