I Got Into An Argument About Whether Plain White T-shirt Is Ok
My friend Priya asked the question that started it all whilst we were stood in the queue at the coffee van outside her office. “Plain white t- shirt is a…
Shop the Beige Blouses We’d Actually Wear
For a long time I boycotted beige. Factually-speaking: my logic, such as it was, went something like this: beige is what colour aspirations start out as and then become if…
The Best Beige Blazers For Layering This Season
For years I avoided beige like it was the clothing version of speaking up at a dinner party. Boring, unassuming, it whispered of people who don’t want to offend by…
Shirt with Gray Pants Are the Only Thing Getting Me Through This Years Dressing
I was standing over the ironing board at half six on a Tuesday, doing that thing where you iron one pair of trousers and somehow end up doing four shirts…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Cream Lace Tops
Cream sits in a different register to white, and that is the whole appeal of a lace top in this shade. It has warmth and softness built in, so the…
The Best Black Cami Tops
I owned four black cami tops before I admitted they were all doing the exact same job, badly. Thin straps that dug in, a hem that rode up if I…
The Best Black Cargo Trousers
I spent about three years convinced cargo trousers were a costume for people who cycle unnecessarily fast through London parks, and I owed the entire category an apology the day…
The Perfect Black Blouse For Everyday Wear
There is a particular kind of black blouse that earns its keep within a fortnight and one that sits at the back of the rail looking faintly apologetic, and the…
The Best Grey Joggers For Layering This Season
Grey joggers only earn their keep once you stop thinking of them as loungewear and start treating them as a base layer with structure. The good ones have enough weight…
The Perfect Grey Tank Top For The Office
A grey tank top earns its place in office dressing when the grey itself has some depth to it, a mid or charcoal tone rather than anything flat or chalky,…