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a. A holiday snap from the beach in Nice, France. Forever longing for those summers on the French riviera.

b. Some light reading, with Russh and Porter (net-a-porter) magazine's.

c. ACNE's infamous 5 skin jeans make an appearance, alongside Mecca Cosmetica's "SPF 30 hydrating eye cream" from their namesake label which I received in their most recent beauty box (freebie box), and some Pandora rings.

d. A flashback to balmy afternoons spent in Barcelona's gothic quarter.

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An Ode to Oscar de la Renta

The gracious and talented Oscar de la Renta, 1932-2014 R.I.P

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Greene St Juice Co

capitalise on the culture of pressed juices

"coolness" and subsequent relevantness of New York, with juices names after The Bronx and West Village

boutique like store, experience and ambiance are key

Made with love, please

Words by Holly

Fast fashion is bringing me down. 

Don’t get me wrong; I like a bargain as much as the next girl… but since when did affordability translate to homogeneity? 

I’m not enjoying the glut of fraying hems and copycat designs on display in today’s department stores (here’s looking at you, Zara), or the way most people look like they own the same wardrobe. I want to buy clothes that I know has been made with love, not the sweat and tears of an underpaid factory worker in Bangladesh. Vivienne Westwood, the queen of punk, has issued us all the decree “Buy less, choose well, make it last.” Hear ye, hear ye. Let’s start investing in pieces we’ll still be wearing in ten years time. 

Yes, fashion is about whimsy and fun, and occasionally making regrettable online purchases late at night, but hey… let’s slow it down a tad. A little love and personal style goes a long way.

This piece was written by our contributing writer Holly, see more of her work here.

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Inspiration

"Discretion and calm are such inordinate luxuries.”

- Camilla Nickerson

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Gemma Ward // Sunday Style

"Serenity Now"

Looking not a moment older from the day she left modelling, Gemma Ward is featured in Sunday Style's 12th October 2014 issue. Photographed by Beau Grealy, Ward is ticking all boxes as she gets back into the editorial swing. 

The queen reign's once more. 

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This and that

This week has been a disjointed mix of binge viewing the entirety of the Made in Chelsea NYC season, piecing together my post-europe life which includes both searching for a job and for an internship, and testing some oh so nice products from Glasshouse Fragrance's La Maison Glasshouse collection. I also bought some white jeans, white jeans are still in right?

a. Glasshouse Fragrances "no. 5 fleurs musquées candle"

b. Glasshouse Fragrances "no. 3 gardenia inoubliable room fragrance"

In other news, house favourite Gemma Ward alongside her baby daughter cemented her modelling meets acting debut with Country Road.

In the world of good reads, I recommend you take a glance at this article where Bertie Brandes talks Love and other drugs, for i-D Magazine.

"If 21st century love is simply a chemical reaction, and life is routine and unremarkable, and consumer-capitalism has shaped our very definition of identity, then it’s hardly any wonder the most prominent relationship we have with drugs is one that promises total oblivion."

-Bertie Brandes, i-D Magazine

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