Lifestyle

Don't kid yourself about legendary line-ups and campsite camaraderie - the best thing about festival season is that it affords urban sophisticates the opportunity to legitimately run around in Wellington boots. Harking back to those endless days when we were all popping cola bottles and flying saucers (or, last Wednesday, as we call it at Skinny Towers), wellies as everyday attire is a little slice of nostalgia that's worth taking full advantage of. The high street is already littered with patterned boots as loud as the main stage, whilst block colours always leave open the option of making like Dame Shirley Bassey at Glastonbury, and emblazoning your initials on the side in Swarovskis. Or for real school holiday authenticity, go with "L" and "R" in marker pen - just so you don't forget... Read more »

With over 25 years of experience under their belt, Xile have established themselves as one of Britain’s leading independent fashion stores. Since open... Read more »

As Keira Thorley of up-and-coming label, Keira, will tell you, the collections have a lot of love sewn in: "I want women to feel like these photos. The cloth... Read more »

In the concluding episode of our Freegan diaries, Louise Loftus tries the rabbit trick on every fruit and vegetable shop in the West End, and the haul is impressive Read more »