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We’re Living Vicariously Through Princess Diana’s Impressive Party Outfits
Countless exhibitions, a plethora of books, many, many a Who What Wear UK article. All serve as proof that the world has an infatuation with Princess Diana’s iconic style. And this year, our obsession reached its peak, thanks to Emma Corrin’s flawless portrayal of The People’s Princess in the fourth season of The Crown. It’s clear, from the moment Diana stepped into the royal spotlight, right up to this very day, all of her looks have been put under the sartorial microscope, but we can’t find fault with any. Looking back, it’s fair to say that she was one of the most progressive dressers of her time (not to mention lineage). While we’re besotted with just about every aspect of her wardrobe, be it off-duty or fabulously chi...
31 Special Zara Basics I’d Wear Throughout 2021
There have been many occasions in which I’ve needed something last minute so I just impulse-order it from Zara. It’s great for that. But these days, without many trips and events to shop for, I’m perusing Zara for basics more than anything else. The beauty of Zara basics is that they have a wide variety of both “boring” (in a good way) and special options. I prefer the latter, so let’s discuss. 2021 is probably still going to be weird but one thing is for sure—we’re all going to need basics to wear. This is always the case. Zara excels at designing basics with a twist. By that, I mean that an item may have pretty jewelled buttons, or an interesting shape, or a cool asymmetrical detail—anything that sets it apart from all th...
How the Pandemic Changed the Way We See Fashion
Clare Seal, author of Real Life Money & The Real Life Money Journal, agrees: “I think that for a lot of us there’s a fear of losing our identity or sense of style when we don’t have a reason to dress up, but I also think that the lockdown period has encouraged us to ’shop our wardrobes’ more, and maybe rediscover some old treasures, too. Some people have found themselves spending less, because of having fewer events to buy new clothes for, while others used online shopping as a bit of a crutch for managing their emotions.” For those who aren’t firm followers of fashion, clothing may play a quieter role in day-to-day life, but there will always be a connection, even on a subconscious level, between what you wear and your state of mind—just think of the confidence-boosting powers o...
We’d Never Have Guessed This Cool Loungewear Set Was So Affordable
If you’re anything like us, you’ll have been looking for different ways to feel fancy this season. Maybe you treated yourself to something new to see you through both Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, or perhaps you dusted off and re-wore something from occasions gone by. But really, you needn’t default to sparkles to make yourself feel pulled together. Sometimes it’s the littlest things that can make your attire look polished. Making an effort to put on jewellery, gold hoops, for example, is a small gesture that can elevate your day-to-day attire. Swapping your slippers for a pair of chic-looking house shoes (along the lines of these shearling-lined Birkenstocks) will also do the trick. But, one of the easiest ways to make your at-home ensembles feel more lux...
These H&M Items Sold Like Hot Cakes This Year
If H&M wasn’t on your shopping radar before 2020, chances are that, now, it absolutely is. Even in the face of a harsh retail market, the high street mega brand has had a knockout year, and seemed to have a knack for designing the pieces we actually wanted to wear in that precise moment, before we even knew we needed them in our wardrobes. Many of these items were so in-demand, they proceeded to sell out faster than banana loaf baking tins. Now, to list every H&M best-selling item of 2020 would likely take hours and would require the entire Who What Wear team to down tools and pour all their energy into it. So, we decided to take a sartorial walk down memory lane to revisit the cult H&M pieces that you can still buy a very good homage of. Fr...
I Collect Clothes—Here’s Everything I Know About Wardrobe Organisation
First things first, do a proper clear-out. Marie Kondo, the master of decluttering whose first book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has sold 5 million copies and counting, says the question you have to ask yourself when deciding whether to get rid of something is along the lines of “Does it bring me joy?” A vintage ruffled skirt I got some years ago that came with complimentary tea stains and jeans so tight I have to lie down to do them up definitely don’t—so why have I kept them? (A mix of laziness and the optimistic thought that I might attempt some stain removal/lose some tummy rolls.) I’ve finally accepted neither will happen, so both have been sorted into recycling and charity bags respectively. Side note: Research has found that an estimated 235 million items of unwan...
We’ve Found So Many Amazing Pieces in the Christmas Sales
Oh, the Boxing Day sales. We love them and hate them in equal measure, but we’re here to tell you that offers are here and are looking pretty damn good. You’ll have to be quick to get those first wardrobe gems, but don’t worry, we can help tell you which direction to head in. With discounts of up to 70% off select items, it’s the time of the year you can pick up designer pieces at a fraction of the original price tag. Where to start? This is where we step in to help create a clear edit via our gallery detailing the best reductions from the likes of Net-a-Porter, Selfridges, H&M and many more. You’ll find nothing but the best buys here. As always with sales shopping, we recommend you buy items with longevity in mind, leaning towards...
The Beauty Report: the 13 Products That Shaped 2020
At around this time every year, the beauty industry starts looking back. Brands analyse sales data and marketing successes, retailers and buying teams look at growing trends, while beauty editors and influencers trawl through the past 12 months’ worth of content to see what worked and what didn’t. The aim, of course, is to create some sort of yearly overview that will help predict the trends for the following year and essentially form some sort of plan. And with heaps of figures, data and research, it’s safe to say that more often than not, things pan out as expected, with the industry running like clockwork year in, year out, based off its forecasts. This year, however, beauty got a reality check. For many moons, the industry has been composing a particularly lucrative narrative: The elix...
2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo Pros and Cons Review: More With Less
Pros Amazing engine Absolutely planted Outrageous handling Cons Body structure issues Infotainment UX No room for stuff Let’s be honest, the Huracán itself is just a gussied-up Audi R8, right? Sure, when Sant’Agata makes an all-in move with the likes of a Performante, it can win. But just a regular production car? In bocca al lupo. We probably should mention, however, that the Evo does get the Performante’s 630-hp humdinger of a V-10, which screamed loudly enough to break the sound meter at Sonoma Raceway even though we were at Laguna Seca. I kid. A little. We also had a nice demonstration of what a Performante with the ALA removed performs like. This year, our resident racer Randy Pobst went 2.85 seconds slower per lap in the Evo around Laguna Seca than he did in the Per...
The Niche Arket Buy I Constantly Spot in the Coolest Homes
Another thing we’ve spent inordinate amounts of time doing these last few months is scrolling on Instagram, and we soon began to realise that there was one particular piece that was following us on the platform: an Arket blanket. Devotees of the minimal style hotspot will already know that Arket boasts a thoughtful interiors edit, featuring sleek vases, plates, glassware, and textiles. However, the brand’s standout homeware buy is undoubtedly a blanket featuring a stylised foliage motif, which comes in an array of colours. Made exclusively for Market by Swedish woollen mill, Klippan Yllefabrik, it’s a thing of beauty that has caught the eye of many an interior enthusiast this year. So much so, our friends at Arket say it has been an unexpected best-seller, having sold out more times than a...
9 Outfits You Can Re-Create Without Spending Any Money
Over the last few months, we’ve been calling upon you, our lovely readers, to tell us exactly what it is you’re looking for from Who What Wear during these strange times. Alongside plenty of calls for fashion-based escapism, wardrobe basics and at-home beauty, we also got inundated with requests for how to mix up your style without spending a penny. Well, you ask and it shall be given. It’s all too easy to become apathetic to those old faithfuls that have been hanging in your wardrobes for years. Once they’ve lost the shiny appeal of newness, they can fade into the background and become part of the sartorial wallpaper. However, in our experience, all these items need is a little re-contextualising, something to take them out of their stagnancy and help them to ...
2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo Pros and Cons Review: Thrills and Chills
Pros Missile acceleration Quick cornering Bumpy-road mode Cons Wooden brakes Too-light steering feel Looming snap oversteer In reviewing the 2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo with proper clarity, there is a need to go back a few years and admit with mild chagrin that our 2017 Best Driver’s Car–winning Ferrari 488 GTB might have been a ringer. This goes beyond Ferrari sending four factory techs to work day and night to be sure everything ran perfectly. (By contrast, Porsche traditionally sends Frank the PR guy, who watches the Italian antics with mild amusement.) Rather, the 488‘s testing numbers we posted were more akin to what the 661-hp GTB would have produced had it been chipped to 800 hp. And well-placed sources with deep connections say that might indeed have been the case. Bu...
