Journal

Hailing from south-east London via Bath, NIKS is a DJ and producer, speaker and contemporary trained dancer as well as the founder of the Black Artist Database (B.A.D), formerly known as Black Bandcamp. A versatile vinyl ‘digger’ and an avid...

Cressida Jamieson is an expert embroiderer and designer. The effortlessly stylish mother-of-two is known for her botanic-inspired embroideries, as well as a collection of unique motifs. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Sunday...

Thandi Maqubela, also known as The Sartorial Lawyer, is a successful Legal Director. South African born and London-based for the past decade, Thandi channels effortless style and grace, whether she's in sharp tailoring, flowing dresses or an outfit for the...

Rachel Bakewell is a Fashion Stylist, Art Director, Creative Consultant and Fashion Editor of Lula Magazine. During a career spanning 15 years, the effortlessly stylish mother-of-two has worked with the industry’s top photographers on features across several publications, from Violet...

Laura Vinroot Poole is the owner of internationally-renowned independent boutique, Capitol, based in Charlotte, North Carolina with a location in the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles, California. She is also the host of the acclaimed podcast, What We Wore,...

Ruth Aymer Marten is a London born, Afro-Carribean British jeweller and founder of AYMER MARIA. Her debut jewellery collection launched in 2021, inspired by elements of ancient architecture. Her next collection is inspired by her West African heritage, creating a...

Caroline Kent is the founder of stationery and illustration studio Scribble & Daub. Starting her career as a curator of contemporary art, Scribble & Daub launched shortly after moving to her East Sussex cottage, where she lives with her husband and three children....

Victoria Siddall is a Board Director of Frieze, chair of the Board of Trustees of artist studio complex and non-profit gallery Studio Voltaire and a founding member and trustee of charity Gallery Climate Coalition. Joining Frieze in 2004, she became...

Hannah Almassi is an editorial director, content strategist, writer, speaker and brand consultant based in London. Following several years working in the fashion industry, including as Fashion News and Features Editor at Grazia, Hannah was appointed Editor in Chief at...

Yomi Adegoke is a multi award-winning journalist and author. She is currently a columnist for the Guardian and British Vogue and is the former host of the Women's Fiction Prize podcast. In 2018, she co-wrote the bestselling book Slay In...

Laura Jackson is a broadcaster, fashion and interiors tastemaker, the founder of the food and lifestyle brand HOSTE and co-founder and creative director of interiors brand Glassette. She also writes a column for Elle Decoration and hosts the interiors podcast So, How Do...

Ann Caruso is a New York based celebrity fashion stylist, consultant and tastemaker. Having loved fashion since she was 7 years old, her first job out of Business School was at Ralph Lauren, before moving to a role at American...

Natalie Kingham is a global luxury brand, fashion and commerce consultant. She started her fashion career aged 20 as a sales assistant at Joseph in Westbourne Grove, where she worked directly with Joseph Ettedugi to buy in clothes from some...

Ade Hassan MBE is a fashion designer and entrepreneur bringing inclusivity to the undergarment industry. Born in the UK to a Nigerian family, Ade wanted to be a businesswoman from an early age. She studied at Duke University in the...

Street Style favourite and businesswoman Caroline Issa is a magazine publisher and consultant. Becoming a management consultant after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she travelled the world before joining the team at TANK Magazine where she is now the...

Holly Scott Lidgett is a London-based creative partner to both talent and luxury brands. Her clients range from Swarovski, Charlotte Tilbury to Rimmel, and the actress Ruth Wilson. Holly started her career in the music industry before being approached by...

Bodil Bjerkvik Blain grew up in Norway, studied in Chicago and London and has modelled all over the world. Having co-founded an ethical coffee company, multi-talented Bodil loves art in all its forms.She is a mother of two, and is...

Kim Hersov is an American Editor, Creative Director and Consultant. Raised in California, she studied history and art history at Georgetown University, and worked at American Vogue in New York before moving to London. Kim was Editor at Large at Harper’s Bazaar...

Stephanie Phair is Chair of the British Fashion Council. Appointed in 2018, and bringing 20 years of experience in the fashion and luxury sector to the role, she works on behalf of designers and the broader fashion industry to champion...

Leonie Branston is a London based fashion designer and founder of Ferian. She began her career at Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan before moving to New York to design for Calvin Klein and later J.Crew. Returning to London to design...

Virginia Chadwyck-Healey is a British stylist and fashion writer. A mother of 3, Ginnie worked at British Vogue for 12 years before launching VCH Style in 2018. As a private client stylist, she encourages sustainable shopping habits and ethical awareness,...

Louise Ford is a stylist working in fashion across editorial and advertising. She spent her childhood living between Zimbabwe and Kenya – formative years which inspirited in her a desire to story-tell via the medium of image making, exploring styling...

Jade Parfitt is a Fashion Model, Presenter and mother of three. Her modelling career launched at the age of 15 when she won a modelling contest, quickly going onto shoot with some of the industry's best photographers including Craig McDean,...

This week I’m looking back at our Zandy Heels. To date this is probably the most complex bit of pattern making I’ve done. The idea and inspiration were simple: 70’s New York subway graffiti as a sandal. Keith Haring (prodigal...