Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of effortlessness. What is this elusive effortless style and why it draws so many internet searches? Why some people wake up, pick up the first thing from the top of the pile and look amazing, and others’ style look laboured and contrived? In exploring the idea of […]
When a judge rose from his bench to allow the prosecutor to make some enquiries, I pulled a copy of Vogue which I bought at the station that morning and began flicking through the fashion pages. There were a few us left in the courtroom. Vogue? – sneered another lawyer- How about a copy of Archbold? Someone laughed, […]
I love your style– sighed a secretary at a law firm I used to work- everything you wear looks so expensive. Little did she know that everything I was wearing at the time came directly from second hand shops (as a trainee lawyer I wasn’t exactly rolling in cash). At the time I wanted to look polished, sophisticated […]
As the plane touched down, I was surprised my heart wasn’t pounding with fear. I was in the middle of doing something crazy yet all I felt was a surge of excitement. I was wearing a caramel, suede flying jacket, cream silk shirt and cream, wide legged trousers. I felt so powerful in those clothes, […]