The One Investment That Makes My Entire Primark Wardrobe Look Professional
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I Spent Way Too Much Mental Energy Figuring Out What “Smart Casual” Actually Means (Spoiler: Still Confused)
First things first: I hate dressing for events. When I first moved to Portland and started being invited to workplace events with specific dress codes, it felt like great fun—…
How to dress for your actual climate not Instagram
I remember the moment that I knew I had stopped pretending that I lived in Milan and started embracing that I lived in Manchester. It was around lunchtime in mid-January.…
What I’ve Learned About Style From Spotting Celebrities at the Grocery Store
Disclaimer: this article mentions wine. Wine I may or may not have purchased at Tesco Metro while doing a quick food shop in Clapham earlier today. Let me start this…
I Can Predict Your Entire Life Story Just By Looking At Your Handbag (And It’s Scary How Right I Am)
Look, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Amy, you do know that forming judgements about strangers based on their choice of handbag is incredibly middle class, technically racism, and makes you…
I Survived Royal Ascot on a Normal Person Budget (And You Can Too)
The email arrived while I was eating Coco Pops at my kitchen table in my pyjamas at 9am on a Tuesday morning. It was, objectively speaking, probably the least royal…
My Wimbledon Fashion Disaster (And What I Learned About Dressing for SW19)
In the years leading up to actually securing tickets to Wimbledon fortnight, I’d spent several queued up with wet thumbs waiting for ballot tickets that would actually give me a…
What fashion editors never tell you about their wardrobes
I’ve worked in the fashion industry for fifteen years, and I still love the crestfallen expression people wear when they visit my flat for the first time. “But you’re a…
Trophy Wife or Soccer Mom? The Suburban Style Archetypes Getting a Chic Makeover
I first noticed it during New York Fashion Week last autumn. I was sitting on one of those terrifyingly narrow chairs provided at every fashion show, rubbing my knees and…