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THE DRG STYLE INDEX: Calvin Klein, Estee Lauder, Hermès, Grailed
Here’s the latest weekly DRG STYLE INDEX ranking, a round-up of the brands and industry stories currently buzzing on my radar… 1. CALVIN KLEIN HOMES It’s all eyes on Raf Simons as the new-look Calvin...
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On my radar: Lebon vegan toothpaste
Fenwick has just started stocking LEBON toothpaste in the UK. This vegan brand is sexing up two categories. Vegan beauty (which, like eco-beauty before it, had an unsexy, hippyish image) and oral...
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On my radar: Leïla Menchari and Karel Martens
Two stories caught my attention in the new Hermès magazine, Le Monde d’Hermes. The first is an amazing sounding exhibition celebrating Leïla Menchari, Hermès‘ extraordinary secret weapon, whose...
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On my radar: a cache of vintage Judith Leiber minaudieres for sale
I bet you didn’t have me down as a Judith Leiber kind of girl. But I have a secret thing for these teeny tiny kitsch crystal-covered minaudieres. They’re like pieces of jewellery really, there’s no...
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Buy it now: & Other Stories SS18 edit
I’m finally starting to feel myself emerge from the hellhole of winter (I felt the blues so badly this year!) into the first flush of spring. Last week I stopped wearing thermals under my jeans, I’ve...
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Summer fragrance: citrus and musk
This summer’s twin fragrance obsessions are citrus and musk. I can’t get enough of either. My big citrus passion at the moment is Hermès Eau de Citron Noir (from £48 for 50ml), the latest addition to...
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Smells like… no-fragrance fragrance
What do we think about no-fragrance fragrance? I’m really conscious when I wear full-bodied scents like Pomegranate Noir or Pardon that I don’t want to overpower people and at this time of year, I’m...
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Twenty years later: the Hermes tan trainer
Ten years ago I would have been all over the Sacai x Nike trainer collab (a kind of double-everything monster trainer with a retro vibe). Today? Not so much. I’m well over super-statement trainers and...
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Menswear aw19 trend report
Quite often the menswear shows give a peek into what the womenswear shows will look like. Even more so if you like your womenswear on the non froufrou side. So here’s a primer to myself on the...
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Lacoste AW19 and examining the ‘halo effect’
The Hermes-ification of Lacoste starts here. Louise Trotter thwacked the ball clean out of the court (or whatever the correct tennis terminology is – frankly I haven’t a clue) in her Lacoste creative...
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Business of beauty: Hermès is launching skincare and make-up
Not sure why I never saw this coming. Hermès is building out its beauty offer with skincare and make-up due to launch in 2020. It already has a great line of ancillary scented bath products – soaps,...
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Buy it now: Hot summer, cool scents
We’re in the throes of a proper 30-degree sunny and muggy city summer. I’m not complaining one bit though, because I’m not a commuter and frankly I’ll take whatever I can get. But I believe in the...
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Shop the post: The late, late gift guide
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to get a gift guide up in time so maybe don’t consider this a gift guide. Maybe it’s more of a self-gifting guide. Or a ‘what to spend your Christmas money on in...
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Business of beauty: First look at Hermès make-up
First look at Hermès make-up – and it’s very covetable. Back in March 2019, Hermès announced it would be launching beauty this year. By some sort of spooky telepathy, I happened to email the PR...
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Quote of the day: Pierre Hardy
“Working on the same parts of the body all the time is not frustrating. It’s like metonymy. In fashion, shoes have a very particular status. The foot is at once the most scorned part of the body –...
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Trend Report: What to wear for SS20
While many say that commercial ‘seasons’ are redundant, I still get new season vibes just before Fashion Week. I think it makes me focused on the newness out there, plus the days are getting longer...
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A pop of optimism (and a timely red lip) at Hermes AW20
It feels like every show season I’ve covered for the last God knows how many years has referenced some sort of uncertain dystopian future. Economic, political, ecological and now major health...
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Trend report: The other work wear
Spring has sprung! We had our first ‘heat wave’ this weekend (17 degrees), which got me thinking about my chore jacket. In a normal spring week, maybe I’d think about wearing this with white Levi’s,...
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Let them wear Hermès
The mask or no mask debate rages on. The global consensus now seems to be that masks are a good idea to avoid passing on C-19 droplets should one be an asymptomatic spreader. But while the UK is still...
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Trend report: what to wear for AW20
What a weird year! It feels odd talking about new-season trends, all things considered, but there is going to be a new season and even if you’re not buying, there are other ways to be inspired by...
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