The Investment Wellies That Don’t Make You Look Like a Garden Center Mannequin
It’s kind of ironic that I work in finance and analyse risk-reward ratios for a living, but when I see a festival lineup, all that money smart-talk goes out of…
Glastonbury Fashion Reality Check: Why Celebrity Festival Looks Are Totally Useless IRL
Alright, let’s talk about something that makes me livid every festival season. I’m talking about the deluge of Instagram photos and magazines proudly showing off celebrities’ festival outfits every time…
What I’ve Learned About Style From Spotting Celebrities at the Grocery Store
Disclaimer: this article mentions wine. Wine I may or may not have purchased at Tesco Metro while doing a quick food shop in Clapham earlier today. Let me start this…
I Can Predict Your Entire Life Story Just By Looking At Your Handbag (And It’s Scary How Right I Am)
Look, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Amy, you do know that forming judgements about strangers based on their choice of handbag is incredibly middle class, technically racism, and makes you…
My Hard-Won Next Sale Survival Guide (Plus the Mistakes That Still Haunt Me)
Let’s just get the obvious bit of this post out of the way: I used to scoff at shopping in sales. After graduating and moving to Boston for my first…
Why I’m Obsessed With School Run Fashion (Even Though I Don’t Have Kids)
Full disclosure: I don’t have children. I’m also pretty sure I still eat cereal for dinner most nights and my inability to keep house plants alive is well-documented. And yet……
What Kate Middleton Taught Me About Getting Dressed (Without Looking Like I’m Playing Dress-Up)
I was standing in front of my closet in my underwear on Tuesday morning at 7: 23 wearing the parenting equivalent of a unicorn smiley face jumper when it hit…
I Survived Royal Ascot on a Normal Person Budget (And You Can Too)
The email arrived while I was eating Coco Pops at my kitchen table in my pyjamas at 9am on a Tuesday morning. It was, objectively speaking, probably the least royal…
My Wimbledon Fashion Disaster (And What I Learned About Dressing for SW19)
In the years leading up to actually securing tickets to Wimbledon fortnight, I’d spent several queued up with wet thumbs waiting for ballot tickets that would actually give me a…
What fashion editors never tell you about their wardrobes
I’ve worked in the fashion industry for fifteen years, and I still love the crestfallen expression people wear when they visit my flat for the first time. “But you’re a…