Name: The full bush in a bikini movement. Age: A mere five days, born on TikTok. Appearance: Dense and luxuriant. Well, it’s certainly nice to have a bit of foliage at this time of year. Glad to have you on board. And it’s also heartening to hear that the TikTok generation is getting into gardening….
Iris Apfel, perhaps the world’s first centenarian style icon, died last year at the age of 102. Now her clothes, art and furniture are set to be sold at Christie’s later this month in an online auction titled Unapologetically Iris. Anyone familiar with Apfel and her “more is more” style would know that it began…
Repeating outfits: in. People pleasing: out. Paying with cash: in. Photo dumps: out. A quick trawl through social media and it is evident that for 2025, traditional new year resolution lists are out and “ins and outs” lists are, er, in. These listicles do exactly what their title suggests, demarcating everything from specific items of…
Fashion sometimes excludes people on grounds that are truly nasty and toxic and which reflect and drive fundamental problems in our culture: race, weight, wealth. So I hesitate to bring up what I’m about to say because it is small-fry compared with those issues. What I want to talk about today is not, in the scheme of…
I was struck by how dominant makeup and devices were in 2024, after years of skincare mania in the market. Saie, a fairly priced US makeup startup, stormed it. With the notable exception of its complexion products (improvement needed), the line is excellent. Dew Bronze (£20), an extremely easy, natural-looking bronzing liquid, was its best launch. I reached…
Whether you call them cozzies, togs or bathers, Australian summers require swimsuits that match how you like to spend time at the beach or pool. If you’re a woman diving under waves, swimming laps or jumping off piers, it’s likely you’ll need more structure and support through the bust than if you’re lying on the…