Independent fashion guide — not affiliated with the former I The Stylist blog or its author.

A London-minded fashion reference — style history, profiles and practical guides, all sourced

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Fashion, with the footnotes left in

A small, independent reference on style history and practical wardrobe questions. Every fact is sourced, every source is listed.

This site is a new and independent project. It is written in British English, it covers a handful of fashion topics in depth rather than chasing every runway, and it lists its sources at the foot of every article so that readers can check the claims for themselves. It is not the blog that once lived at this address, and it does not continue it.

The articles are reference pieces. A history of the slip dress traces the garment from a 1990s minimalist staple, through a famous 1996 wedding gown, to its return on the catwalks of 2016. Two style profiles, of Kate Moss and Nicola Peltz, set out what reputable sources record about their careers and the looks they are associated with. A menswear piece explains where the sportswear-meets-tailoring look known as sports luxe came from. A practical explainer pulls together NHS guidance on reusable period products, and a short profile introduces the London-based synth-pop act Salt Ashes.

Throwback ThursdayThe slip dress, then and nowWhere the slip dress came from, who made it famous in the 1990s, the 1996 Bessette wedding gown, its 2016 catwalk revival and how the look was styled.Woman Crush WednesdayNicola Peltz: a style profileA factual style profile of actor Nicola Peltz: her screen career, her Balenciaga runway walk, the Valentino couture wedding gown and her long association with the house.Style iconKate Moss, the iconA sourced style profile of Kate Moss: her 1988 discovery, The Face and Corinne Day, Calvin Klein and “heroin chic”, boho-chic, Topshop collections and her agency.Menswear MondaySports luxe, explainedA sourced guide to sports luxe menswear: the history of the tracksuit and athleisure, the 2016 bomber-jacket moment, UK subcultures and how the look is put together.WellbeingThe eco-friendly periodA sourced UK guide to reusable period products — menstrual cups, period pants and washable pads — with NHS and council guidance on care, costs, waste and toxic shock syndrome.Music MondaySalt Ashes, in profileA sourced profile of Salt Ashes, the synth-pop project of Veiga Sanchez: Brighton origins, releases from “L.O.V Anxiety” to “Didn’t See It Coming”, and press reception.

How the articles are written

Every article is written fresh, in a neutral editorial voice, from published sources: Wikipedia articles with their own citations, fashion and music press, NHS pages and local-council guidance. Nothing is invented. There are no made-up quotes, no imagined interviews, no first-person product testing and no photographs, because the images of people in these stories belong to the photographers and agencies who took them.

Where a source says something specific, such as a date, a designer’s name or a figure, the article says where it came from. Where sources disagree or are vague, the article says so rather than filling the gap. When something is a matter of style opinion, it is framed as such.

What you will not find here

There is no advertising, no affiliate links, no sponsored posts, no newsletter pop-up and no analytics. Nothing on the site is for sale. The site has no contact form and does not collect personal data.

A note on the old addresses

Some pages sit at web addresses that other websites linked to years ago, so that those links lead somewhere useful again. Each page at an old address has been rewritten from scratch on the topic the address describes. The about page explains what is known about the earlier blog and why this site has no connection to it.