Lucie Dhog

What I learned from my Slow Fashion Challenge (Part 2)

3 August 2018

Traditionally the fashion industry had two seasons, Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter; these coincided with Fashion Weeks in London, Paris, Milan, and New York. Now fast fashion companies produce 52 micro-seasons a year – a season a WEEK – to capitalise on spending potential. That’s a lot of clothing not intended to last longer than a handful...

Ethical Fashion

What I learned from my Slow Fashion Challenge (Part 1)

2 July 2018

Recently I took part in an Instagram challenge; 30 days and 30 posts about Slow Fashion. What’s that, you ask? Clothes that take a long time to put on? A tortoise suit?...

Lifestyle

Art, Music, Theatre and Dancing at Edinburgh’s Hidden Door Festival 2018

1 June 2018

Hidden Door always makes it onto my summer festival schedule; I’ve been going to this fabulous event every year since its debut at the abandoned Market Street Vaults in 2014....

Food, Vegan

RECIPE: Easy Vegan apple and cinnamon loaf cake

16 May 2018

Have you ever wanted to bake, but really really couldn’t be bothered to drag out the kitchen scale? I’m not someone who can just “whip up” a carrot cake, instinctively knowing exactly...

Lifestyle

6 Songs on a Playlist: The Music I keep going back to

25 January 2018

“What music do you like?” It’s a great conversation starter. At a party, in the pub, on a first date; we all have a curiousity for what kind of music makes...

Food, Vegan

Veganuary: Tofu Masterclass

18 January 2018

So you signed up to do Veganuary. You followed a bunch of vegan Instagram accounts, announced the news on Facebook and Twitter, and you waited for the 1st of January...

Cruelty Free Beauty, Ethical Fashion, Lifestyle, Travel

The Last Days of Colette: The End of an Era at Paris’s Legendary Concept Store 1997-2017

6 December 2017

“Colette Roussaux has reached the time when she would like to take her time; and Colette cannot exist without Colette.” Paris. The concept store was born in March of 1997,...