Vintage gold mine
There’s a vintage store on Oxford Street in Paddington that I visit every week or so and it’s fast becoming my favourite retailer. My intention this year is to be more mindful in my fashion purchasing and only buy vintage or sale pieces and so I get a real high when I’m able to sniff […]
My morning with Madeleine Park
As luck would have it, I won a prize at a school dinner last year and that prize was, would you believe it, a consultation with a wardrobe editor! Yup that’s right someone who does what I do. Crazy but also really lucky and timely I think. I had four hours with Madeleine Park who […]
Sheer, floaty skirts. I don’t do pretty, but I do these.
Having had the luxury of some extra time recently, I took great pleasure in watching the various fashion shows as these paraded around the world. Not all of them of course but the ones presented by brands I love. And whilst I don’t watch these shows to identify trends per se, I look at them […]
Miu Miu FW25 was mesmerising
I think my favourite Miu Miu collection of all time was SS24, see this picture below of Troye Savan walking the runway. The perfect mix of sporty and preppy, this runway show was HEAVEN to me. It ticked all of my sartorial boxes. Blues with navy. Tick. Checks and stripe. Tick. Collared shirts and polos. […]
The case for shoulder pads
Methinks our mums had it right in the 80s. I distinctly remember watching my mum get dressed and seeing her shoulders being transformed right in front of my eyes as she slipped on a silk shirt with built-in shoulder pads. And years later came the complete masterstroke of the removable velcro shoulder pads that could […]