Personal Style

When I went on a trip to Düsseldorf a couple of months ago, I decided anything more than one footwear option would be frivolous, so I opted for my comfy, reliable silver ankle boots. That same pair of comfy, reliable…

Writing something meaningful to accompany an outfit photo isn’t always an easy task. Often, I (my patient boyfriend) will take a photo of a particularly good outfit when we’re out and about with the intention of banking it for a…

Following on from my recent trend of making my titles about as concise as one of Russell Brand’s sentences, today we have ‘vintage clothes that totally look designer’. The idea for this post came after my Auntie sent me a…

It’s spring, chronologically speaking. Meteorologically speaking, it’s somewhere around mid October, with the exception of a few anomalous actual March days scattered here and there. So what in the name of Michael Fish are we supposed to wear? A midi…

If there’s one thing I love, it’s an outfit that requires absolutely no bodily preparation. I grow weary of outfits that require me a depilate, buff or moisturise in advance. (Side note: Before we dive head first into this post,…

We may have reached peak revival. The fashion world is currently under the spell of four different decades: the 70s, 80s, 90s and present. (The early 00s are starting to elbow their way in too, much to my dismay but…

It’s a long time since I’ve owned a pair of blue jeans. Something about them just screams ‘normal’ to me and they’ve never quite fit into my mix and match wardrobe. But, since denim has made a spectacular comeback thanks…

Play Purse began its life as ‘no. 5’ in an ongoing project called Item No. The purses quickly gained popularity and took on a life of their own, so the London-based designer behind the collection introduced Play Purse as its…

Earlier this week, a nice young man (who shall remain nameless) from a recruitment agency (which shall also remain nameless) called to say he’d seen my CV online and was impressed by my experience. He asked if I would like…

After being an extremely inactive teenager who gave up dance and found every excuse not to do PE, I’ve transformed into the type of adult who voluntarily gets up at 6am to go to the gym. I started to get…