Skindelle Stories
Mediterranean Summer: Dressing for Heat with Intention
The short answer: matte silicone covers. Mediterranean heat dressing runs on fewer layers, not more structure, and the fewer layers there...
Amalfi Coast: Dressing for Lemon Groves and Cliffside Terraces
The Amalfi Coast is best understood as a series of vertical problems solved by human persistence. The cliff face drops four hundred metre...
Luberon: Lavender Fields and Stone Farmhouse Dinners
The Luberon is not the Cote d'Azur. There are no yachts, no promenades, no self-conscious glamour. The villages sit on the tops of hills ...
Swiss Alps: Mountain Weddings and Chalet Evenings
The Swiss Alps are not the destination for the couple who wants to be seen getting married. They are the destination for the couple who h...
Jaipur: Haveli Courtyards and 42-Degree Silk
The Hawa Mahal at 7am The Hawa Mahal glows in the colour of the canteria it is made from: Jaipur sandstone, the specific pink-terracotta...
Scottish Highlands: Castle Weddings and Estate Dinners
The short answer: dress for two events, not one. The ceremony calls for structure under a fitted day dress; the estate dinner that follow...
Valletta: Honey Limestone and Grand Harbour Sunsets
Valletta is the smallest capital city in the European Union, roughly one kilometre by half a kilometre, built on a peninsula between two ...
London Summer: Ascot, Wimbledon, and Rooftop Season
Six Weeks in June and July London has a season. It is not metaphorical. Between the third week of June and the third week of July, the c...
Essaouira: Medina Wind and Rampart Sunsets
Essaouira is the city that Marrakech visitors miss because the desert is easier to explain. The desert has dunes. Essaouira has the Alizé...