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A Day in the Life: Lindsay Narain, Creative Director of Vaughan

By Changmoh • Wednesday, 4 June 2014 • Day in the Life, Doggy Stuff, Fash, More Dash than Cash, Online Shopping, Shop Local

I love a really well cut, well fitting shirt. I don’t own nearly enough of them but I fell in love with Vaughan’s at first sight. With the cut of a man’s shirt but made for women, I instantly bought two and could do with a few more. In classic as well as bold colours, Vaughan only makes shirts and only makes them in silk. Sold online and delivered anywhere in the world for a flat fee, Lindsay’s shirts are underpinned by the idea of comfortable chic paired with laid-back luxury.

So without further a-do, please meet Lindsay Narain, founder and creative director of womenswear label Vaughan. Originally from the US, she has done a stint in Hong Kong and now lives in Singapore with her husband, son and dog.

Over to you Lindsay: Read More

Somewhere in France

By Changmoh • Friday, 30 May 2014 • Food & Drink, My Holidays, Travel

I actually thought we were staying in Normandy. In fact it’s Brittany. At least I rather like to think it is, after all, Bretagne is the holiday haunt of people who know: Parisiennes. In truth it’s somewhere between the two.

Before this all sounds idillyically glamourous, please know that I am writing this while sitting at the kitchen table in wellies. It’s raining and cold. And has been for the last three days.

I adore the place we are staying in though.

A partially restored (and therefore, by definition, partially unrestored) chateau, it defines – and owns – the rather over used phrase ‘shabby chic’. It’s the perfect place for errant children to run wild as it has masses of indoor and outdoor space…with room enough for the odd extra family, or two, to pop over and stay.

My London Lobangs

By Changmoh • Monday, 12 May 2014 • Brit Stuff, Fash, Food & Drink, House & Home, Lobang City Guides, More Dash than Cash, My Edits, My Holidays, Restaurant Reviews, Shop Local, Travel

I often get asked by readers where they should go when they visit the ‘big smoke’. Having just spent a few cold but beautiful days in London town – the city I was born in, love and more than sometimes miss – I feel in a good position to make this the first in my series of Lobang* City Guides.

It’s a whistle stop tour, so hang on tight…

Porter Magazine

By Changmoh • Sunday, 11 May 2014 • Brit Stuff, Fash, More Dash than Cash, Online Shopping

A slightly odd post considering I was delivered this magazine to my door in Asia and I am now in rural France…which makes fashion seem somewhat meaningless as I trudge though muddy fields with abandon, having swapped heels for wellies (with a modicum of relief – I can at least walk in wellies).

Anyway I wanted to post about this brave, new fash mag recently launched by netaporter that had Vogue in a panic because…

A/ it had Vogue in a panic (pretty impressive*) and

Little Venice in the Sunshine

By Changmoh • Thursday, 8 May 2014 • Brit Stuff, Day Trips, Festivals, Travel

I am in London for a few days before heading to France. Yup, I’ve temporarily exchanged char kway teow for fish pie…and so far, so good. The weather is glacial but, at least, sunny.

We’re staying with friends in north London – an area of London I don’t know brilliantly but have loved getting familiar with. On our way home on the bank holiday weekend just gone, we stopped off in Little Venice, a picturesque part of town just north of Paddington and right on the water.