Let’s workshop it
There are few brands that can claim to have made a handbag for Margaret Thatcher, a cigar case for Winston Churchill, and the necklace worn by Kate Winslet in 1997’s Titanic. Asprey, the British luxury house that has been operating out of London since 1781, can claim all three, and that’s before you get to the Royal Warrants, the generations of silversmiths working in its workshop, or the fact that it is currently embarking on what it calls a modern Grand Tour, sourcing rare crafts from artisans in Japan, Brazil, Afghanistan, and beyond to mark its 245th anniversary. If you haven’t heard of Asprey, you’re probably not alone – at least on this side of the Atlantic. In Britain, the name carries a particular kind of weight.
