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  • 1 week ago | vogue.co.uk | Joy Montgomery

    When the mercury tips over 25C in London, it can feel as though everything grinds to a halt. The Underground stops working because the trains get heatstroke, or something, AC-free Victorian flats start to parboil their inhabitants and any sense of urgency, motivation or mental aptitude goes out of the window the minute a beer garden and a cold drink is in the offing. And that’s before we even get to the dressing situation. Simone Parchment. Olivia Allen.

  • 1 week ago | vogue.co.uk | Joy Montgomery

    Considering my vocation, you’d think that artfully describing a new fashion aesthetic would be well within my remit – after all, if the Tiktokers can come up with “tomato girl” and “costal grandma”, then surely I can coin something suitably pithy. “It’s, like, kind of surfy, but in a polished sort of way,” I inarticulately explained to a colleague who was probably trying to work. “Like, a shell necklace vibe, but more bouji.

  • 1 week ago | vogue.co.uk | Joy Montgomery

    Working at British Vogue gives you a front row seat for the occasionally Shakespearean action unfolding on the fashion stage. But as a shopping editor, it’s also my job to get into the mindset of the everyday consumer – whether it’s the brands delivering the sorts of designs that people genuinely want to wear (after all, good marketing can only go so far), or the silhouettes making shoppers feel their best.

  • 2 weeks ago | vogue.co.uk | Joy Montgomery

    There are many things that I got wrong when I first landed in Japan back in May. It took me more time than I care to admit to work out which button I had to press to flush the toilet (other functions included enthusiastic water spray, seat heating and the sound of running water).

  • 3 weeks ago | vogue.in | Joy Montgomery

    There are certain scenarios that take sartorial nous – packing a summer holiday suitcase is one of them. Yes, even Vogue editors occasionally struggle with a getaway wardrobe. But, there’s a solution to this dilemma, and that’s a holiday capsule wardrobe. Approaching holiday clothing with this mindset not only streamlines your packing – luggage restrictions, be damned – but it will help you understand what you actually wear (and what you don’t).

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