But if the lobby has an Alice in Wonderland atmosphere, the bar and restaurant beyond are about old-fashioned glamour.

"Lotus, the Double Seven and Country are all about mixing old-fashioned glamour with modern touches," she said.

The Romney Bay House Hotel (01797 364747; www.signpost.co.uk) has a whiff of old-fashioned glamour.

Greywalls (01620 842144; www.greywalls.co.uk) at Gullane exudes old-fashioned glamour.

She enjoys that feeling of old-fashioned glamor.

Decorated in an Art Deco design of jet-black and gold intended to evoke old-fashioned glamour, it offers nightly cabaret.

It's not terribly smart or self-conciously chic, but it does have an old-fashioned glamour.

Yet all seemed as thrilled as Cinderella that someone had waved a mascara wand to give them old-fashioned glamour.

And it was some journey, steeped from the outset in old-fashioned glamour.

There's an old-fashioned glamour to this hotel, with its veranda, garden and pool.