When Naomi, 27, from Manchester, started writing to a prisoner based in Michigan over lockdown, she never thought they’d end up romantically involved. Her counselling course had been cut short due to COVID-19 and she’d wanted to find another way to lend a listening ear. This led Naomi to sign […]
Next in our Women Who Win series is Molly Goddard, co-founder of luxury UK pyjama brand, Desmond & Dempsey… You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard of Desmond & Dempsey, with the luxury UK pyjama brand being a firm favourite across the nation. Celebrating […]
As new stats highlight just how long it’s taking women in the UK to get diagnosed. Endometriosis affects one in ten of us, and an estimated 1.5 million women in the UK alone. But despite it being so widespread, there’s little awareness of what the condition entails (it’s not just […]
Getty Images Princess Diana was a true trailblazer, from her iconic style moments to her determination to be human, even abandoning the royal protocol of wearing gloves so she could have direct contact with people that she met. She later went on to stop wearing hats, famously saying, ‘You can’t […]
Getty Images Sure, being a royal has its advantages – the fashion, the princes, the tiaras, the castles – but it definitely also has its drawbacks, from the end of privacy and the dreaded rumour mill to being isolated from normal life. No one knows this more than Kate Middleton, […]
The hair treatment to end all hair treatments In a nutshell, Olaplex is the haircare range that every hairstylist worth their salt swears by for keeping strands healthy. You see, it doesn’t just paper over the cracks, making hair look smoother. Olaplex actually improves its structure. The Olaplex line-up involves […]
If you’re plus size then you’re probably familiar with the so-called ‘style rules’ with which the market tries to ply us when shopping for swimwear: look for solid colours over busy patterns, high waisted is ‘more flattering’ and cast aside skimpy styles in favour of those with more coverage. Now, […]
“Vera Wang. And Carolina Herrera. And Christian Lacroix. And Lanvin. And Dior. And Oscar de la Renta. And finally Vivienne Westwood. A dress so special it could bring a wedding tear from even the most unbelieving of women.” – Carrie Bradshaw, Sex And The City: The Movie (2008) Culture has […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
As Refinery29’s beauty editor, I’m very lucky to try hundreds of beauty buys, from skincare to makeup, hair and everything in between. But I have to admit that I’m selective. Out of all the products that land on my desk, only a handful are so good that I end up […]
