Around four years ago skinny jeans, especially black, became my uniform. Any need to dress up – out and about, to the pub, to a conference, I would invariably base my outfit on these. Trousers are the key to pretty much your entire style. Along with shoes, they can turn an outfit from trash to fuego, […]
Outfits and items.
The 7 purchases I made from January to June 2017.
It has been a year since we moved house. For around a year I had been ‘decluttering‘, and toying with minimalism generally. I had also kept track of all my purchases that year with a wishlist. It took difficult circumstances for me to adopt an almost completely frugal strategy. Everything I have bought this year […]
Denim shirt: Two styles. Three ways.
On a weekend or casual day off I will often wear a denim shirt. They have are a unique blend of the smartness of shirting and the casual, easy to wear quality of denim. However there are two main types of denim shirt, and I have both in my capsule wardrobe. The first is the […]
Outfit and discussion: Japanese denim jacket, jeans and inspiration.
For some time I have had a light blue denim jacket on my wishlist. I have a weakness for jackets that work well in transitional months. It is a time when layering something like a bomber or denim jacket just…makes sense… at least in the temperate-yet-rainy climate of the UK. The problem is that this […]
Black leather sneakers – four ways to wear
This post shows four ways to wear a pair of minimal black leather sneakers. When I first got serious about fashion and how to dress I wasn’t a huge fan of wearing black. Black shoes reminded me of what I used to wear – back in school or for work. It was around the time that […]