The wicker basket, the dainty flats, the sprinkling of gingham and broderie anglaise… The classic charm of French Girl styling seduces us every summer. Embrace it. Pack a picnic, slip into these delicately pretty designs, and picture yourself in Provence.

Parlez Vous Francais?

In a six-decade career that took him from Bradford to Beverly Hills, David Hockney produced some of this century’s most iconic images. But his delight in saturated shades reached way beyond the art world, and today we celebrate the daily splashes of colour he inspired.

The Biggest Splash

Summer’s halfway point is the ideal moment for a mid-season reset – a hydrating tweak to your beauty regime, say, or a wardrobe update for staples showing the strain. Packed with post-heatwave refreshers, our dawn-till-dusk edit ensures you’ll see out the season in style.


Freshen Up

Shopping a holiday wardrobe can find us reverting to boho beach tropes. We’re all for packing the classics, but there’s no reason to leave out on-trend ideas. Invest in summer’s key pieces, and you won’t just look chic on far shores, you’ll stand out back home too.

Packing Heat

High summer is all about bold, beautiful colour: the fresh fruity zing of lemon yellow; the dazzling cyan of seamless sky blue; the tropical tone glossy palm green… Bring home these holiday hues and you’ll bask in their heat long after the season cools.

The Chroma Home

Sunny days encourage us to extend our horizons beyond the back door, styling chic garden spaces, alfresco eating areas and secret sun-traps. Shop our elegant exterior upgrades – from seating to ceramics and cooking kit – and embrace the pleasures of life en plein air.

The Green Room

The Pimm’s has been mixed, the strawberries picked, the grass courts fed and watered. Wimbledon tennis club is tournament-ready, and we’re scoring the first ace with our edit of centre-court chic – winning looks for spectators and sportsmen alike. Play on…


Match Point

Enjoyed outdoors, simple summer fare becomes the food of the gods – the salads crisper, the peaches plumper, the strawberries sweeter… Such culinary alchemy deserves a heavenly setting, and our edit of alfresco details will ensure every dinner looks divine.

Taste Of Summer

Recent summers have seen simple raffia pieces drive our delight in the artisanal. Now dizzying print and pattern are giving timeless decoration a dazzling new update, as ikat, marbling, tie-dye and tapestry enhance home and wardrobe with a hit of hypnotic design.