Chippendale

After the Chippendales male-stripping empire ran into trouble, it left a web of family drama, a competitor called Strippendales and legal action that continues on.

Tungate is a fan of Chippendale’s, who performed that night at Laundry Wand.

The music played on while at the other end of the room, Lady Augusta Drear, tall as a crane, ransacked the Chippendale desk for the guest list.

The outfit didn’t evoke a fearless mustering of Real American patriots so much as a Chippendale dancer gone to seed.

No expense was spared, with furniture by Thomas Chippendale, landscaping by famed garden designer Capability Brown and portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough.