The Modern Dandy: subtle style touches to set menswear apart, from 3.1 Phillip Lim, Vivienne Westwood, Penfield and more Whatever you think of X-Factor, if your window to pop culture is left even a little ajar, then you will have noticed that new judge Gary Barlow has become pretty darn popular. And is looking good [...]
By Isabella Brusati – Guest Editor In a very competitive market where jobs are becoming scarce due to the economic conditions, it is mandatory to build a strong personal brand and keep your name and profile under the radar of those who can support you in building your career. It amazes me how many women [...]
ROUS ILAND is a private members’ fashion boutique for busy modern women. Clare Rous & Kara Iland source exclusive clothing labels from Copenhagen to São Paulo, London to Sydney. Every piece in the collection is carefully cherry-picked for their members to offer an alternative to the mainstream – true style for all occasions: work, weekend, [...]
With colder days just around the corner, work eye catching brights with more muted colours of autumn for an instant wardrobe remix. Bring out the brights with raspberry, pink and magenta colours from DKNY, Sonia By Sonia Rykiel, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Preen, Milly, D&G and Vivienne Westwood Anglomania. SHOP ALL BRIGHTS: Top 5 Recommended [...]
Tweed ahoy! Tweed toting toffs will overtake the New York streetscape this Saturday as a horde of cyclists will layer up in the countryside textures of a more genteel age in the fifth outing of the gloriously named Tweed Run. After its founding in 2009, the cycle ride has had three outings in London and [...]
We all know the importance of protecting the skin during summer months, but even I find myself guilty of neglecting my skin from the harsh winter conditions. We change our wardrobe, surely it makes sense to change our skincare regime! Central heating, icy winds and what feels like constant rain all effect our skin, but [...]
We’ll come right out and say it. We love Autumn. The leaves change, long walks are on the menu, and so is a comforting pub lunch. Most of all though, a certain clarity returns in terms of how to dress as all the best, and most gentrified, aspects of British menswear suddenly make sense. Cable [...]
It’s time to disambiguate. The words plaid and tartan get bandied about, even in the my-wardrobe offices, as synonyms. Strictly speaking though, they are not. A plaid is a tartan kilt; the tartan is the pattern on that kilt. The word itself comes from the French tiretain – from the verb tirer, to pull, which [...]
Autumn in America A Terence Malick retrospective is set to hit the UK, courtesy of the British Film Institute, and the American director’s aesthetic provides us with a perfect backdrop to scrutinise US style. Malick’s catalogue has always been set against a very American milieu, from Pocahontas’ tragic romance in The New World to the [...]