There are certain fashion buys, you never figure will make such a difference to your closet – as does this ASOS skirt. Upon purchase, you don’t think twice about it other than that it has a…
Like most of the Netflix subscribers this weekend, I binge-watched the new series 13 Reasons Why as soon as it came out on Friday. Over 24 hours with a short sleep and food break in between, I…
With spring in the air and a spring in my step, I have decided to dedicate season to travelling locally, and with the weather on side this week, the nearest option had t be the…
It’s officially Spring – the time of the year that calls for all things clean, new and fresh, and the season that calls for fresher scents. Here are the top five on my radar –…
“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof… Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth…” What better way to start the #InternationalDayofHappiness than singing along to Pharrell? Celebrated for the…
Sleep, or rather how to get a decent night of it, is something we all seem to be obsessed with these days. More sleep, promises sleep gurus, will make us thinner, healthier, more productive, better…
#BeforetheInternetExisted has been trending on Twitter this morning. Aside from the hilarious comments on what memes and dick pics would be like before the advent of the internet, there is also serious social commentary on…
The Diet Coke Break Hunk, the sexy gardener, Taylor Swift and the case of magically appearing kittens the pill box red, the promise of no sugar, no calories, no regret. Let’s face it Diet Coke…
The Replacement, three-part BBC series, started with such great promise three weeks ago. With a penchant for unstable, psychotic females on screen and on page (read my review of last year’s blockbuster bast on the…
Another International Women’s Day is almost over, and like years past, there were many posts by brands and individuals in celebration of the day. In a world increasingly dominated by the digital, it is great to…
For what comes up in fashion must go down and what was once considered rock bottom could one day become the peak haute couture. Those of a certain age who live on our sceptres isle…
For as long as I can remember, staying up late to watch the Oscars have been a thing – the dresses, showmanship, the speeches. From those tween year when my mum would nag me to…
As far as London Fashion Week looks go, my day 3 outfit was possibly my favourite. Could it be that I was dressed like the secret love child of Courtney Love and Princess Katherine? On…
As I get older (and wiser) I seem to revamp my wardrobe from figure hugging looks to comfort fit outfits – having said that, it may also be down to how widely accepted a casual outfit…
The upside of working for a media company: you are in the know. The downside: your outfit of the day most days is jeans and a jumper. Hence, when London Fashion Week comes around twice…
For her ninth season, Turkish designer Zeynep Kartal took her show from the usual residence Freemason’s Hall to the Turkish Embassy. With her ‘Constance’ collection, inspired by the legendary 1920s florist Constance Spry, Kartal conjures…
“I can’t believe you are reading Mills and Boon,” chuckled Hubby giving the little Ankara Press book in my hand a side eye as we lay in bed one night last year. “It’s not Mills…
I am not one for binge-watching, but between seeing an Instagram ad of Drew Barrymore chomping on human flesh, this morning to belly full of laughs this evening, I have binge watched the whole series…
End of January is the time for spring collection press days, and when the collection in question is Swatch spring collection, it is fun times of course. Held at the magical Dalloway Terrace at the…
Turkey almost came to a standstill on Friday night when the snowstorm which had been forecast for a week finally arrived. On what was meant to be my last evening home, we were glued to…
