Just Call Me Emmanuelle…

Just Call Me Emmanuelle…

There's not a lot to say about this gorgeous All Saints dress other than the fact that I love it so much I bought it twice. Actually I bought it once, sent it back because I thought I wouldn't get any wear out of it, looked over the photos on this page again and then...

Heatwave Dresses and the Georgian Fridge

Heatwave Dresses and the Georgian Fridge

I interrupt what was going to be a stream of beauty and skincare posts (I've been testing affordable sunscreens, watch this space) to talk about the current heatwave. Also the scarcity of heatwave-appropriate dresses and - perhaps most importantly - the fact that my...

Trends I Can Live With: Side-Stripe Trousers

Trends I Can Live With: Side-Stripe Trousers

This go-faster stripes on trousers trend is one trend I can get behind, unlike backless things, "cold shoulders" and anything cropped). And it can be almost any sort of stripe; wide bands of colour, thin white piping, even the triple Stripes de Adidas are all the rage...

All The Places I Wore This Dress

All The Places I Wore This Dress

I was looking through my photo library trying to find a picture of myself holding an avocado (don't ask) when I noticed that I've been wearing the same Hush dress* for about a month. It's the easiest, comfiest summer dress of the year so far - basically an oversized...

Bikini Horrors and The Miraclesuit

Bikini Horrors and The Miraclesuit

Before I went on holiday (yes, the holiday post is coming up, I'm still recovering from the night-flight-with-toddler-and-baby) I bought a load of bikinis and swimming costumes from Figleaves so that I could try them on in the relative comfort of my own home....

Weekly Window Shop: Guccification

Weekly Window Shop: Guccification

I have been spending a dangerous amount of time staring at various accessories on the Gucci website. Scarves, headbands, belts, costume jewellery, shoes. I wouldn't normally tease myself in this way, but Gucci seem to have silently crept in and infiltrated every...

The Statement Jacket (Is Chanely Even A Word?)

The Statement Jacket (Is Chanely Even A Word?)

I love this jacket from LK Bennett. It's very chic, very Parisian, very...Chanely. Could Chanely be a word? Maybe it would make more sense with a hyphen in it, like Chanel-y. I mean to say, of course, that the jacket has more than a touch of Chanel about it - the boxy...

Weekly Window Shop: Logos a Go-Go

Weekly Window Shop: Logos a Go-Go

I've become rather fond of a good slogan or logo on a t-shirt. It jazzes things up a bit, elevates the t-shirt from being a plain, utilitarian sort of thing to more of a considered outfit choice. Except that it isn't, of course, because it takes just the same amount...

Weekly Window Shop: It’s All Yellow

Weekly Window Shop: It’s All Yellow

Right. I know it's snowing in the UK and we're all frozen into our homes, tapping fruitlessly at the insides of our iced-over windows in the hope that someone happens to be passing with a blow-torch and chisel so that we can be released from our chilly confines (just...

Chanel’s Summer Brights and A Bit of Colour-Blocking

Chanel’s Summer Brights and A Bit of Colour-Blocking

Inspired by Chanel's bright and cheery Neapolis makeup collection, I have been scouring the internet for things that will inject a bit of colour and life into my wardrobe, which currently consists of light grey things, dark grey things and denim. I'll be doing a full...

Sunday Tittle Tattle: Honey, I Shrunk The Best Jumper of 2017

Sunday Tittle Tattle: Honey, I Shrunk The Best Jumper of 2017

There were almost fireworks this morning when I opened the tumble dryer door to find my favourite jumper shrunk to about a third of its usual size. "You'd still get into that!" said Mr AMR, completely missing the point, which was that he had (as usual) chucked all of...

Fashion: The Night Florals

Fashion: The Night Florals

I've never been hugely fond of florals when it comes to clothing - there's always the risk that you'll look as though you've dressed yourself in a pair of curtains, when what you were really aiming for was something bohemian and quirky. For this reason, floral items...