Tees drawn by the Wee ones

I’m not about to get all sanctimonious to get brownie points for featuring charitable fashion-related news.  However, Marni’s charitable idea is an endearingly cute one that simultaneously solves the problem of what to wear with my stash of Muji/Uniqlo drab office skirts that I accumulated during my uni temping days and also what to buy… Continue reading Tees drawn by the Wee ones

Strollin’ in the Arcade and having a Sniff

I like to walk through Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly for a sense of calm and ‘properness’.  The shops sell the sort of tasteful things like cashmere scarves, ballet pumps and silver cufflinks that I would think to get for people who I knew absolutely nothing about.  However, of late, shops of a more interesting nature… Continue reading Strollin’ in the Arcade and having a Sniff

Day makes a Friend of Preen

Day Birger et Mikkelsen is one of those labels that I would happily imagine myself wearing when I reach a certain age (and a certain income!) and I’m wafting about in my own non-rented house, throwing tasteful dinner parties and swanning down Sloane Street to the Day store looking serene and suitably chic.    Actually… Continue reading Day makes a Friend of Preen