June 26, 2017
While last week the brilliant sunshine had us packing away our coats and pulling on summer dresses and sandals for the hottest weather in 40 years, earlier in the month the universe threw our summer anticipation back in our faces. Rain storms, wind strong enough… Read more →
Fashion Focus
Father’s Day Gift Guide for Last-Minute Merchants
June 15, 2017
Devoted daughter but busy busy busy with your high flying career/enormous family/chaotically glamorous social life? Yup, we’ve all been there. Read on for some great gifts for discerning dads that can either be delivered in time or bought locally. You’re welcome.… Read more →
Yawn launches new summer pyjama prints and lighter seasonal styles
June 9, 2017
British nightwear brand Yawn has expanded their range for summer with the introduction of three new prints plus mix’n’match and lighter style options. Their hand-illustrated prints and thoughtful details have been applied to new cotton robes, short PJ sets,… Read more →
Wearable art from Rampley & Co
May 31, 2017
How would you like to wear a piece of Turner or Canaletto? Or perhaps an Audubon ornithological sketch is more your style… or a pattern of historic rifles.
Rampley & Co shrugs off the reputation men’s clothing has for being stolid and dull to bring… Read more →
Jessica Russell Flint prints
May 12, 2017
I enjoy the clean white lines of minimalist style as much as the next gal, but for me bright, bold and eccentric prints will always rule the roost. Vivid colours lift my mood, put a spring in my step—and when the prints include a ‘Punky Parrot’ with a fabulous hair-do… Read more →
Diamonds are forever; so too are sapphires and rubies
May 3, 2017
If there is one piece of jewellery that is desired above all others, it is the engagement ring. Historically the tradition of exchanging bands of precious metal to commemorate a special pledge to someone, either as rings or bracelets, goes back thousands of years.… Read more →
Pala sunglasses
April 18, 2017
Whatever the season, I’m the type of gal who will almost always have a pair of sunglasses to hand. It seems my pale eyes just can’t deal with even the slightest brightness! So I tend to be on the look out for new, exciting brands of stylish (and affordable) sunnies to add… Read more →
Easter Gift Guide 2017
April 13, 2017
LOUIS XIII Cognac—Harrods, from £575 (miniature) or £2100 (700ml) to £60,000 (Methuselah)
If you’re feeling generous towards the cognac connoisseur in your life this Easter, you couldn’t do much better than Remy Martin’s legendary… Read more →Look Mate London
March 29, 2017
My current sock obsession: Look Mate London. Created by brothers in a London coffee shop, through the process of merging two lists. One, a list of people they wanted to work with, the other of all the things they felt passionately about.
This led to the birth of Look Mate… Read more →
Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Part II
March 23, 2017