The article about Grace Coddington’s Smythson was fun, but this is even better: a lovely glimpse of Katharine Hepburn’s Smythson address book!

“[W]ith the phone numbers and addresses of people from Rock Hudson and Frank Sinatra to Winston Churchill and Vivien Leigh scrawled in biro (and, occasionally, pink felt tip) on the pages of her bespoke navy address book, being alone was clearly not on the cards for a woman who made her way in the world on her own terms. Whether travelling in London, New York or, most preferably, California (a city whose name was double-embossed on the cover of the book, and which came with twice the amount of pages to accommodate extra friendships), there were plenty of people around the world with whom she could find companionship.”

Read more at: Icons: Katharine Hepburn – Smythson Travel