- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: MODEL CHRISTY TURLINGTON OPENS LONDON FASHION CAFE
- Date: 6th August 1996
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 6, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) EXTERIOR OF LONDON FASHION CAFE, NEXT DOOR TO PLANET HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE GATHERED / SIGN SAYING WELCOME CHRISTY TURLINGTON
- Embargoed: 21st August 1996 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA2X7GH97WKFOIJXECA64IAYMRU
- Story Text: Supermodel Christy Turlington officially opened the London Fashion Cafe on Tuesday (August 6) watched by an enthusiastic crowd of tourists and fashion groupies.
Turlington owns the restaurant in London's Coventry Street in partnership with Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson and entrepreneur Tommaso Buti.
The cafe sits next door to another themed restaurant -- Planet Hollywood -- but Turlington says Fashion Cafe isn't competing with its movie-themed neighbour.
"This is a very different restaurant," she said during the opening.
Hundreds of tourists and fashion groupies crowded in to catch a glimpse of Turlington who obliged her fans by signing baseball caps and T-shirts.
Turlington said she was excited by the response to the restaurant and the famous owners would be involved in the cafe "as much as time permits" by donating some of their own clothes and persuading designers to do the same.
As for the menu, customers can sample dishes such as Fashionburgers, Pret-a-Portobello and Glitzy Grilled Vegetable Salad while surrounded by one of the world's largest collections of fashion memorabilia.
New Fashion Cafes will soon be opened in Barcelona, Jakarta and Manila, while the London Fashion Cafe will be extended later this year. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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