The Ethical Hedonist - The Ethical Lifestyle Blog with all the pleasure left in!
The Ethical Lifestyle Blog with all the pleasure left in!
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As regular readers of the site will know, I’m a big champion of intelligent fashion brands that understand the very pressing need to clean up their act and cut their environmental footprint without taking the sheer, giddy, unadulterated pleasure out of buying a sublime, beautiful item of clothing or a must have accessory that has [...]
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I’ve always been curious about how the whole East End arts scene burst into being around the vibrant cultural hotspots of Brick Lane and Shoreditch. So I couldn’t resist Timberland’s novel invitation to meet for breakfast at their store on Fournier Street and then join art expert Julia Royse for a tour of some of [...]
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Summer is here! – Let’s all become beautiful magpies in a dream of a whimsical summer dress or Anne of Green Gables pinafore to break hearts and turn heads by British newcomer, and arch princess of luxe reinvention, Lu Flux. I swear it won’t be long before her extraordinary, extrovert, happy clothes find their way into the [...]
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Exciting, cutting edge jewellery that makes the heart skip isn’t just the preserve of chic emporiums in Shoreditch or Covent Garden. Sophie Honeybourne, graduate of the Royal College of Art, is one of the most exciting new talents on the jewellery scene, and she has chosen to return to her roots and open her first [...]
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Can incendiary thought-provoking art bring an end to poverty, from the dust towns of Afghanistan to the forgotten tenements of Liverpool and London’s East End? If Mel Howse has anything to do with it, the answer is yes. A master glass painter and Queen Elizabeth Scholar from Chichester, Howse looks spookily like a young Elizabeth [...]
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The snow is incredibly pretty, I feel as I have been transported to Narnia, and as soon as it turns to ice – lethal. For the past week The Ethical Hedonist has been pondering how to act with the nonchalance of a seasoned Snow Queen, and venture out in this surprise wonderland, without landing flat [...]
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It’s hard not to feel a genuine rush of excitement when the eye first comes to rest on Lucy Jay’s extraordinary flights-of-fantasy scarf designs in silk jersey and alluring crepe de chine. Jay has that rare ability as a designer to collide opposing ideas of pattern and colour with storytelling; and yet somehow arrive at [...]
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The unfolding story of a designer with talent, vision and passion is an intoxicating spectacle. Nicola Woods, an insurance broker turned visionary designer, started her design journey with a love affair with the Orient, and upcyling rare, one-of-a-kind, vintage kimonos. She explored the whole ethos and history of this intricate, emblematic piece of clothing, and [...]
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Darling ‘Katrine’, I still can’t believe you are gone. That we will never again curl up on the big sofas in your elegant, cosy, cream studio in Chelsea, sip green tea and talk about life, love and work. You would smile and tease me about my attempts to find a husband, and admire the ruched, [...]
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