I L-O-V-E love London. Best city in the world hands down.
But I don't live in the capital. I live in the countryside. Northamptonshire to be precise; home county of the British Grand Prix, Silverstone; the British shoe industry and Princess Diana's family estate and resting place, Althorp.
I live in a medium-sized village in a petite cottage with my fiancé and three-month kitten, Roger.
Having spent a limited amount of time gaining work experience in the fashion media industry in Sweden last year and hankering for life in the capital to start my career in fashion journalism I decided to take a different approach and investigate for myself the relevance of high-end fashion outside of London.
Does fashion exist out here in the sticks?
Do country folk care about how much Christopher Bailey earns now as Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer at Burberry? Or who sat FROW at Elie Saab's latest couture show?(damn them all, jealousy doesn't begin to cover it)
Along the way I'll also be looking at country pursuits, attitudes, art and style starting with a look at how important the traditional English garden is to high fashion. I'll be discussing the beauty of the rose, the poppy and, heck, even the humble daisy; revelling in the great British summer with rural villages fêtes and fairs, and indulging in a little aristocratic dress and history.
Flowers, fields, fashion, houses, pubs, birds and reasonable rent. Say hello to a girl - very happily - in mud.
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