Royal Ascot Style Guide: What to Wear

Royal Ascot Style Guide

The annual Royal Ascot Style Guide is renowned for setting the fashion tone and predicting key trends for the British summer social season.  The Style Guide – first unveiled in 2012 to formally document Royal Ascot’s strict dress code – is released three months ahead of the five-day June event each year; to give racegoers … Read more

The Art of Flower Arranging

Flower Arranging

If you were in any doubt about the rising cool factor of flower arranging, look no further than Meghan Markle’s recent baby shower. The Duchess of Sussex treated her A-list guests, including actresses Blake Lively and Abigail Spencer, tennis star Serena Williams and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, to a host of fun activities at … Read more

Chelsea Handler: Did She Get her Etiquette Right?

Chelsea-Handler-Etiquette

Straight-talking American comedian Chelsea Handler recently received a lesson in afternoon tea etiquette from William Hanson at Fortnum & Mason’s Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon for her Netflix show Chelsea. Her sleeve length was perfectly acceptable, says etiquette expert Philip Sykes, but her greeting – and swearing – was not. The greeting Chelsea Handler: “Hi.” William … Read more