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One of the most interesting questions to have come out of the psychedelic renaissance is about the nature of consciousness itself — who and what our thoughts actually are. It’s the question that Feilding has been asking, she tells me, since her earliest childhood at Beckley Park. Her father, who she “adored completely” and describes as a “violent tempered, very eccentric individual, charming and mercurial”, was a painter who never made any money. “It was a funny upbringing, very cultured, very educated. My father’s parents were bosom friends of William and Henry James. Aldous Huxley actually came here, when he was a student, and sat talking with my grandmother all night.” The author and philosopher — who wrote the dystopian classic Brave New World, to which our podcast owes its title — bas...

And that is all well and good, however there does come a time Harry Styles deserves some respect. We know he wasn’t the first man to ever wear a dress. Still, his appearance on the cover of American Vogue in December 2020 felt like a moment. Yes ok, he has pinched a few styling tips and lyrical flourishes from the great male frontmen of our times (David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, George Michael, et al). But like Bowie caused a scandal by wearing a Mr Fish dress on his album cover in 1971, Styles does too every time he flaunts another disco coloured, nipple-grazing jumpsuit. At least someone is still trying to push the boundaries. Source link

Others put the Duchess’s reinstatement down to Queen Camilla’s influence, with insiders suggesting she was the one who helped bring her back into the fold. “I see Camilla’s fine hand in all of this,” says Christopher Andersen, author of The King: The Life of Charles III. “People forget that, unlike Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, Fergie is a bona fide aristocrat. Her family tree is chock-a-block with barons, earls and viscounts. In other words, like Camilla, who is the granddaughter of a baron, Fergie fits right in. She and Queen Camilla also share the same raucous sense of humour and outwardly appear very down to earth.” And of course, Camilla also knows what it feels like to be left out in the cold by the royals. “The current King and Queen believe in forgiveness,” says Joseph. “Camill...

Lymphatic drainage was all the rage last year, and with good reason. Employing rhythmic massage, the aim is to move toxins gently towards the body’s lymph nodes to depuff and streamline. Martine De Richeville’s body remodelage treatments go a step further, moulding and rolling areas of stubborn fat under the skin to increase oxygen circulation and get things moving in the right direction. A note, dear reader: it is not painless or Zen to start with (though the new Marylebone treatment rooms are). But after a series of three to six treatments, expect improved skin tone, less puffiness and a tighter silhouette. £180 for 50mins, 42 Manchester Street, W1 (martinedericheville.com) Source link

Galliano’s inspiration came via the Hungarian-French photographer, Henri Brassaï, and his voyeuristic extrapolations of Twenties Parisienne society. Galliano mined that same underbelly of life, his show staged under the full moon, beneath Pont Alexandre III. Brassï’s dimly lit, over exposed pictures, shot at night on a Voigtlander 6.5, reflected the outer corners of his Montparnasse neighbourhood streets, inside brothels and bars — nudes replete with natural thick thatches of pubic hair.  Source link

Panconesi pieces are widely seen as art, which makes sense considering its founder, Marco Panconesi, worked on accessories under Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and with Rihanna on her Fenty line. Having earned his stripes with the best of the best, in 2019 he set up shop and has been captivating us mere mortals ever since. His blown-out silver rings and shape shifting hoops are a must have this Valentine's Day, so is their dangle ring collaboration with London based KNWLS. Source link

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My advice is threefold. First, accept that you will never, ever ‘complete’ your to-do list. Nature abhors a vacuum, so the moment you cross one thing off, another pops straight on. Give up trying to ‘win’, and you’ll see your to-do list for what it is — a helpful, organisational tool that is supposed to serve your life, not the other way round. It doesn’t have to be an albatross around your tired neck. You’re in charge. Source link

Jamil says walking has become her movement of choice, "it’s the way I’ve most looked after myself and changed my life," she explains. And she’s not afraid to be competitive about her step count with her partner, artist and record producer, James Blake. “I do sometimes get into competitions with him to the point where last night, at midnight, we were walking as quietly as we could and trying not to make any noise in the hallway — trying to outdo each other's steps. It’s in a gamified way. I never mind if I didn’t walk very much that day, but it is a fun way to compete — and to be better than James,” she says laughing.  Source link

Still, desirability is bigger than techy credentials. Rimowa trades in an if-you-know-you-know culture evoking the kind of nerdy enthusiasm normally reserved for watches, sneakers and cars (no doubt the stans have already nabbed their new Distinct collection cases, the first leather-wrapped designs from the maison in over 100 years). ‘When you come across another person travelling with a Rimowa suitcase, there’s an innate sense of community. That’s rooted in the values that the brand represents,’ says De Vitis. ‘But that doesn’t mean that our clientele is uniform.’ Indeed, while the efficient, business-minded traveller might appreciate the almost-anonymous chic of classic black, the young hypebeast may be wooed by the seasonal colours of the polycarbonate designs (Sea Blue the latest addit...