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Colours, Shapes And Textures

The Top Trends to Tick Off in 2024 by Harriet Davey. Navigating the latest fashion trends can be a challenging task to say the least. Is the reign of Adidas Samba trainers over? (Even though I own a pair, I would say yes). Should we all be embracing Capri pants and disc belts like we’re …

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Holiday Handbag Heroes

Every Style To Take On Your Summer Trip by Harriet Davey. Hands up who has a holiday booked? If having a summer trip in the diary is the highlight of your spring, you’re not alone. As a self-proclaimed summer person, heading to warmer climates is something that bring me joy. Recently, I found out the …

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Parisian Handbag Trends for Summer 2024

The Must-Have Styles for the Season by Jen Labbett. Walking down the Champs-Élysées in the middle of May was everything you’d expect it to be – equal parts ungainly tourists snapping photos of every shop and street performer/influencers dancing down the street mixed with the chic and stylish hometown Parisians who look down their noses …

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High Street Hottest Handbags

The Brands Making The Most Expensive-Looking Bags by Harriet Davey. While the Great British high street has had some dramatic changes over recent years (I’m still not over Topshop closing its doors in 2021), there’s still so many brilliant brands that are not to be ignored. Of course, luxury brands will forever be the go-to …

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Fashion Editor Wish List

A Definitive Guide For SS24 by Harriet Davey. For me, bags have always been an important part of any outfit. They’re the cherry on top of the sartorial cake, and the finishing touch that can possess the power to be a talking point at an event, dinner or even just day-to-day. While I used to …

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Seven Indie Bag Brands

Seven Editor-Approved Independent Bag Brands to Have on Your Radar by Avalon Afriyie. My preference for shopping small extends to handbags and when it comes to fashion, I prefer nothing more than discovering independent brands. Luxury fashion houses are the makers of highly coveted shapes, heritage and revere that you can’t deny – from Chanel’s …

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Festival Fix

Accessory ideas for Glastonbury by Harriet Davey. If you’re lucky enough to be heading to Glastonbury this year, along with remembering every lyric to Shania Twain and Dua Lipa, outfit planning may be at the top of your to-to list. The thing is, though, at Worthy Farm, quite literally anything goes when it comes to …

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Festival Season Handbags

Coachella Edition by Jen Labbett. Festival season is rapidly approaching and, with it, the trials and tribulations of attending such events on a multi-day basis.  When I think of festivals, I think of summer, I think of tribes of random friends and friends yet to be made, I think of dust and losing one shoe, …

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The Power of Red Handbags

Crimson Collectables by Jen Labbett. My love of handbags didn’t come naturally, I wasn’t a girlie girl.  I went to a preparatory boarding school in New England and the only brands we revered were J.Crew and LL Bean.  I didn’t give a second thought to luxury brands, the internet had not been born into our …

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Purple Reign

The Unstoppable Rise of Purple in Fashion’s Limelight by Jen Labbett. Ask anyone who knows me what my favourite colour is. I guarantee you that I’m probably one of the few 45-year-old women where a majority of people who know me (they don’t even need to know me that well) know what my favourite colour …

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Brunching in Handbag Style

My Top Handbags for a Brighter Season by Jen Labbett. The sun is a-shining and suddenly the birds are singing, there’s an extra pep in my step, I’m shaving my legs every morning now that the possibility of wearing a skirt is becoming real and I’m quickly filling the diary with all the long-anticipated spring …

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Celeb-Inspired Handbags

Met Gala 2024 Wardrobe Trends by Jen Labbett. It’s that time again where fantastical meets fabulous in the fashion world thanks to the annual Met Gala, hosted by the formidable Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, the Met Gala sets the stage for A-list stars to showcase their most daring fashion choices in accordance with …

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Prepping for my trip to Portugal

Selecting Functional and Stylish Travel Bag Companions by Jen Labbett. The summer is officially upon us, even here in dreary old England, where we have suffered through yet another elongated winter only to be granted the “wettest summer in history” as something to somehow look forward to in 2024.  And that is why any wise …