Aquascutum Aquascutum Aquascutum is a British-based luxury clothing manufacturer and retailer. Aquascutum was established in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, when tailor and entrepreneur John Emary opened a high quality menswear shop at 46 Regent Street. In 1853, after succeeding in producing the first waterproof wool, he had his discovery patented and renamed the company 'Aquascutum', Latin for 'watershield'. In 1901, Emary moved to 100 Regent Street in the heart of London. In September 2011, Austin Reed had moved into that location at 100 Regent Street after it was announced that Aquascutum was in trouble. Coats for officers in
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Sophia Loren: Her Own Story is a 1980 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Sophia Loren as herself. The film was written by Joanna Crawford based on the 1979 biographical book "Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story" by A.E. Hotchner and originally aired on NBC on October 26, 1980. A dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren from her childhood in Naples to her international stardom. Loren plays herself during adulthood and her mother Romilda Villani. "I thought it was an extremely dangerous thing to do," said Gavin