Fabulous French Dressing Past Fifty
French women don’t date (and don’t grow old) the way everyone else does. Jennifer Johnson looks at the rules commonly followed by Ines and other French style icons.
Mod Brighton in Modern Brighton
Holiday Goddess Jessica Adams shares some insider tips about Brighton, home of the Mods and the setting for the movie Quadrophenia.
The Best Gloves in the World
The best glove makers in the world use old-fashioned sewing machines in East Sussex. This is the small Cornelia James empire, who have held a Royal Warrant since 1979.
Exploring the Small Shops of Brisbane
Shop small, shop local and shop with curiosity. Here are some of Holiday Goddess favourite northside, southside and in-between bijoux Brisbane boutiques for hand-selected vintage, gifts and trinkets.
Thrifting the Light Fantastic: Fashion Tours with a Conscious
One of the best things about shopping with Marguerite was she got me looking at clothes and accessories in new ways. There was a gold belt with a buckle that featured a frog on a lily pond found at Vinnies. Marguerite suggested wearing the belt as a necklace (which I’ve since done).
Vivier: the Queen’s Shoe Designer
The Queen was the Frenchman’s most famous client, but this gifted creator (who gave us the stiletto heel) also produced shoes for Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor – and The Beatles.
The Miss Dior Podcast
Most recently acclaimed in The Wall Street Journal. Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture is the fashion biography of the year.
Holiday Goddess Fashion Faux Pas Confessions by Ros Reines
I wore a screamingly bright, multi-coloured, sequin scattered Camilla jumpsuit to lunch at the legendary Club 55 in St Tropez. It seems I had not received the memo – the entire dining room was in white with the only deviation, a light blue trim.
Kilts. From Sylvia Plath to Harry Styles
The classic kilt was popularised by Her Majesty the Queen in the 1950s and poet Sylvia Plath made it her own, some years later. Today, Plath’s kilt with her name-tag stitched into the waistband is rocketing up in value at auction houses, and everyone from Harry Styles to Dolce & Gabbana is making tartan desirable. How can you order your own kilt, to your measurements, in your family tartan? (Or just a David Bowie homage tartan)?
The Alexa Chung Podcast
British fashion designer and repeat ELLE cover star talks about her musical influences on this classic podcast
Walk Like Chanel in Paris
Today we mourn the loss of pre-2020 shopping that Paris is so famous for, but you can still take a virtual walk in a famous street, dominated by the Chanel boutique.
The Psychology of Vintage
Lily Gutierrez on secondhand wedding dresses and the psychology behind ‘good shoes and hair.’ Why does vintage make a difference?