Writing
A selection of work, including features, profiles, essays, and radio.
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The Delicious Irony of the Met Gala’s Garden of Time Theme
The Dramatic Rise-Fall-and-Rise of John Galliano
Mary and George: The Mother and Son Schemers Who Seduced a King
Saltburn and the Bizarre Life of Britain’s Stately Homes
Why Sequins Are so Exhilarating to Wear
Scott Covert: Why One Artist Has Made It His Life Mission to Hunt Down Dead Celebrities
Why We are Drawn to Mending Things
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris: The Fairy-Tale Myth That Endures
Stonehenge and the Eerie Allure of Stone Circles
The People Who ‘Danced Themselves to Death’
Louise Bourgeois and How Old Clothes Can Haunt Us
Literature’s Greatest Fashion Disasters
Short Cuts: The Watchers
Short Cuts: Known For…
The Film Programme: God’s Own Country -
Cut From a Different Cloth: Don’t Be Fooled by Fashion’s Obsession With Upper-class Wardrobes
The Ragleth
Where to Start With: Ottessa Moshfegh
Festive Re-reads: Ethan Frome
Unfinish’d Sympathy: Can Literature Get Over Reading Disability Morally?
Listless Nights and Warm Beer: Chanel Irvine’s Portraits of English Summertime -
The Weird Sisters Immortalised in an Even Weirder Novel
A Fitting Tribute to Dior
The Man Who Turned Women Into Ice Queens
The Jewish Designers Who Had Success All Sewn Up
The Outsize Influence of the Little Black Dress
When the Wearing of White is a Morally Grey Affair
The British Fondness For Fancy Dress
When Clothes Really Do Make the Man - ‘Fashioning Masculinities’ at the V&A, Reviewed
Fashion Could do with More of Thierry Mugler’s Thrilling Sense of Drama
Vivienne Westwood’s Rococo Ways
What We Say When We Say it With Flowers
Diana was a Fashion Icon, so Why is Her Statue in Kensington Gardens So Badly Dressed?
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Be Original or Die: Yevonde’s ‘30s Portraits of High-Society Beauties and Hollywood Stars Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve
Remembering Karl Lagerfeld’s Career as a Costume Designer
A New London Exhibition Revisits the Wardrobes of Celebrated Female Poets
The Brontë Sisters’ Real-Life Wardrobes Were Surprisingly Fashion-Forward
Why Alice in Wonderland is One of Fashion’s Most Enduring Muses
Inside the Dream Factory: What I’ve Learned from a Decade as a Model
A Brief History of New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week -
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Lost Colours: The Forgotten Artist who Shaped Our Living Rooms
Miami Twice: A Pair of Photographers Grasp at Florida’s Sugary Promise
Some Like it or Not: What Happened When Kim Kardashian Wore Marilyn Monroe’s Dress?
Uncommon Threads: What Happens When Art Becomes Wearable?
The Road Less Travelled: Bringing Female Street Photographers into Focus
Fancy a Visit to the Country Estate of the King of Kitsch?
Celebrating the Knitwear of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp -
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The Mystery of Britain’s Most Famous Funeral Poet
Brigid Brophy’s The Snow Ball is a Festive Love Letter to the Masked Ball - and the Perfect Tonic to 2020
The Hidden Pleasures of Book Hunting
Beyond the Kingdom the the Sick: What Literature Teaches Us About Illness
The Pleasures of Cat-Watching Under Lockdown -
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The Pleasures and Denials of Window Shopping
Florals: Through the Magnum Archive
Glitter: Through the Magnum Archive
Winter: A Season of Visual Contrasts
Trench Coats: Through the Magnum Archive
Reading: The Gratification of Watching Others Absorbed
Fall: A Photographic Appreciation
Heels: Through the Magnum Archive
Housecoats, Bathrobes and Dressing Gowns: Through the Magnum Archive
Gloves: Through the Magnum Archive
Dressing Up: Through the Magnum Archive
Nylons: Through the Magnum Archive
Leopard Print: Through the Magnum Archive
Denim: Through the Magnum Archive -