I’m deep in the planning stages of our first proper overseas trip in what feels like forever, and I’m determined to make it a good one. Dusty starts school next year, which makes this our last big trip together before term times and holiday allowances start running the show, so I want it to really count and be something he’ll remember. Spreadsheets are involved. I never thought I’d be a spreadsheet person, but here we are. I’ve even looked into the actual aircrafts that all these one-way connecting flights operate on, never before have I done that. I daren’t even bring myself to add up how many hours we’ll be in the air for, but it will all be worth it and more, I can’t wait as I’m pretty sure that 5 and urrrr 45 are the best ages for a trip as magical as this.
On a shopping note, I’ve had to try REALLY hard not to shop this week’s edit, and honestly, that’s taken some willpower, there’s so much in here I’d happily try on. But I’m attempting to be sensible. We moved into a friends house and then a rental about four months ago now, and I’m still living out of what amounts to a rail’s worth of clothes. Everything else is in storage, untouched, unmissed. Which does make you wonder what you actually need the rest of your wardrobe for, apart from that glorious thing called summer and it can roll right on in, I’m beginning to forget that I’m living in a hot country unless we go and stay with my folks which is always a good 4c warmer than Sydney at the worst of times.
This week’s edit leans into the transitional, jumpers and jackets sitting alongside the pieces you’ll still reach for now, so it’ll do the job through the last of a British summer and quietly carry you into the cooler months too.
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A bias-cut dress in midnight black, embossed with a scoop neckline and side hem panels that create a proper flare through the skirt. Maxi length, fluid construction that moves with the body rather than clinging, the sort of dress that goes from a relaxed evening to a proper occasion without you having to think twice and it doesn’t get much more perfect than the cut of that neckline.
SIZE True to size.
HOW TO WEAR IT With boots and a denim jacket by day, or heels and a coat for evening, this is the dress you’ll reach for on repeat for any season.
I’ve spent the last 20 years as a stylist - dressing people for the telly, the red carpet, all of it. The Times once called me “the most powerful woman on the high street” (their words, not mine!), but really it just means I’ve learned that most of us don’t need more clothes, we need the right ones. That’s the whole idea behind Angie’s Edit: a weekly newsletter, now with over 9,000 subscribers, where I round up the pieces actually worth your money. No fast fashion, no chasing trends - just the stuff that earns its place in your wardrobe and gets worn on repeat.
