Why we all love statement earrings, again
Lockdown has seen an explosion of creativity and resourcefulness, with businesses nimbly pivoting to adapt. My favourite local pub swiftly re-opened as a grocery store and I thoroughly enjoyed ...
Style For All Ages
Style inspiration for women of all ages – from fashion expert, journalist and author Alyson Walsh. Advice on how to feel chic, comfortable and confident in your clothes, interviews with women of style and substance and all the latest fashion news.
Sustainable and wafty: this is the dress for summer
Summer is a time when faff-free dressing comes into its own. Particularly this year’s semi-locked-down sunny season, when no-one wants to be hitching and hoicking clothes while juggling hand san...
The comfort and joy of a lockdown jumpsuit
Prior to lockdown I had been taking an impromptu break from my beloved boilersuits. No reason, just experimenting with different outfits, not wanting to bore readers to tears.
Why older women should be known as Queen-Agers
Bethann Hardison has made increasing racial diversity in the fashion industry the focus of her entire career. The multi-hyphenate New Yorker is a former model, talent manager, consultant for th...
How to refine your style in three easy steps
The three-slogan mantra is trending right now. Which got me thinking that an effective three-parter could be a useful style guide (this is what happens after seven and a half weeks in lockdown…)...
How to wear colour with grey hair
One question I am often asked is ‘Does grey hair mean I need to change the colours I wear?’ While I spent years as a fashion editor dressing women (celebrities, models and readers) ...
Dame Judi Dench on the cover of Vogue
As a fashion editor at Good Housekeeping magazine, I regularly featured Dame Judi Dench on my pages as a style icon. And quite rightly so.
Sustainable Style: The fashion brands that don’t cost the earth
It’s fair to say that we’d all like our wardrobes to be a more sustainable place, but other than shopping second-hand or vintage, if we want to buy eco-friendly fashion it often com...
Supporting Small Businesses and Young British Designers (and should we be shopping, right now?)
While stores are closed and countries shutdown, should we really be shopping online for clothes during the COVID-19 crisis? Obviously, fashion is not a priority right now and most of us have enough cl...
Working From Home like Anna Wintour
The Grand Dame in go-faster stripes. Seems like Working From Home in the Hamptons is pretty much the same as elsewhere in the world.
Liberate your partywear
After a couple of weeks in lockdown, I’m feeling that Working From Home needs livening up a bit. And it’s not as if there’s a shortage of time in which to experiment with old wardrob...
What Women Wear during lockdown: Jan Carrington
Jan Carrington is a personal image consultant who has been running her own business for over 20 years. We met an event in London at the end of last year – Jan’s super-cool elegance immediately...
