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A soft layer of powder-like snow has covered the frozen land, you’ve managed to buy your gifts early this year and there are already half a dozen images on your Instagram feed of you posing pretty in front of the perfectly decorated tree, that went up in November. It’s a cold mid-December morning and as you slowly wake up to the smell of freshly baked gingerbread, your better half brings you hot cocoa to bed. You spent the morning rolling in the sleets in your matching cashmere sets to the tune of The Beatles Christmas album slowly spinning on your dad's old vinyl player. Wolford, known for being the holy grail of hosiery, saw a wild update last month and challenged me to show a more realistic side of the holiday happiness.

‘Price-per-wear’ and other brilliant excuses to shopAs we welcome sweater-weather and rightfully move into (everyone favourite) the coat season, I found myself eagerly pulling out some trusty coats from my winter wardrobe (which I wish was as seasonally organised as I make it sound). However, this is a hobby that has not only cost me the actual price of the coats, the lack of space and many broken hangers, but also a partial blindness for classics that I wish would have acquired years ago. A brand that set new standards to what women’s designer coats should be and who is single-handedly responsible for my intense affection for all things camel coloured (aka. Worn open or closed, belted or not, as the name suggests you become a ma'am, that with an added polo neck sweater, lets you get away with things like over-the-knee patent boots in broad daylight.

Working with Wolford feels much like an old friend visiting, the one that you haven't spoken to in a while It’s most likely a piece that they can’t live without or a product category they always return to no matter For me, it’s that ‘Colorado’ body, which is, in my opinion, the sexiest you can get although you are quite literally covered up to your neck. Start with this piece and mentality, and you’ll be lined up with endless attitude boosting layering possibilities, I mean just wait for that faux leather top, a combination that has fast updated my perception of sensual layering.

It’s been proven that no one has been unaffected by the seductive Gucci craze that took us by storm when Alessandro Michele stepped into the fashion house and if you are anything like me Honouring this, I partnered up with the beautiful Peony Lim, a friend and colleague that inspires me on many levels, to shoot a story that would bring to life the vision that the Acqua di Fiori represents. The fresh, green scent is a continuation of the original Gucci Bloom, with added notes of Galbanum and cassis buds that will figuratively place you under a floral waterfall. Whether you currently find yourself in peaceful surroundings of a blooming countryside, or in an urban, wild garden in the middle of London like us - this scent is guaranteed to bring the feel of summer right to you.