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In Betweeners

September 3, 2015

With September upon us and summer no longer playing nice, life is feeling a bit in between. Not cold enough yet for cool camel coats and bad boy biker boots, but nippy enough that a little cashmere is feeling quite welcome…
Photo Story | Brewer’s Bar

September 1, 2015

At the weekend, we walked over to Dalston’s Shacklewell Lane to check out just-opened wine bar Brewer’s Bar. A Georgian butcher’s shop in a previous life, it’s been recently renovated uncovering original marble counters, old tiles, the old shop sign and ornate period metalwork. A dream to photograph, I let loose to capture all the detail…
Shopping Stories (iii)

August 31, 2015

If spring/summer was all about blues and white for me, this autumn (suddenly feeling extremely imminent) is all about hues of brown and grey. Seen already in my Sunday Edit in the form of fringed suede and chestnut shoulder bag, I’m really feeling the addition of tonal caramel in the form of a cashmere boyfriend jumper…
Sunday Edit 14

August 30, 2015

I’m getting my fringe on this autumn. The 70s fashion editorials have clearly been filtering through but I’ve long admired a friend’s black leather fringe jacket which she’s had for so long I realise the fringed jacket can transcend the trend…
Culottes in the Autumn

August 28, 2015

I had my head turned at the Karen Millen AW15 press day earlier this year, I won’t lie. As Grazia put it “a 90s comeback queen” and boy have they nailed it. Not with the 90s, but with the 70s…
My Little Eye By Jay McLaughlin

August 28, 2015

Yesterday Jay McLaughin (fashion photographer & Olympus ambassador) and I popped into east London’s Blixen. Opened earlier this year in February, it’s a gorgeously indulgent restaurant/cafe with some excellent furnishings and great use of greenery just by Spitalfields Market…