Claire’s Pick of the Best Leather Clutch Bags
A good leather clutch does one job brilliantly: it carries the essentials for an evening without announcing itself before you do. The leather is what separates a serious piece from…
Hand Picked, The Joggers Worth Shopping
A good pair of joggers earns its place through weight and shape, not through the word “comfortable” doing all the work. The fabric should have enough substance to hold a…
The Perfect Lace Up Dress For Weekend Brunch
A lace up dress earns its keep on the strength of the lacing itself, not the print or the colour. Real cotton or linen blend eyelets, spaced evenly down the…
Hand Picked, The Hooded Puffers Worth Shopping
A hooded puffer earns its place through construction rather than volume. Look at how the baffles are set, box quilting holds fill in place and keeps warmth even across the…
Hand Picked, The Holiday Dresses Worth Shopping
A holiday dress has to do more work than almost anything else you pack, which is exactly why so many of them fail. It needs to survive a hot car,…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Ivory Maxi Dresses
Ivory is the hardest neutral to get right in a maxi dress, because it has none of black’s forgiveness and none of white’s crispness to hide behind. It sits close…
The Best Ivory Midi Dresses For A Night Out
Ivory is a harder colour to get right than black, which is exactly why it earns more attention on a night out. There is nowhere to hide in a pale…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Lilac Midi Dresses
Lilac sits in a strange, useful place between pastel and proper colour, which is exactly why it works so hard across a wardrobe. It reads as considered rather than sweet,…
Shop the Leather Crossbody Bags We’d Actually Wear
A good leather crossbody earns its place through restraint. The strap should sit at a length that lets the bag rest just above the hip without needing constant adjustment, and…
The Perfect Lace Dress For A Beach Holiday
A lace dress earns its place on a beach holiday by doing something no other fabric quite manages: it looks dressed up and undone at the same time, which is…