Taking a summer dress into winter

Shopping in my thirties has been very different to that in my twenties. As the number of years lived grows higher, the hemlines get lower, and jeans are no longer a second skin but are more relaxed with a high waist instead of a mid or low rise. I favour a streamlined, structured, figure-skimming silhouette… View Post

Embracing the straight leg jean

Before I was pregnant (the second time) I wrote about being over skinny jeans. Of course, there’s always a place for a skinny jean. Inside a knee-high boot, under a dress, with a heel for cocktails… yes, the skinny jean is certainly a wardrobe staple. But in the last couple of years I’ve been intrigued… View Post

The final 10lbs

Ten months later and the last 10lbs of baby weight are stuck fast. My hips, my tummy, my boobs, everywhere is slightly larger than it was, slightly softer. It’s not a bad thing (I know I’m fairly healthy – I exercise regularly, I eat quite well) but my own personal goal is to get back… View Post

Summer’s end

I always feel a certain level of sadness at this time of year. It’s mid-August and summer is slipping through our hands, like sand from our summer holidays. The temperature has dropped (on some days), the wind seems cooler, the nights slightly darker. Our Scottish schools are back, a new term (in fact, a new… View Post

Veuve Clicquot Summer Brunch

Those three little words that, when written to me via email invitation one weekday afternoon, fill me with joy: champagne, summer, brunch. Is there any meal that is more synonymous with the weekend than brunch? Sure, breakfast meetings might be a thing mid-week but come Saturday and Sunday, it’s all about enjoying a lazy brunch… View Post