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WSJ-Magazine

We’re big scarf lovers in our house and I mean that literally. Mr DRG has so many, they’ve been assigned their own chair and I couldn’t survive the winter months without one of my many jumbo neck warmers to keep the chills away.

I like my scarves as wide as possible as I can’t bear any cool air blowing down the back of my neck. (more…)



Gentlewoman style: Meet the Small Maple from Mulberry



Mulberry Small Maple

There’s a new Mulberry bag that seems to be following me around. After I wrote about the Mulberry Maple in June I’ve recently come across it’s smaller, neater younger sister.

The Mulberry Small Maple (£675) comes in a beautiful grained leather in lots of classic colours including this porcelain blue, a fiery red and a rich chestnut brown they call ‘oak‘. (more…)



Chanel Métiers d’Art 2016-2017



Chanel COSMOPOLITE Metiers d'art collection 2016-2017

Call me old fashioned but I do love it when Chanel reverts to basics. Tuesday’s Chanel Paris Cosmopolite Métiers d’art collection 2016/17 was held at the reopened Ritz in Place Vendome (Coco Chanel famously had her apartment here) and was themed around the luxury of 1930s hotels. (more…)



Retail report: Come on over to Coach House, London



Coach House London flagship store

If you’ve strolled through Oxford Circus Station lately, you’ll know there’s a new Coach store in town. The giant billboard and video ads along the tunnel walkways and up the escalator are a good giveaway. If not, the neon dinosaurs lighting up its Regent Street windows may well lure you in. (more…)