Category Archives: Christmas

Cups of tea and floral wallpapers aside, there is something else that to me is quintessentially British: Boden. What started out with just eight menswear products is today one of the UK’s biggest mail order and online fashion retailers, offering … Continue reading →

Banksy – Last Graffiti On the 12th day of Christmas… we will end the white wall lunacy! Behind today’s advent calendar door waits a £75 voucher for Easyart.com. With over 100,000 images and countless canvas and framing options to choose … Continue reading →

Cue ecstatic screaming and enthusiastic panting – superb skincare brand Biotherm has teamed up with fabulous French fashion designer Vanessa Bruno. But let’s hear it for themselves: “Capturing the natural beauty of the season was the inspiration behind legendary French … Continue reading →

There’s nanny Pat and granddad Paul; there are Millie and Pinkie, Binky and Toasty. In the age of the patchwork family (read: uncle Henry’s third wife and the kids from her second marriage) the number of stockings to be filled … Continue reading →

It’s versatile and fresh, young yet timeless. No matter what age, every woman should have one. It’s just so… French! Le Marinière is the ultimate Breton wardrobe staple and will most certainly bring out your inner Sophie Marceau. Worn with … Continue reading →

Regular readers of my blog will know of my love for Scandinavia. To begin with, there is Big M, my very own and very Swedish husband. Then there are the trips to Stockholm, the place I am secretly dreaming of … Continue reading →

With their humble beginnings going back to the 1950s, this company has been around for more than half a century. Laura Ashley to me, and many others, is just as quintessentially British as a cup of tea. Flower print mugs, … Continue reading →

Vogue once described the Eve Lom Cleanser as the ‘the best cleanser in the world’. Nothing less would I want my readers to put on their lovely faces. With a powerful blend of Egyptian chamomile, hops, clove and eucalyptus oil, … Continue reading →

A while back I was invited to the shop launch of Papillon Shoes, shoemaker extraordinaire. Ever since, my kid’s shoe dilemma was solved. Classy yet comfortable, Papillon makes sure your little ones’ feet are looking their best. Fitting and foot … Continue reading →