Fashion

Don’t be sari! Upcycle instead

Lisa Taylor hasn’t just fallen into sustainable fashion. Quite the opposite in fact: her background as a buyer for major high street brands means she’s had to turn her focus 180 degrees in order to establish her self-named ethical design business. After 25 years spent working for the likes of Oasis, Warehouse, Karen Millen, FCUK and Miss Selfridge, putting together and sourcing collections, Taylor made the move towards a more philanthropic and vocational way of working, upcycling Indian fabrics [...]
Fashion

The collaboration of two British titans

This month Burberry and Vivienne Westwood released a teaser trailer of their upcoming collaboration, which looks to honour and celebrate the best of British style and heritage. Fans were treated to a glimpse of the [...]
Fashion | Luxury

Ethical v Couture? If it’s made with love, it lasts

“Who made my clothes?” is an entirely reasonable question and yet not one that is always guaranteed a straightforward answer. If you’re keen to see a positive example of a sustainable approach to clothes-making, look no further [...]
Art

Marc Chagall: Bible

“I did not see the Bible, I dreamed it. Ever since early childhood, I have been captivated by the Bible. It has always seemed to me and still seems today the greatest source of poetry [...]
Fashion

Gung-Ho Designs: inspiring change through fashion

Sophie Dunster is an artist on a mission. The founder of Gung Ho Designs, which officially launched a year ago, insists that she’s created more of a movement than a brand, born out of a [...]
Art

Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone

Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone is located approximately 10 miles south of Las Vegas Boulevard. This translates into a 40-minute ride into the desert with a mildly confused Uber driver. Soon the reason for [...]
Fashion

Uashmama – the family business with charm, style and ethics

Want to hear a charming story of a family-run business that’s based out of a cottage and creates unique, washable bread bags? Enter Uashmama, the ethically-minded brand that dedicates itself to the iconic Italian “mama” [...]

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Luxury

Sustainable, organic hair care that’s better for you and the planet

You know the way that hair products tend to promise glossy locks with strong roots? Well, ‘it ain’t necessarily so’, as the infamous lyrics from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess go. [...]
Fashion | Luxury

Ambition, Understanding, Responsibility, Unity and Mindfulness (AURUM)

This week we’re turning the spotlight towards jewellery, and a discerning brand called Aurum, by Guðbjörg. [...]
Fashion | Luxury

Hamilton and Hare – sustainable luxury’s answer to men’s lingerie

Luxury men’s underwear anyone? And if not, why not? For years, women have been spending time and money picking out the kind of lingerie that makes them feel and look special and now, at last, there’s a brand that’s helping men to do the same. It’s not lingerie per se, but the boxer shorts and loungewear from Hamilton and Hare is about as close as a masculine version gets. [...]
Fashion

Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire exhibition

These days, it’s standard behaviour when we go abroad to record the sights we see for posterity, whether as selfies or humblebrag posts on Instagram. Thomas Cole was born more than 200 years ago, and if it’s a stretch to see him as a father of that tradition, he was certainly an artist preoccupied with portraying a foreign landscape in its most luminous light. [...]
Fashion

Style Gallery 2018

Showcasing brands this year ranged from womenswear designers The Fold, Katie & Jo and Beatrice Perry, through to British knitwear designer Genevieve Sweeney, athleisurewear brand Sundried and faux and ethical fur brand Charlotte Simone. [...]
Art

London Nights exhibition: the capital from dusk until dawn

In darkness, everything changes. The environment becomes unpredictable, the streets we walk by day shift from familiar to not, buildings masquerade as monsters, and ordinary people are imbued with an extra magic. That’s the premise [...]