A set of pyjamas at the new Chancery Rosewood costs £1,100. Which is about £600 less than a room. They’re made by the fashion house Erdem and feature an intricate print inspired by the former American Embassy, newly home to London’s latest grand hotel. Were I rich, I’d buy a set — the pyjamas are green and I look good in green.
And they would match the Green Card, one of the signature cocktails at the Eagle Bar, a rooftop enclave perched above the hotel and named after America’s flagship animal. Up here, there’s room for 190 guests on two sides, east and west. The luckiest will sit close to an enormous gold sculpture of the famous bird sitting pretty on the edge of the facade. And there are characters straight out of a movie — like Hollywood lite — a big, bold terrace of extravagance, tailored suits and polished loafers. This is where some sort of king of old would speak to his subjects, not that they would hear him so high up.
