I m a size 10 and this is where I love to shop
In our new series, Style for all Sizes, one fashion editor shares her favourite places to shop for her figure
8 April 2021 • 4:31pm
Bethan Holt
Credit: John Nguyen
Having suffered with an eating disorder in my teens, I have been a size 10 for nearly 15 years now. I’ve had a few fluctuations in that time, but for now this is my ‘happy size’.
There can be huge inconsistencies in sizing across stores, even within the ‘normal’ range that I fall into. On the British high street, I generally find that a size 10 works most of the time, but as soon as you shop with more niche or designer labels things can vary - I have been a ‘small’ in some places and a large in others, a typical scenario that many other women in the UK will relate to.
The 9 essentials for doing lockdown fitness in style
From Couch to 5k essentials to the non-committal tracksuit
6 January 2021 • 6:00am
Your lockdown fitness inspiration starts here
It’s lockdown, it’s January. but these are the sportswear essentials to keep you motivated, whether you need to stay cosy for outdoor workouts or want to look presentable for your online yoga class.
1. The cycle gilet
I started cycling in the early 2000s and finding beautiful kit with a female fit to ride in felt like an eternal struggle. When I spotted a woman zooming along in Café du Cycliste leggings and jacket on a wintry Box Hill descent, I questioned whether it was a frost-induced mirage. What I now know to be the brand’s signature Cote d’Azurian style stood out on the Surrey hills - so put together, so well made, so stylish.
How leggings became the defining clothing item of 2020
Today’s John Lewis report showed sales of leggings rose by a whopping 1,303 percent this year
21 December 2020 • 12:44pm
Leggings by: Lucas Hugh; The Girlfriend Collective and Vaara
Last year, a furore erupted in the United States when a university newspaper columnist suggested that female students who wore leggings to lectures were making it impossible for young men to concentrate. Hundreds of women gathered to protest, wearing - what else? - the sort of figure-sculpting leggings we’ve all become accustomed to putting on for a lot more than just exercise.
Showing how much the world can change in a year, today s annual John Lewis report - which was released this morning - showed that sales of leggings rose by 1,303 percent compared with 2019, as we began to attend work meetings, teach our children and socialise in stretchwear. One woman even learned she had been elected Vice President in a pair (VP-Elect Kam