Clothing and Accessories

The ultimate guide to buying handbags

Our most in depth article on buying handbags, where to buy second hand, spotting fakes and caring for your handbags so they retain their value.

Designer Beach Bags 2024

Beach Bag Ready!!

There’s nothing like a stylish, thoughtfully crafted beach bag to complete your resort wear ensemble and ensure all your personal essentials are within reach, and with the Great British Summer upon us we thought there was no better time to review this season’s most fabulous beach bags with a couple of rainy-day options thrown in, […]

Vivienne Westwood the Personal Collection - A Review

Vivienne Westwood the personal collection – a review

June is one of the most important months in the European fashion calendar with Milan Men’s Fashion week and Paris Haute Couture Week, showcasing forthcoming styles. This year, however, perhaps the more significant occasion for fashion historians took place at Christie’s, London – the sale of the personal collection of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. […]

The Rebirth of the Icons

There are many designer handbags which have stood the test of time and remain iconic, bags like the Chanel Classic and the Hermès Birkin. But this year has seen a rise in handbag icons being sourced from the archives, from the Gucci Horsebit design through to Prada’s re-issue nylon collection and unsurprisingly that’s driving up interest […]

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin was a British-French actress, singer, and model. She was born in Marylebone in 1946 and moved to France in the 1960’s. She gained international fame for her role in the film ‘Blowup’ and is also known for her collaboration and relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she recorded the iconic song […]

What to wear for Wimbledon

For Ascot it’s all about hats, at Henley it’s blazers, but what to wear for Wimbledon…? Let’s start with jewellery and what more fitting piece than a tennis bracelet. One of the most sought after easily worn pieces in any capsule jewellery collection and beyond, this now ubiquitous item came to prominence in 1987 when, […]