The Weekly Edit
A short weekly read: what is worth buying now, what to wear this week, and what we are leaving alone.
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The October wedding, from a cold ceremony to a late reception
One outfit has to survive a chilly churchyard at two o’clock and a warm room at ten. The clothes rarely change. The accessories…
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The most-worn winter accessory is the one nobody photographs
You will wear it more than a hundred days this winter, it is cropped out of every outfit photo, and you probably bought it in a…
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The coat arrives, and three things to buy before the weather does
October is when the good coats go on sale and the weather stops negotiating. Three accessories are decided by the coat, so buy…
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What September discounts, and when a sale price is a warning
The end-of-summer sales are on. A couple of the discounts are genuinely good. Two of them are the shop telling you something…
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The first invitation, and the bag that will not fit your phone
The evening bag most of us own was bought for one wedding, matches one dress, and was designed around a phone that no longer…
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What the first proper rain does to everything you just bought
We spent two weeks telling you to buy suede. This is the week to spend twenty minutes protecting it, because the rain is not…
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The first cold morning, and the scarf you buy in a panic
It arrives on a Tuesday with no warning, you buy the first warm thing you see on the way to work, and you never wear it again.…
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The replace list is shorter than you think
Everything published this week wants you to swap out your whole summer kit. Four things genuinely need replacing, and only one…
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The fortnight the season turns
Summer stock is at its cheapest, the fall color reports have landed, and for once the two things point at the same shopping list.
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The pre-fall gap, and what to buy in it
Summer stock is discounted, autumn stock is arriving, and for about three weeks both are on the shelf at once.