Self-care wear: The offhours home coat



Offhours Homecoat

It’s been raining for three days solid and I can barely drag myself out of the house. No matter though, as I work from home and luckily for the likes of people like me, there’s a whole new fashion and lifestyle category designed to cater just for us.

It’s not pyjamas, it’s not tracksuits (god forbid), but it is cosy and comforting for the work-from-home and namastay-in-bed brigade. So let’s hear it for the ‘Homecoat’ from Offhours, a padded kimono-esque wrap coat to envelop yourself in while doing Headspace meditations on the balcony, or cranking out your investor deck on your daybed. (more…)

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See this: Masculinities at The Barbican



Sunil Gupta, Untitled 22 from the series Christopher Street 1976. Courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery. From the exhiition, Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography at The Barbican

There’s been a lot of talk about gender identity and masculinity in the last year and it’s going to continue through 2020. This exhibition looks promising. Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography opens at The Barbican next month, featuring work from over 50 artists, photographers and filmmakers, including Sunil Gupta (above), Richard Avedon, Jeremy Deller, Karlheinz Weinberger and Collier Schorr.

OK, I love it already! (more…)

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Buy it now: Sophie Hulme classic bags



Sophie Hulme tote bag

A quick heads up in case you’re in the market for a new work to weekend bag. The brand founder and handbag designer Sophie Hulme announced last year that she was closing her brand, not due to business failings but because of personal health issues. She sufferers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Kleine-Levin syndrome, two rare and debilitating illnesses that make it increasingly hard to be present running a business.

Hulme is an incredible product designer, her bags are so cleverly thought out and executed; remember when you couldn’t move for the Albion totes at Fashion Week? The Outnet is currently selling an edit of Sophie Hulme classic bags* at 30-50% off (more…)

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Buy it now: Westman Atelier Lip Suede is here (updated)



Westman Atelier Lip Suede Deep Red

An update for my American followers Westman Atelier fans. Westman Atelier’s Lip Suede compact has landed; a beautiful lacquered clamshell filled with stripes of peptide-rich and marula oil-infused lip colour. It’s priced at $85, €91 or £78 and is available on the Westman Atelier website here. There’s a brush to come at the end of the month.

UPDATE: It’s now arrived in Europe – at Net-a-Porter HERE* or Niche Beauty HERE*. Net-a-Porter is also selling this ‘Shanghai Edition Box duo of the Lip Suede compact with the Eye Love You mascara* HERE.

I know from my stats that you love Gucci Westman’s other products, so I’m expecting these to be a hit. Original story here. Gucci’s red lip masterclass – here – is excellent too. (more…)

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