Grace CoddingtonThe real star of The September Issue. Frizzy hair? Check. Orthopaedic shoes? Check. Take-no-prisoners attitude? Check.
Body-con chic
It’s here to stay, and American Apparel has set the standard for a new kind of tight. The key? Layers, and a healthy dose of confidence.
Theatre
The Fringe Festival, The Abbey, The Gate – their powers combine for the perfect intellectual date. Halving the price of the programme is the new going Dutch.
Sunshine
With the kids back at school, it’s bound to get sweaty. Defy the odds and don your flip-flops.
Dining alfresco
With the hipsters busy at Electric Picnic, why not have a picnic of your own? All you need is a tuft of grass and a bottle. Then you get to retire to a warm bed and an even warmer shower.
Sweden
Ikea, Lykke Li, designer Diana Orving (at Circus, circusstore.net) and, of course, Abba – what’s not to love?
Brunch
Cheaper than lunch and not too early in the morning – now that’s what we call a treat.
The staycation
The word, not the idea. Holiday at home, by all means, but it doesn’t warrant the overuse of the word. See also: jeggings (denim leggings).
Crime
It doesn’t pay and, at CSI: The Experience, you pay (through the nose) to see it first-hand. Why not take a jaunt to a less salubrious neighbourhood and look out for opportunities to do some real forensic investigations instead?
Bare legs
Thank heavens it’s almost time to break out the opaques again. Put the razor back in storage and say hi to the sartorial freedom of A/W 2009.
Those in the know say it’s going the way of MySpace, but without the music. And MySpace minus music equals vast nothingness.