Fashion
The wardrobe that closes: fourteen pieces, forty outfits
A capsule is not an aesthetic, it is a combinatorial problem. Solve it properly and a small wardrobe produces more outfits than a large one.
3 min read · 9 September 2026
Beauty · Six questions, one palette
Colour season
Undertone, value and contrast decide which colours sit well against a face. Six questions, and a palette you can hold up against a rail.
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Answer in daylight, without make up, with your hair as it usually is. The reading names your season, the metals that suit it and twelve colours to look for.
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The Friday file
One material, one number, one thing worth knowing
A short letter on Fridays: a single material examined, the arithmetic behind a purchase people get wrong, and the one line from the week worth keeping. No offers, because there is nothing to sell.