Doing Sandals differently – Sandals Curaçao
It’s been an exciting year of travel for us but as you know we had a good reason because we’ve been celebrating our silver wedding anniversary. When I told people we were wrapping our latest trip to South America up with a week at Sandals Royal Curaçao, most of them got it… but a couple pulled a face and one person on Instagram asked if it wasn’t just a “posh Butlins full of loud Americans”. (A quick note for [...]
6 Stylish Dog Walking (or Country Style) Looks for Autumn
As always, the most frequent Autumn/Winter wardrobe reader questions haven’t been “how do I do the Dior catwalk on a high street budget?” Instead they’ve been “how can I look vaguely stylish in a life that involves a wet daily dog walk?” or “how can I look good when I live rurally and everyone else lives in walking gear?” I do understand, especially the dog walking one, because the commitment to a pooch in midlife isn’t insignificant. Not only [...]
Colombia, Salsa and Saying “Yes” at this stage of life
It’s an extra post today because I want to tell you a little more about what it was like spending almost a month away from home and I think this is the only chance I’m going to get. This isn’t just a ‘what we did’ post, it’s a ‘why we did it’ because that’s what matters to most of us now… working out how we’re going to decide on whatever will feel like adventure for us in the next stage [...]
Beauty Cornucopia: Glowing, Depuffing & Avoiding the Wild Woman in the Woods Look
It's one of my rare beauty and wellness posts today. You know that beauty isn't something that I spend a lot of time or money on but it is important to me because as I get older I can see what a difference it makes. Grooming is the thing that sets us apart from the storybook wild woman in the woods with the hairy wart on her nose who scares children. Brush the hair, prep the skin, apply a [...]
Your Style Questions Answered: The New Season Edit
As promised, it's a new season try-on today and as I continue the transition from blog to Substack this will appear in both places so you can choose where to read it. If you're new here, you'll now start to understand why I started Onwards with so much style theory. These try-on posts are the ones where you see me putting it into action and referencing all of the stylists' terms that we've been through over the last few [...]
Older and hopefully wiser – questions I’ve been asked recently
A quick catch-up and twelve questions I’ve been asked recently that made me think I’m back from my travels in Latin America and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s joined me here while I’ve been away. I’ve hesitated over the move to Substack for so long that I felt I had to take the plunge from a distance and it’s beginning to feel as if it was the right thing to do. Soon some [...]
10 questions to ask before you shop for your new season wardrobe
So as we’ve discussed over the last two posts, with every new email that comes in, the call of a new season wardrobe grows ever stronger. The shops are full of seasonal colours and as summer ticks over into autumn I find I’m sick of everything I’ve been wearing and want to change absolutely everything. In the past I used to get carried away with a jumper here, a pair of boots there without pausing to [...]
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Hi, I’m Nikki Garnett, for 9 years I was the editor of Selfridges’ magazine. Now I’m married with 3 sons and a dog called Ted. I live near the Lake District in the North West of England and run a small creative agency with my husband.
I created Midlifechic because a little while ago, amidst all the chaos of family and working life, I was beginning to feel like I’d lost my groove. So this is for anyone else out there who is emerging from the child centred years and looking forward to beginning a whole new chapter.
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Hi, I’m Nikki Garnett, for 9 years I was the editor of Selfridges’ magazine. Now I’m married with 3 sons, 2 cats and a dog called Ted. I live near the Lake District in the North West of England and run a small creative agency with my husband.
I created Midlifechic because a little while ago, amidst all the chaos of family and working life, I was beginning to feel like I’d lost my groove. So this is for anyone else out there who is emerging from the child centred years and looking forward to beginning a whole new chapter.
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Dress like you know who you are
Just a reminder that my latest post is available to read on Substack this week while [...]
How to Know Which Clothes Suit Your Body Shape In Midlife
Just a reminder that I'm over on Substack for the next few weeks. Today's post is [...]
Dipping my toe into Substack
Well hello, I know you didn't expect to hear from me here today but I just [...]
Why your autumn 26 wardrobe feels dull – and the Boden fix
My goodness the season seems to have turned quickly doesn't it? Even for those of us [...]
Tour d’Angleterre – Midlife Lately
Well it's very nice to be back chatting to you even though I didn't have the [...]
On not rushing summer
Sometimes, in a strange way, it's worth going through a tough time just to get to [...]
Instagram – On the road @midlifechic