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…
I Spent a Year Buying Trousers with Brown Shoes So You Dont Have To Get It Wrong
Brown shoes have been given a bad reputation. Ask the average person what you pair brown shoes with and they’ll probably say “smart casual”, they’re the shoe you wear with…
I Went Looking For the Truth About Whether Wide Leg Trousers Really Makes You Look Slimmer
I tried on a pair of wide leg trousers in a changing room of a shop I will not name and liked what I saw. I was wearing these trousers…
The Wrap Front Dresses Worth Your Money
The entire look of a wrap front dress depends on the tie and the drape either side of it, so that’s the first thing to look for before anything else.…
The Best Yellow Satin Skirts For The Office
Yellow satin skirts shouldn’t work, but the best ones really do. Colour does the work that a print or embellishment does in other fabrics so you want the rest of…
Wide Leg Trousers On Fuller Legs Get Written Off As Bulky, I Wasnt Convinced
The loudest opinion I’ve heard on this, and believe me I’ve heard many over the years, is that if you’ve got fuller thighs you shouldn’t wear wide leg trousers full…
Should A Blazer Be Tight Or Loose? I Finally Worked Out The Actual Answer
A few years ago I saw someone at a wedding twist around for the group photo and watch his blazer silently rip. There was no tearing sound that rose over…
The Perfect Beige Wrap Dress For Weekend Brunch
I spent about three years thinking beige was for people who’d given up. Then I wore a beige wrap dress to a brunch I almost cancelled because I couldn’t face…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Belted Dresses
A belted dress is the one piece that does the thinking for you on a morning when you genuinely cannot face making decisions. I spent years assuming the belt was…