Thoughts on friendship
I often see articles on how to have successful relationships, but these are almost always focused on romantic and/or sexual relationships, which is odd because we have so many other
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The smile-inducing magic of tidying your wardrobe
Twice a year, I pack up all my unseasonal items of clothing and get the more appropriate ones out of hibernation. I wrote about it back in 2015 for this
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On marriage and name changes
I started planning this post months ago, when I was first writing about getting married, but it somehow slipped off my To Do list until something reminded me last week.
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Top tips for using Instagram to document your style
Sometimes I assume that everyone is on Instagram as much as I am, which is daft. Just because I use it daily to both share and to browse images, doesn’t
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Embracing mindful shopping for a wardrobe that lasts
Last week I read an article by Lucy Siegle for Stylist about shopping more mindfully. In it, Siegle writes about letting go of the thrill of the fashion haul and
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My Style Manifesto
Having received a flurry of PR emails regarding brands I would never feature on Rarely Wears Lipstick, I thought I’d take a moment to explain why. This site is a
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Why I now think that Fashion Week can ‘sashay away’
I’ve been trying to write this post for months, but two things inspired me to finally finish it: a recent article by Frankie Graddon for The Pool on garments with
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The life of a part-time blogger
Not all blogs are created equal, but they are often viewed as if they are, without any thought to the status of the person doing the blogging. Not status as
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Knickers to the fashion industry’s narrow ideas of beauty!
Playful Promises are on fire right now and I just can’t keep up with the number of amazing collections and campaigns they’re launching, much to the excitement of their ever
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What happens when you ask “who made my clothes?”
When this pink polkadot dress made its way into my wardrobe, via a friend at a clothes swap, I have to admit that I didn’t really think much about where
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