Lauren Bravo

London

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer, aspiring semi-pro whistler. Probably Nothing 🚑 Preloved ❤️‍🩹 How To Break Up With Fast Fashion ♻️ What Would the Spice Girls Do? ✌️ She/her

Articles

What would a mother wear?

1 month ago | observer.co.uk | Lauren Bravo

A mother finds a solution to her postnatal style crisis in the beloved books of childhood I think parenting is always to some extent either a continuation of or a reaction to the way we ourselves were raised. And while I am thrilled by certain developments over the past 30 years (the chicken pox vaccine; CBeebies on demand), if I’m honest, a lot of the time I just want to give my daughter a historical re-enactment of my own youth.
Check out my threads! The local library where you can borrow a new outfit

2 months ago | positive.news | Lauren Bravo

London, Paris, Milan ... and now Oswestry, Shropshire, where a pioneering shared wardrobe scheme means you can visit the library and leave with a fresh outfit Culture Environment Lifestyle Society London, Paris, Milan ...
Lauren Bravo: The lure of the chaotic, charismatic fictional family

2 months ago | culturefly.co.uk | Lauren Bravo

Forgive me, but Tolstoy was wrong. Happy families are not all alike. Or perhaps the boring ones are. Families that are straightforwardly, uncomplicatedly happy, without quirk or friction or deep-buried tension. But – if they exist at all, and I’m not sure that they do – who would want to read about those? For as long as I’ve been a reader, I’ve been drawn to books about the alternative. Complicated, charismatic, dysfunctional-yet-loving families, and the quiet outsiders who are seduced by their chaos.
‘I relish any chance to dress up’: how to find the perfect preloved partywear

Feb 21, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lauren Bravo

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to ask one of life’s most challenging questions: what are you wearing to that thing next weekend? As the year revs up, so do our social calendars. And with each invite, be it gala ball or Gala Bingo, comes a fresh outfit dilemma.
‘I’m not a crisp white shirt sort of person’: creating a template for timeless chic

Feb 7, 2025 | aol.co.uk | Lauren Bravo

Once upon a time, I had a skirt I wore to death. A wrapover mini in navy windowpane check, it wasn’t especially on-trend but it was one of the most flattering and versatile things I’d ever owned. I wore it endlessly – or, until I accidentally shrunk it in the wash. I cried. My thoughts returned to that skirt often as the years passed, until one day I did what we all do with old flames: I looked it up online. And there it was, on Vinted, looking as good as the day we’d first met.
In Conversation: Jennie Godfrey and Lauren Bravo

Feb 4, 2025 | waterstones.com | Jennie Godfrey |Lauren Bravo

We are delighted to be hosting authors Jennie Godfrey and Lauren Bravo in conversation at Waterstones Taunton. Engrossing and heartwarming in equal measure, The List of Suspicious Things follows best friends Miv and Sharon in the Yorkshire Ripper-era North, as they embark on solving the mystery of the disappearing women only to find unanswered questions much closer to home. Probably Nothing is the answer to just how far sheer awkwardness can take someone.
How to overhaul your wardrobe

Feb 3, 2025 | theguardian.com | Lauren Bravo

I don’t know about you, but for me the joys of spring are always infused with mild panic. Birds are singing, lambs are gambolling, the mornings are getting lighter – and I’m spending them standing in my pants, whirling clothes around the room like a form of sartorial semaphore. Yes, with the promise of blossom and alfresco brunches comes the expectation of a wardrobe overhaul. We’re supposed to crawl out of hibernation, peel off our polo necks and emerge: a vibrant, new-season version of ourselves.
How to overhaul your wardrobe

Jan 24, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lauren Bravo

I don’t know about you, but for me the joys of spring are always infused with mild panic. Birds are singing, lambs are gambolling, the mornings are getting lighter – and I’m spending them standing in my pants, whirling clothes around the room like a form of sartorial semaphore. Yes, with the promise of blossom and alfresco brunches comes the expectation of a wardrobe overhaul. We’re supposed to crawl out of hibernation, peel off our polo necks and emerge: a vibrant, new-season version of ourselves.
‘Pinpoint the era, the fabric and the designer’: how to get the ultimate fashion finds on Vinted

Jan 8, 2025 | theguardian.com | Lauren Bravo

Oh, there’s nothing like the thrill of the chase. That adrenaline rush that only comes from the pursuit of the elusive, the legendary or the priceless (to you). Captain Ahab had his white whale, the knights had the holy grail – and I had a jumper. It was a memorable jumper; cropped, collared and covered in peace signs, which I’d spied on Anne-Marie Duff in season one of Bad Sisters. While everyone else was reeling at the show’s twisty denouement, I was playing detective.
From sun-drying to spot-cleaning: six clever hacks to help keep your clothes in tip-top condition

Nov 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Lauren Bravo

We know that keeping our clothes in circulation for longer is the best way to lessen their environmental impact. But overwashing – or over-enthusiastic washing – is one of the quickest routes to the rag bag, leading to shrinkage, fading, weakened fibres, unravelling hems and all manner of other sartorial sob stories. Your clothes deserve better. So before you bung another mixed load on at 40C, let’s have a quick refresher course.