The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: A new take on a 1980s classic, an answer to bad hair days and a foolproof present for an overgrown boy
What not to buy this week. (Unless you really like it.)
Style & Fashion
The luxury pages of Country Life feature some of the most exlusive clothes and accessories for men and women – not many publications cater to both. In addition, every week online we find some of the most beautiful things to buy for yourself, or a loved one. Often made by some of the oldest, and most loved British brands, these pieces are the best we can find, whether it’s a classic trench coat or a Christmas party dress.
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Hannah Sophia England: Meet the luxury brand putting ethics back into fashion
The founder of fashion house Hannah Sophia England, the new go-to-brand for British society, explains how sophisticated style and sustainability can go hand in hand.
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The Utterly Inessential Garden Party Shopping List, from summery clothes and barbecues to the £1,000+ ice bucket
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Not just jewellery — future heirlooms to be treasured for generations to come
It’ll be game, set and match to the lucky owners of these classic pieces of fine jewellery. The heirlooms of the future, they are to be treasured now and for generations to come.
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The Utterly Inessential Father's Day Shopping List, from super-luxury to a big old box of beer
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Pictish gin, Cotswolds veg, and the mice you want in your kitchen
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Dressing for dinner, lockdown-style
Let's be honest: we've all let standards slip a bit (well, a lot) since lockdown began. That ends here.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Glorious garden furniture, from perfect parasols to a love seat for a ménage a trois
One of the great frustrations of the 2020 lockdown has been the extraordinary good weather. The answer to making the most of it is, of course, garden furniture.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: The finest lounging-around-the house clothes money can buy
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Lalage Beaumont: 'Clothes should be like old friends — you enjoy wearing them, rather than being worn once and put in the back of the cupboard'
The designer Lalage Beaumont talks about her love of classic tailoring and how to master formal dressing.
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Top 10 earrings to bring a little dressing-for-dinner glamour to your life right now
In a world where restaurants have long since been closed — and look likely to remain so for a while — Hetty Lintell has embraced the new vogue for making an effort at home. She picks out 10 beautiful pairs of earrings.
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The master shoemakers who shod Churchill: 'Demand is through the roof, but it takes six to eight months to make a pair'
The co-owners of bespoke shoe shop George Cleverley, father and son George Glasgow Snr and George Glasgow Jnr, talk to Hetty Lintell.
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The Utterly Inessential Spring Shopping List: A few of life’s little luxuries to brave the strange time between winter and summer
The time between winter and summer has been made all the more strange by the current circumstances. However, there's nothing like a little retail therapy to make one prepared to face the coming season, whatever it may hold. Alexandra Fraser rounds up some of her spring favourites.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping From Home List: How all ages and animals can exercise, have fun and find fame at home
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The Utterly Inessential Mother's Day Shopping List: The gins, gifts and experiences to brighten up your mother's Sunday
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The Utterly Inessential Crufts Shopping List: The toys, treats and trends that your dog deserves this year
Alexandra Fraser rounds up the top dog accessories on the market right now in honour of Crufts this weekend. After all, who deserves a treat more than Man's Best Friend?
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The Utterly Inessential Storm Shopping List: An umbrella for two, a jacket which doubles as a tent and the recipe for fluffy cinnamon buns
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Spring flowers, rugby shirts and sterling silver Marmite lids
Alexandra Fraser takes a look at a few things set to brighten up the end of your winter, from a non-denominational rugby shirt to a £145 sterling sliver marmite lid. No, we're not joking.
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The Utterly Inessential Valentine's Shopping List Part II: Pink gin, heart-shaped earrings and a dog bed for the true love of your life
Every year, we round up the top gifts one could possibly give without going over-the-top-crazy for Valentine's Day. Fortunately, this year our Utterly Inessential columnist is in love. Unfortunately, her heart still belongs to gin. You can't win them all.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Helping you to maintain 'New Year, new me' for at least another month
