There’s a Spice Girl coming. That’s the rumour, according to a customer at Bannisters Bagel Bar opposite James Square in Crieff. Mark my words, the man says, it’ll be a 50th birthday treat and Posh Spice will be there at the Dior fashion show at the castle down the road.
Wait. What? Victoria Beckham? Christian Dior? Bagel bar? Crieff, once the stolid, respectable capital of Strathearn, the historic “tryst” for Highland cattle farmers that became a Victorian resort, is suddenly emerging into the 21st century.
An electric shock of excitement was delivered last month, when Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s creative director, announced she would be showing a summer collection at Drummond Castle gardens, a mile or so south of the town.
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