If designer bargain hunting was once a shameful secret pencilled into our fashion address books, it now qualifies to be there in bold. And you haven’t been to The Outlet Village (and, most notable, Priceless) yet then you’re missing out. On arrival at the mall, which is located on Sheikh Zayed Road between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, guests are greeted with handsome interiors with stone archways and cobbled streets that lend an air of Italian sophistication (the design was inspired by the medieval Tuscan hill town of San Gimignano, after all). Nestled in the nook of the far right is Pr ..read more

The UAE is always a few years behind the rest of the world – particularly when it comes to e-com. Whilst the UK have been enjoying the indulgence of Boohoo, Missguided, In the Style, Pretty Little Thing, ASOS, Net-a-Porter, Farfetch – need I go on? – for years, whilst we’ve been downloading Shop ‘n’ Ship apps, ‘adding to wishlist’ in preparation for our next visit across the pond and hurriedly tapping out that illusive Facebook status: anyone travelling from England back to Dubai in the next week? Fast-forward a few years, and we’ve found ourselves in a league of our own. The UAE’s digital sho ..read more

Call in the calvary! Statement shirts, roll-neck jumpers and heavy-duty blanket ponchos, unite. I’ve made my adversity to sleeveless clothes no secret (hello, “mum” arms), and anyone cut from that cloth (pun always intended), will know how creative layering is a godsend. Ahead, my tips on how to layer sleeveless clothes like a pro. Yes, throwing a cardi, a blazer or some kind of wrap over the top of your outfit is an easy out, but here, a fresh way to pile on the layers — minus the bulk. The trick is so obvious that it shouldn’t be a trick at all, but it’s still something that ..read more

Is the most radical trend to resist trends altogether? Can you still even call it a ‘trend’ if it’s how you dress 365 days a year? During a season of futuristic, retina-searing neons (still love you though, Prada), where if you weren’t wearing supercharged fluorescents you probably weren’t deemed ‘on trend’, you may have, at some point, found yourself clad in lime knits, even though hyper-saturated hues are so not your thing. But my days of sartorial knee-jerk reactions to fashion fads are finally behind me, and I constantly find myself rejecting trends in favour of my favourite ..read more

Last month I ticked off one of my all time bucket list dreams: attending Fashion Week. And not just any Fashion Week – no, I was thrown right into the deep end. I went to Paris. PARIS, people! The bi-annual event – one of ‘the big four’ – is, arguably, the biggest on the fashion calendar. The inaugural Fashion Week city where, since 1943, designers have been showing their latest collections, it is the destination with the most iconic and storied brands – and then there was little old me. Like a total deer in headlights, here are nine things I learned at my first fashion wee ..read more

A step-by-step guide on how I edit my blog photos. I’m no different from most fashion bloggers out there. I like my feed to have a certain aesthetic with pinks and earthy, warm tones running throughout – neons and bright flashes of colour need not apply. The process I use for editing my photos is super simple, I edit predominantly on Adobe Lightroom, and like the cheapskate I am, I use all the free presets and spend zero pennies to achieve the final result. 1/ Presets… Whilst you can buy additional presets (some can be as expensive as £80 a pop!), I always choose from the same three options (w ..read more

Pointed, backless, heeled or flat – all I want to wear on my feet are mules, mules, mules. Slipper-inspired flats (like my Powder Puff Aquazzuras) are a casual, comfortable and practical (but still office-chic) choice of shoe and embellished ankle-flashers offer up a dressy alternative for your ‘jeans-and-a-nice-top’ ensemble. And with mumsy mules becoming the footwear du jour (all hail the ‘ugly’ shoe trend of spring/summer 2018), my love affair with these slip-ons are going absolutely nowhere. Shop my edit of the best mules of 2018, all under Dhs500 (£100) Shop my edit of the best mules ..read more

Hands up, who’s got a list of cringe-worthy fashion mistakes they’ve made from about the age of 13 to, well, last week? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. Some mistakes haunt me on Facebook’s Time Hop, some mistakes I’m still making hoping no one will notice and some mistakes are dead and buried, just like my Ugg boots. Being too matchy matchy…Seriously, why did no one tell me to stop doing this? If my bag was red, my lipstick, shoes, nail polish, belt and hair accessories ALL had to be red. I hold all my friends and colleagues personally accountable for this mistake. Wearing too much black ..read more

If there are two sartorial boxes a dress has to tick for me, it would have to be pink and/or comes adorned in layers of cascading ruffles. Today’s pink ruffle dress isn’t my first – and it certainly won’t be my last – but I just can’t get enough of pure, unabashed femininity this spring/summer 2018. Fabulously frilly and unfathomably fashionable, the whimsical pale pink hue and demure maxi silhouette lend themselves to this season’s most ethereal trend. For an overdose of femininity, I’ve taken sartorial refuge in this Keepsake the Label dress that will be helping me step up my wedding gu ..read more

10 random and surprising facts about me that you probably didn’t know… 1. I’ve lived in Dubai for 25 years… My family uprooted from Cambridgeshire when I was one-year old and we have been here ever since! 2. I have a degree in Fine Art… I graduated from the University of Kent in 2014 with a BA (hons) in Fine Art. I’m still a sporadic painter. 3. I have twin brothers and a sister… And am eldest of four! 4. I am a qualified junior wine sommelier… Thanks to my WSET Level 1 in Wines & Spirits. Well THAT was fun ?Today I sat my official WSET Level 1 Wine qualification with @thetastingclass ..read more