
Bag it!
30 April
There’s bags of appeal behind Salvatore Ferragamo’s Trifolio Flap style. Inner compartment pockets makes for organisational magnificence, while a gold Gancini closure gives the bag bourgeois bite. Should you be keen to invest in the style, there’s even more sophistication in store. It can be purchased directly from Ferragamo’s newly minted website, which relaunched this week.
Writer: Laura Hawkins

Quilt trip
28 April
Never have home comforts been higher on our agenda, so it’s lucky for us that online retailer Maiden Name – which presents its collections in the form of group shows, focusing on women’s clothing and artist collaborations – is stocking a range of homeware pieces from patchwork pioneer Emily Bode. The NYC-based designer uses scraps from Victorian quilts and grain sacks in her men’s clothing, and we’ll be making a furnishings-focused style splash with this fish shape cushion, accentuated with bold diamond shape scales.
Writer: Laura Hawkins

Material world
27 April
Dolce & Gabbana has teamed up with regular collaborator Carbondale Studio on the refurbishment of its Canton Road boutique in Hong Kong. Mosaic is an embellishment often employed by the architecture studio’s founder Eric Carlson. In summer 2019, Gabbana’s newly opened Rome boutique featured two majestic domes set with tiled gold and red stones. On Canton Road, a mosaic of the bauhinia flower, a symbol of the city of Hong Kong, welcomes guests at the boutique’s entrance. Inside, Italian white vein silver marble, polished smoked redgum wood and sparkling mirrored ceilings make up the luxurious materials used in the store’s two-floor interior, which houses the brand’s opulent ready-to-wear, accessories and fine jewellery collections for men and women.
Writer: Laura Hawkins

Stream dream
24 April
Forget trawling Netflix this weekend. Instead of endlessly searching for the perfect downtime watch, we recommend a click onto Dior’s youtube channel, where the French maison is streaming for the first time, the 1949 documentary ‘Haute-Couture’. This Henri A Lavorel-directed dive into its founders 1949 Haute Couture collection, contains intimate at-work scenes, where viewers can watch Monsieur Dior sketch, fit toiles in his atelier and even make finishing touches to the collection’s final pieces. Should you want to delve even more into Dior’s archive, the brand is also hosting a virtual tour of its groundbreaking Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition, which was shown at both the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 2017 to 2018 and the London’s V&A last year.
Writer: Laura Hawkins

Great escape
23 April
We’re all in need of some salt-sprayed escapism right now. So it’s with sun-drenched delight that we welcome Loewe’s latest Paula’s Ibiza offering - a fully fledged women’s and men’s collection brimming with Balearic-inspired, poolside-ready delights. Water lily detail shoppers, bags in the forms of dolphins, octopuses and whales, tie-dye print sweaters and bucket hats and dresses cascading with ruffles - pieces in the collection revel in kaleidoscopic tones, humour and punchy prints, bringing together the bohemian, club-cool and beachside culture that Ibiza is famed for. To accompany the collection, creative director Jonathan Anderson teamed up with regular collaborator Gray Sorrenti on a portfolio of escapist images, shot in New Delhi. Time to dress up and daydream.
Photography: Gray Sorrenti. Writer: Laura Hawkins

That’s a wrap
20 April
In this moment of domestic downtime, we’ve been taking stock of the items that bring us most joy when simply moving around the home. High on our hot list is a stack of bold Hermès towels, imagined in prismatic hues and graphic patterns, which ensure that our drying sessions post shower or bath, have a touch of uplifting technicolor. If your lucky enough to have a patch of outside space, we also recommend using them as something soft to lie on, as you dream of a getaway a touch more tropical. Pictured: Carre Taquin Beach Towel, 3 Surfs Beach Towel, Voile Sur Galilee Beach Towel, all by Hermès.
Photography: Jori Komulainen. Fashion: Marianne Kakko. Writer: Laura Hawkins