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011 Fashion should be as fresh as salad!
Gaby Aghion was so right, the case for "aesthetic danger", Chloë Sevigny is a "schlepper" like every other mum and fashion magazines were everything to…
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010 The frankly alluring proposition of ‘wrong’ fashion
Notes from Esther Perel and Miranda July, fashion’s erotic side and my double denim moment - not unrelated!
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September 2024

009 Nostalgia is only good when you're selling something
On Industry, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Milan Fashion Week and entering my sculptural jewellery life phase.
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008 An intimate relationship with her drycleaner
On looking rich, bad taste is better than no taste, the unknown factor of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
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007 Essential tension and life lessons from the wardrobe advisor to the ultimate grand dames
How to avoid fashion sameness, the fallacy of capsule wardrobes, vale Betty Halbreich and the Miranda July hotline.
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August 2024

006 Have we hit peak sartorial diplomacy?
On what Kamala Harris has done for fashion 'tells,' Eve Babitz and the best jacket I've bought in ages.
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005 I would never joke about fashion
Fashion people shows, Sylvie Grateau, green is the most expensive colour.
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004 Self-assured enough to wear a banana print
Lessons from the Olympics, being the kind of woman who has a tuxedo made in Paris and two books I loved this week.
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003 Rich Mom Style
Channelling '80s Rich Mom Style, clothes that make you feel, slip dress industrial complex, Prestige TV knitwear and a book I can't shake.
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July 2024

002 Who's afraid of Capri pants?
On the ugly to high street/aperol spritz pipeline, lessons from a wardrobe clear-out, literally reading Lean-In and books I've loved lately.
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001 Dog whistle fashion
Hello, and welcome to Books & Nice Things!
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