In October, Stella McCartney’s spring 2022 show opened with the voice of American mycologist Paul Stamets. It wasn’t the first time the British designer referenced fungi in her work. McCartney, known for pioneering sustainability in fashion and using cruelty-free materials in her work, previously unveiled a sports bra and leggings […]
How well do you know your partner? Spend every day beside someone and it’s like an unintentional study of a living, breathing subject. Their smell. The curve of their face. The way they make coffee: strong, milky, right up to the rim, as if those messy extra millilitres are the […]
COLOGNE, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 12: Laura Wittek is wearing a beige scarf and a beige coat, black leather pants and beige boots on November 12, 2021 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images) When it comes to glasses, sunnies and the COVID-trendy blue-light variety, my preferred frame is tortoiseshell. […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: A guest is seen wearing a pink Collina Strada sweatshirt and purple skirt outside the Collina Strada show during New York Fashion Week S/S 22 on September 07, 2021 in the borough of Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images) The other […]
I remember once watching my friend slowly slump to the ground, just like they do in the movies, and audibly wail because the ‘good’ pizza place was closed on Mondays. I didn’t question her reaction — she had warned me that she was ‘PMS-ing’. And as someone who isn’t immune to […]
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 27-year-old bid coordinator living near Birmingham. […]
Let’s crack open the fizz this Christmas and raise a toast to good times, old times…end times? In writer-director Camille Griffin’s debut Silent Night, it’s a familiar festive scene as old school friends reunite at Christmas. We know the formula well: Richard Curtis-esque sweary exchanges, Michael Bublé jingles, wails of […]
It’s an ongoing dilemma for most parents today. Sharenting: Should you post about children on social media? Being a parent has always involved a minefield of choices, and the digital age has only raised the stakes. We are faced with decisions our own parents wouldn’t even have fathomed back in […]
Jenny’s mum died of throat cancer in March 2020, on the eve of lockdown. With the funeral they wanted out of the question, her immediate family gathered with the minister in a cold, empty church hall at the time of her cremation. They FaceTimed a close relative who was sitting […]
“I don’t have to do nothin’ but stay Black and die.” This oft-repeated phrase in Black communities of a certain generation tells a story of people who have work in their blood. Black people have always been working. We’ve always been creators: of life, of magical somethings out of bleak […]
