beauty

BRAND NEW SMELLIES: JO MALONE LONDON, SHAY AND BLUE, AESOP



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I’m literally drowning under new fragrance samples right now, but I’ve narrowed down my current three favourites that are launching this autumn. They’re all very different and I do admit to being swayed as much by the branding as the scent in some cases…


JO MALONE LONDON WOOD SAGE AND SEA SALT

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Like Burberry, Jo Malone London is very good at evoking that traditional romantic, slightly windswept Brit imagery. (more…)



WAH Nails launches a full product line



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It’s five years since I first wrote about Sharmadean Reid and WAH Nails and wow, hasn’t the nail art landscape changed since then? I’d say that Reid and Sophy Robson have contributed hugely to the profits of the big beauty brands by bringing nail art into the fashion mainstream.

So it’s about time we got a WAH London product line and yes it’s is a comprehensive one. (more…)



Diana Vreeland: the fragrance



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Why shouldn’t there be a Diana Vreeland fragrance? It makes absolute sense to me that she who understood the importance of engaging all the senses should be remembered with a line of utterly sophisticated scents. The range is the brainchild of Alexander Vreeland, the same grandson who recently released the book Diana Vreeland Memos  – apparently the bigger aim is to create a luxury brand to celebrate the legacy of the former Vogue editrix. (more…)



THE DRG STYLE INDEX: HERMES, SONIA RYKIEL, EBAY, BELLA FREUD



Here’s the latest weekly DRG STYLE INDEX ranking, a round-up of the brands currently buzzing on my radar…

A NEW NAME AT HERMES

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