Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Coats
I spent about four years believing a black coat had to be a certain kind of serious to earn its keep. Structured, sombre, the sort of thing you’d wear to…
The Beige Jumpers Worth Your Money
I spent about a decade thinking beige was what you wore when you’d given up. My nan had a beige cardigan she called “the good one” and wore it to…
Hand Picked, The Blue Cardigans Worth Shopping
I said for years that blue cardigans were the colour equivalent of beige with delusions of personality. Then I borrowed one off my sister for a weekend in Whitstable in…
Our Favourite Black Puffer Coats Right Now
I spent three winters convinced puffer coats were for people who go skiing or live in Scandinavia, then wore a borrowed one to the school run in February and understood…
Our Favourite Bodysuits Right Now
I spent about three years convinced bodysuits were a trap designed specifically to humiliate anyone who needs the loo more than once during a night out. That opinion has been…
Shop the Burgundy Jumpers We’d Actually Wear
Burgundy is one of those colours that does more work than people give it credit for. It reads as warm rather than dark, sits closer to wine or bramble than…
The Cream Gilets We Keep Coming Back To
A cream gilet earns its place on the rail for one simple reason: it solves the layering problem that most outerwear creates, adding warmth and structure without swallowing whatever is…
The Best Chunky Knit Jumpers
A proper chunky knit earns its bulk. The yarn should feel substantial in the hand, wool or a wool blend with enough loft that the stitches themselves have shadow and…
The Perfect Black Wide Leg Trouser For Layering This Season
I spent an entire winter convinced that skinny black trousers were the only sensible option under a big coat, on the basis that anything wider would bunch up and make…
Our Favourite Belts Right Now
I used to think belts were an afterthought, the thing you grabbed to stop your trousers falling down, nothing more. Then I bought a stiff, shiny, bargain bin one for…