Op-Ed

Although I’m currently sat with what I’m sure are some of the last remnants of golden summer sunshine pouring through my office window, there was a distinct chill in the air at 8 o’clock this morning when we loaded Vashka…

Emma Watson, Livia Firth, Stella McCartney. Those are some of the names you might reel off when asked to list a sustainable style icons. You’d be right, of course, but you’d be missing off one woman who’s been flying that…

Oh, hi, welcome. It’s nice to have you but please take your shoes off. OK. So, this is my new website! I write this introduction with the strained expression of someone who’s spent untold hours deleting line after frustrating line…

Synthetic fabrics are in the spotlight. News of the damaging effects of microfibres – the tiny particles of plastic our synthetic garments shed in the wash – has been swirling. With each wash, hundreds of thousands of microfibres enter our…

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the high street is leading the fashion revolution. Almost any sustainable shopping feature you’d care to read will feature H&M, hailed for their yearly sustainability reports and commitment to upping their use of recycled…

Some fashion insiders have recently started to argue that trends are dead, or at least outdated, within the modern fashion cycle. They say we’re increasingly guided by personal style and that, in the face of shifting show and buying calendars,…

As I get dressed each day, I can see all the pieces starting to fit together as I become the version of myself that I want the world to see. There’s no template or precise formula to the process, it’s…

We’re in the midst of troubling times and I think it would be irresponsible and disingenuous of me to pretend otherwise, even on a fashion blog. I’m affected by Trump’s presidency so little on a personal level (currently) that I could…

On New Year’s Eve, my boyfriend and I had one of our accidental, biannual clear-outs. They usually start with an innocuous suggestion of dusting a shelf or tidying some books and end hours later with us stood, frazzled from a series…

The fashion lexicon is a thing all of its own. There’s talk of diaphanous silks, jarring textures, theatrical silhouettes and unapologetic volume. I wholeheartedly indulge in this somewhat absurdly lyrical rhetoric because I think fashion can be genuinely magical, and slightly OTT…