Fashionable colours: Henry Ford, creator of the first production line motor car, famously said you can have it in any colour you like as long as it’s black. The US industrialist knew a thing or two about marketing and clearly had a feel for comedy, too. Since those mono days, the marketing industry has developed […]
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Walker Slater suits you with quality to match
High street tailoring: Styles may come and go, but good tailoring remains in fashion for those seeking quality and a personal touch. Walker Slater is upholding a tradition for creating well-cut clothes made to fit the customer, using cloth from the finest weavers. Its shops in Edinburgh and London – with others due to open in […]
You are what you wear, as employers brought to heel
Dress codes: When a female receptionist was sent home from work for refusing to wear high heels she could not have imagined how her principled stance would grab the headlines. Not only did Nicola Thorp blow the whistle on alleged sexism in the workplace, she sparked off a national debate every bit as intense as […]
Space to chill in chic hillside hotel
Hotel review – Macdonald Monchique Hotel, Portugal: Stylish and ultra-modern, the Macdonald Monchique Resort & Spa, north of Portugal’s popular Algarve region, is certainly of its time. Spectacularly angular, it is almost entirely grey and white, reflecting a minimalism that also contributes to the deliberately spacial design. It is the Scots-based Macdonald group’s second hotel […]