Activewear

I used to think a black heeled sandal was a black heeled sandal, one purchase, job done, tick the box. Wrong. I own four pairs now and have worn one…

Grey trainers get dismissed as the safe option, which misses why they actually work harder than white or black. The right shade of grey behaves like a neutral in the…

A gold sandal earns its place in the category through the quality of its shine, not the quantity. The best versions use a metallic leather or a fine metallic leather…

I spent about three years convinced blue wide leg trousers were a “someone else” item. The kind of thing that looked brilliant on a six foot woman with the confidence…

I spent about four years thinking beige was what you wore when you’d given up. My mum’s word for it was “fawn,” which tells you everything, and I avoided it…

The brogue has spent most of its life being told what it’s for, which is desks and dad and being sensible, and that’s exactly why it’s so good the second…

I spent years assuming brown heels were the sensible choice you made when you’d given up on being interesting, the shoe equivalent of a sensible haircut. I was wrong, and…