Style Icon – Caroline Lebar
Since I’m not buying any brand new clothes this year (gulp) I will need loads of inspiration from stylish women in order to get the best from my wardrobe. I have lots of clothes, I just get a bit bored… Read More
denim
New Jeans Shapes: What to buy?
Buying jeans can be confusing and stressful especially if you’re not really sure what you want. And why oh why do they make the sizing so confusing – I’m 54 and still have no idea what size I am!!
The… Read More
A Very Good Denim Dress From COS
A quick post today telling you about a very good denim dress I stumbled over in COS last week. I was Christmas present shopping for twentysomethingsons and it just fell into my vision, honest.
I was drawn to the deep… Read More
A Post Full of Indigo
I promise I’ll shut up about indigo after this post, but fashion brands have really gone wild for my favourite colour this season and as we know, best to grab the highlights while we can because next season/year might see… Read More
Bleu Anglais and Noel Chapman
The fashion world has gone mad for indigo and denim this season. There are some lovely things out there and I might have to write one more post on a few of the best buys. Meanwhile, you might like to… Read More
Guest post: introducing Feather & Bone
We love it when we can support indie stores (on and off line!) and designers, so when Rebecca, co-founder of LUX FIX got in touch to suggest we look at one of their favourite designers for grown up women, Feather… Read More
We are in April’s Good Housekeeping!
If you have a copy of Good Housekeeping for April, turn to page 137, where we are on the Best Dress List…oh yeah…..
Actually, we are both a bit blithery about having our photo taken, but Jo Atkinson from the… Read More
Gentlewoman-styling #1: denim at Whistles
I’m starting to think about spring purchases and I’m going to begin with some gentlewomanly-denim.
By gentlewoman styling, I mean that clean, androgynous casualness that is influencing absolutely everyone’s advertising and editorial campaigns this season. It’s a sort of minimal… Read More
Weekend Woman: Rosanne Cash
I was fortunate enough to meet Rosanne Cash when I went to New York last December, not at some fancy pants press party but at an afternoon sewing bee with my friend Kay, where Rosanne was busy making an Alabama… Read More
Denim Dudes by Amy Leverton
We are loving the look of this new street style book, ‘Denim Dudes’ by ex-colleague and friend Amy Leverton. It explores the very best of denim styling from over 80 different denim obsessives and shows how a wide range of… Read More
Jigsaw, The National Portrait Gallery and William Morris
I’m watching Jigsaw with more attention than usual because one has opened up on my doorstep in Barnes. Which is fine by me as the brand has upped its game of late (you may remember the lovely Duke Street Emporium)… Read More
How to buy the best jeans, with Jean Stories
Oh, Jeans Stories, you are a clever idea, I wish I’d thought of you.
Instead two clever American girls, Jane Herman Bishop and Florence Kane got there before me. Both Jane and Florence are denim experts who have practically invented… Read More
One dress to buy from Gap
Just a quick extra post today to mention this extremely good indigo floral jacquard dress from Gap. Just ignore me if you’ve done all your summer dress buying, but if you have a need for a hard working mid summer… Read More
That Boro exhibition at Somerset House, close up
I promised images of the Japanese Boro exhibition by Gordon Reece and Philippe Boudin when it opened, so here they are. The show is extensive and inspiring and I’d recommend a trip to Somerset House, where it’s on in the… Read More
Spring coats: the lure of a denim duster
I’ve been hankering after a denim duster coat ever since I stalked a Japanese tourist last year who was wearing the very nicest denim coat I have ever seen. Sadly, despite my best translate-by-hand-waving-and-smiling-a-lot efforts, the language barrier proved too… Read More
Blue is the new pink
I don’t like to say I told you so, but remember who told you about pink back in March last year? Now you can’t move for shades of pink all over the high street and even good old M&S featured… Read More
We Love: Rivet and Hide
*Update! Danny now has a shop! At 5 Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, London*
While we were doing our Christmas pop up with Grenson’s, the lovely James and Florence, from Petalon Flowers introduced me to Danny Hodgson of Rivet and Hide, a… Read More
A few things to buy from Levi’s Made & Crafted
We are fans of the understated Levi Made & Crafted range of contemporary casual clothes and it’s great to see that the collection has moved out of the poky confines of the Levi Vintage store near Carnaby Street into its… Read More
Marni Denim Edition, while we are talking about denim
While we are talking denim, how lovely is this new Marni Denim Edition collection, coming for Autumn 2013? Posh denim at its best, available from Marni stores world wide. We can but dream… Read More
New ways to sell: Selfridges Denim Studio
Selfridges has opened a new Denim Studio and increased the size of its denim floor until it’s the size of Ireland, or something like that (the world’s largest dedicated denim dept, to accurately quote the press release). The reason this… Read More