British Countryside Chic Without Looking Like You’re Off to a Shoot
The first time I wore a Barbour jacket in London, I felt like I was in costume. Fresh off the train from visiting my friend Charlotte’s family home in Norfolk,…
What to Pack for a British Country House Weekend When You’re Not Posh
The invitation sat on my kitchen counter for three days before I could bring myself to respond. “Would be delighted if you could join us at Hatherly for the weekend…
The Art of Looking ‘Comfortably Posh’ — Britain’s Most Aspirational Aesthetic
Last summer, I found myself at a garden party in Oxfordshire that was so quintessentially English it bordered on self-parody. The setting was a rambling country house with that particular…
The Practical Guide to British Beach Dressing (That Acknowledges It Might Be Freezing)
The most quintessentially British beach memory I have doesn’t involve sunshine, ice cream, or even swimming. It’s of my dad stubbornly setting up a windbreak on a Cornish beach during…
Beyond Barbour: Country Weekend Style for City Dwellers
I was thirty minutes into my first proper country house weekend when I realized I’d made a terrible mistake. Standing in the muddy driveway of my university friend Charlotte’s family…
The Joy of British Department Store Beauty Halls (And What to Buy in Each)
My first proper memory of a department store beauty hall was getting absolutely bollocked by my mum for spraying too much Tommy Girl perfume on my wrists during a rare…
Wedding Guest Dressing: Beyond Fascinator Formality
My first experience of being a wedding guest as an adult involved a fascinator that can only be described as an assault on good taste. It was 2008, I was…