Ask A Stylist
We can’t control a lot in life but our wardrobes are a great place to start
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Ask A Stylist: How To Care (opens the original)
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Last week I visited my local cobbler. He sees me twice a year, usually around each equinox as I shift seasonal wardrobes. He’s unflinchingly honest and great at his craft, so tells me that my soles aren’t ready to be replaced. We made casual chatter and I asked him how business was generally. He sighed: “Terrible.” Read more
Ask A Stylist: Good Finds That Won’t Break The Bank (opens the original)
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A week ago, Britain’s high-street favourite, Marks & Spencer, held its first-ever London Fashion Week show to celebrate a century of the brand’s clothing. Fashion journalist Alfred Tong wrote a brilliant write-up of the event, which I highly recommend you read. It was arguably the most talked-about event of LFW and only confirms the nation’s enduring love of the quintessential British retailer, founded in Leeds in 1884.<a class="image-link image2 is-v
Ask A Stylist: Let's Be Basic (opens the original)
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I once had a friend who confessed that her greatest fear in life was no longer being cool - a fear that seemed to intensify after she became a mother. I always thought she had identified the wrong threat. Coolness is, by nature, elusive and very much situated in the eye of the beholder. Basic is much harder to escape. And yet, looking back at her uniform of head to toe black outfits and East London mum-coded Salomon trainers, perhaps she was unwittingly ahead of the curve. Because what if basic
Ask A Stylist: In Defence of Cost Per Wear (opens the original)
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A shift has happened of late on Substack.Influencers who used to tout miles of product have suddenly shifted to sentences about sustainability, buying less and making repeat purchases. Some have even declared the death of affiliate links.<img alt="" class="s
Ask A Stylist: Faking It (opens the original)
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Apologies for dropping off for the last two weeks. Truthfully, I hit a bit of a slump. Each time I tried to edit one of the three Substack articles I had meticulously planned and editorially mapped out, life seemed to get the better of me.Substack has suddenly started to feel overwhelmingly crowded, with a lot of shouty voices, and in my four years on this platform, I must admit this is the first time I’ve felt a general sort of malaise about being here. The feeling seems to be mutual among othe
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