Pro layering – the rules

Some rules for layering because we need so many layers right now and the Michelin Man is not my style hero… Colour block the base – that first layer of all black gives the height here. Co-ordinate the top layers – neutrals are safe but shades of grey or blue and navy or even prints in the same colour group…
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Basics – the principles of layering

Somehow the start of the year is always about the basics for me.  Stripes, chunky knits, denim, all the usual suspects on constant rotation and layered up because it’s still cooooold.  Boden and Gap are my go-to’s for no brainer January style and now Gap has arrived on Zalando (one of my fav online stores with free delivery – surely…
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In pursuit of the white stuff

Forever in pursuit of the white stuff – snow or sand, both fill me with a sense of calm and happiness.  You know I love my Scottish beaches but when £300 return flights to Barbados popped up on my radar, the lure of hot, white sand in December was strong… and we were there. So today, a last minute holiday…
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Winter ready hair – the lob…

Seven inches of hair on the floor and I’m starting to feel ever so slightly uneasy…  I’ve had long hair since I was 5 years old.  For real. But winter is well and truly on the way and I was pretty determined to get my hair healthy and that meant a cut.  If there’s anyone I trust by now it’s…
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NYFW Day 3 – double denim & Banana Republic

Day 3 apparently was the day when my fashion brainpower hit a bump in the road.  All my carefully packed outfits stayed on the rail in our AirBnb (an incredible photographer’s loft in Williamsburg that I can’t believe I didn’t take shots of…) and double denim went on my body.  I walked the High Line and ate a pretzel the…
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