Innholdsfortegnelse for January 19, 2022 i Stylist

“Wake me up when january is over” Poor old January, the only month of the year with a truly bad reputation. Just say the word January and you’ll witness a visceral reaction from people: eyes roll and teeth grit. It’s cold, dark; the bills pile up and the days seem to keep growing until payday.January, with its heralded association with resolutions, should be a shorthand for energising renewal; but as we all know, January means restricting ourselves from the things we enjoy before beating ourselves up when we go back to the nice things because we’re skint and it’s cold and dark.Apparently, 8 January is the most popular day to start divorce proceedings. And it’s also the month we’re most likely to decide to quit our jobs. Why some bright…

easy on me Is this the most ‘January’ January ever? Two weeks into 2022 and the promise of a more ‘normal’ year has sent our collective urge to reinvent ourselves into overdrive. Don’t succumb, says Alexandra Jones ILLUSTRATION: GEMMA CORRELL Here we are then, the steady onslaught of another year. Excuse the therapy speak but I’m, like, totally struggling to process. One minute it’s 31 December 2019 and I’m about to have ‘the best year ever’, the next we’ve somehow arrived at January 2022, and I feel as formless and absurd as a bowl of custard. There are myriad reasons why January is, and always will be, a confronting month. For a start, there’s the post-Christmas comedown. Is there a more sobering activity than checking your bank balance on 10…

on brand Tory Burch T Monogram Bag Logomania has reached fever pitch lately, with fashion titans Gucci x Balenciaga and Fendi x Skims serving up top-to-toe logoed outfits. If you haven’t got the energy (or bank balance) to go all out, then you can embrace the trend in a more subtle manner with this perfectly formed Tory Burch handbag. Wear with a tweed sports coat and 70s flares to keep the look on point. Bag, £330, Tory Burch (toryburch.com) words: hannah moorephotography: harry pedersen…

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A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Dilly Carter, Professional Organiser Dilly, 41, helps people declutter their homes and shares organisational tips via her Instagram account, @declutterdollies. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and eight-year-old daughter My aLarm goes off at 6am. I’ll go downstairs to make myself a coffee, then get back into bed and reply to client emails. At 7am, I’ll wake my daughter, get her ready, then have breakfast – usually something like a crumpet or croissant. Once I’ve taken her to school, I’ll head to my positivity corner. On a table in my kitchen, I have a book of motivational quotes that I open to a different page every day, I play whatever music I’m in the mood for – usually 80s,…

for more recipes head to stylist.co.uk/food Get baking for Burns Night with Granny-approved shortbread Baking has been one of the breakout hobbies of the pandemic – from 2020’s ubiquitous banana bread to one lockdown newbie even making it to the final of last year’s Great British Bake Off (hello, Chigs!). And while January plods on seemingly endlessly, here’s a super-simple biscuit recipe to bring some cheer. Just in time for Burns Night (25 January), food writer and Bake Off alumna Flora Shedden shares her grandma’s recipe for classic Scottish shortbread. Perfect with a wee dram on a frosty winter’s night (or any time, for that matter). preparation time 5 minutes cooking time 40 minutes ingredients (makes 12-15 biscuits) 140g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting280g unsalted butter425g plain flour method Step…

STYLIST’S COLUMNIST BILLIE BHATIA answers your questions “I’m 30 with a good career and lots of friends. So why do I feel the pressure to get a boyfriend and settle down?” From @lyndsey_morgan There was a blissful stage in my life – from the age of 24 to 28 – where I wore my single status like a badge of honour. When people would ask whether I was in a relationship, I would bark back with pride, “Hell, no.” I loved the freedom of not being answerable to anyone (except my mum). I was the master of my time. I chose how I spent it, who I spent it with, and what we spent that time doing. OK, if I’m honest, there was the odd occasion I’d experience a sharp…

THE MEANING OF LIFE IN 22 PROBING QUESTIONS Vicky McClure What will the Trigger Point actor make of our existential questions? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? Family; your people. Whether that’s your friends, your pet, your blood family, your non-blood family, your partner – that, to me, is everything. It’s the people who surround us, encourage us, pick us up when we fall, make us laugh, help us when we cry. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG? Owning it. It’s hard to do but for me, it has come with maturity. WHERE IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE? Where I am right now: home. I’m stuck in my ways, I like things to be in their place, I like to know I’ve got my people close by. It’s even…