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...
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.
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...
Working From Home Chic and the importance of a new routine
As a journalist I am well versed in Working From Home Chic. Going from a big publishing house to the spare room does affect your wardrobe choices somewhat.
Sturdy clothes and staying calm in a pandemic
Everyday life has changed quite dramatically since my last blog post. And like many others, I am feeling quite fretful about the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Creative Women At Work: Mehala Ford founder of the Friday Sari Project
Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mehala Ford moved to the UK when she was four months old and grew up in the north of England, in the 1980s. Coming down to London to study PR and promotion at London Colleg...
How to wear stompy boots
Stompy boots and sturdy clothes: today I’m channeling Barbara Hepworth in her St. Ives Studio.
Expert tips on how to buy and wear vintage
Now we’re all thinking about sustainability and saving the planet, wearing vintage is cool again. ‘There used to be a misconception that vintage clothing was quirky, niche and nostalgic ...
Make your own clothes: Liberty sewing patterns
Good news, dressmakers. Liberty has launched a new range of paper sewing patterns.
Wearing leather trousers for the first time at 56 (and no, it’s not a midlife crisis)
Call me an Ageless Rocker but I’m not averse to mannish jackets, military gear and trying leather trousers for the first time in my life at the age of 56. This is a look beloved of French fashion ed...
