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Notes on looking and feeling your best

Style and scent, confidence and the body, wellness and the season ahead. Practical, considered and written for real lives.

A man in a well-fitted blue suit walking on a city pavement
Style · 2 min

How a jacket should fit: five checks in the fitting room

A well-fitting jacket makes almost anyone look taller, straighter and more assured. Five simple checks tell you in a minute whether one is right, and what a tailor can and can't fix.

Glass fragrance bottles casting long shadows in warm golden light
Scent · 2 min

Choosing a scent for autumn and winter

Fragrance behaves differently in the cold. How to choose warmer, richer scents for the darker months, find your family's winter side, and wear it so it lasts.

A man in a white T-shirt in soft natural light, looking calm
Confidence · 2 min

A ten-minute morning ritual for confidence

How you begin the day shapes how you carry it. A calm, ten-minute routine that gets you dressed, composed and ready to be seen, without an early alarm.

Pale garments hanging on wooden hangers
Style · 2 min

The twelve-piece capsule wardrobe

Fewer clothes, more outfits. How to build a small wardrobe in your own colours where nearly everything works with everything else, for men and women.

A calm, sunlit room with a clothes rail and a plant by the window
Confidence · 2 min

Confidence, close up: feeling at ease and enjoying intimacy

Feeling your best doesn't stop at the bedroom door. On being at ease in your body, what to wear, scent, setting the mood and the confidence to say what you enjoy.

A woman in a cream roll-neck photographed at a gentle angle with a calm expression
Confidence · 2 min

How to find your best angle for photos

Everyone has one. A simple ten-frame test, done once at home, shows you the angle, height and light that flatter you most, so every photo after it is easier.

A woman in a belted camel coat against a stone wall
Seasonal · 2 min

Autumn and winter: how to wear your colour season

Trends change every season; the colours that suit you don't. How Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter colourings can make the most of the colder months, piece by piece.

A woman in a tailored grey coat walking along a cobbled street
Body · 2 min

Understanding your body: proportion, not perfection

Dressing well has little to do with size or shape. It's about understanding three things, your frame, your proportions and your scale, and choosing clothes that work with them.

Folds of soft ivory silk
Wellness · 2 min

Sleep: the beauty treatment that costs nothing

No serum, haircut or new coat does as much for how you look and feel as a good night's sleep. Six simple habits, drawn from NHS guidance, to sleep better.

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