8 July, 2024

Positive fashion: M&S to offer a major Deliveroo-style repair service

Really good to see all these high street and fashion brands embracing the repair economy. M&S is the latest to team up with Sojo on offering a Deliveroo-style clothing repair service to customers – M&S Fixed by Sojo*. From August, Marks & Spencer customers can book a repair service through a dedicated online hub, allowing access to a range of repair services including zip replacements and invisible knitwear mending (from £5, with repaired items returned to customers within 7-10 days). (more…)

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21 July, 2023

Shop the post: an olfactory escape

Lola James Harper - The Betty Lee

Going anywhere nice this year? If not, perhaps you’d like an olfactory vacation? No, not the classic coconut-and-vanilla beachy blends, but something much more niche and personal.

It’s the era of the hyper-specific location perfume. Rather than Mediterranean colognes and fruity-florals, the latest crop of wanderlust fragrances are landing in far-flung places like Dubai, Tokyo and the Sahara Desert or close-to-home hang-outs like The Woody Office of Daddy and The Bomboneria in Barcelona*. (more…)

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8 December, 2022

Shop the post: the useful and beautiful gift guide

Gift guide - Toast hot water bottle cover

Christmas shopping: so many decisions, so little time! If you’re struggling with keuzestress (aka ‘choice stress’), stick to the William Morris mantra of only choosing things that are useful and beautiful. (more…)

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10 December, 2019

High Street fragrance update: Zara X Jo Malone, Urban Outfitters, M&S, Glossier

I just noticed that the Urban Outfitters Gourmand fragrances* that I raved about a couple of years ago (below) are back in stock. I assumed they had been discontinued. I get a lot of traffic from searches on this fragrance line, which isn’t that surprising; it’s £14 and very good. Sweet and marzipan-y if you like that ‘brunch-at-the-patisserie’ kind of smell, and the bottles are good looking too. (more…)