https://wearnotes.uk/ 2026-08-09 daily1.0 https://wearnotes.uk/street 2026-08-09 daily0.8 https://wearnotes.uk/runway 2026-07-19 daily0.8 https://wearnotes.uk/trends 2026-06-30 daily0.8 https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit 2026-06-09 daily0.8 https://wearnotes.uk/culture 2026-05-21 daily0.8 https://wearnotes.uk/street/camden-line-best-dressed-high-street 2026-08-09 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1469334031218-e382a71b716b?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The Camden line: how 400 metres of high street became the best-dressed in Britain Camden High Street, 6.14pm. Coat by a seller who refused to be named. https://wearnotes.uk/street/tokyo-on-a-tuesday 2026-08-07 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1494790108377-be9c29b29330?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Tokyo, on a Tuesday Nakameguro, 8.40am. Three layers, none of them for warmth. https://wearnotes.uk/street/notting-hill-the-coat-everyone-stopped-for 2026-08-04 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1508214751196-bcfd4ca60f91?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Notting Hill, 4pm: the coat everyone stopped for Portobello Road, 4.02pm. The coat in question, photographed from across the street. https://wearnotes.uk/street/denim-is-doing-something-strange-in-seoul 2026-08-03 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1490481651871-ab68de25d43d?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Denim is doing something strange in Seoul Seongsu-dong, Saturday afternoon. Rigid selvedge, unwashed, hemmed at home. https://wearnotes.uk/street/nine-days-of-scarves-in-the-sixth 2026-08-01 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1515372039744-b8f02a3ae446?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Nine days of scarves in the sixth Rue de Buci, mid-morning. Wool, folded once, thrown twice. https://wearnotes.uk/street/lagos-tailors-cutting-for-the-diaspora 2026-07-29 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1479064555552-3ef4979f8908?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Lagos tailors are cutting for the diaspora now Yaba, late afternoon. A jacket cut this week for a client in Houston. https://wearnotes.uk/street/copenhagen-the-bicycle-decides-the-outfit 2026-07-28 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1521572267360-ee0c2909d518?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The bicycle decides the outfit Nørrebrogade at 8.30am. Every hemline here has been decided by a saddle. https://wearnotes.uk/street/manchester-dressing-for-the-weather 2026-07-26 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1507680434567-5739c80be1ac?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Manchester is dressing for the weather, finally Northern Quarter, Thursday. Taped seams, worn entirely indoors. https://wearnotes.uk/street/what-the-security-guards-are-wearing 2026-07-23 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502716119720-b23a93e5fe1b?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop What the security guards are wearing Outside a show venue in Marylebone. Twelve hours on the door, mostly standing. https://wearnotes.uk/street/school-gate-most-honest-catwalk 2026-07-22 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1441984904996-e0b6ba687e04?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The school gate is the most honest catwalk in Britain A primary school gate in Bristol, 8.47am. Nothing here was planned the night before. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/milan-unbuttoned-tailoring-relaxed 2026-07-19 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1520006403909-838d6b92c22e?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Milan, unbuttoned: the season tailoring finally relaxed Backstage in Milan, eleven minutes before the first exit. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/backstage-copenhagen-one-borrowed-van 2026-07-18 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496747611176-843222e1e57c?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Backstage at Copenhagen: nine designers, one borrowed van Ninety minutes before doors. The van outside is on its fourth trip of the day. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/paris-rtw-eleven-exits-that-mattered 2026-07-16 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514222788835-3a1a1d5b32f8?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Paris ready-to-wear: the eleven exits that mattered Paris, day six. The exit that changed the conversation for the rest of the week. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/the-show-that-had-no-clothes-in-it 2026-07-13 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1541099649105-f69ad21f3246?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The show that had no clothes in it The venue, twenty minutes before a show with no garments in it. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/nobody-is-casting-for-the-clothes 2026-07-12 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1528731708534-816fe59f90cb?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Nobody is casting for the clothes any more A casting call in east London. Ninety-four people seen in one afternoon. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/the-finale-is-dead-long-live-the-middle 2026-07-10 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1527203561188-dae1bc1a417f?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The finale is dead. Long live the middle. Looks 18 to 26 of a 42-look collection — where the business actually is. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/six-labels-one-studio-in-hackney 2026-07-07 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1537832816519-689ad163238b?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Six labels, one studio in Hackney The second floor of a former print works in Hackney, three weeks before the shows. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/twelve-week-lead-time-killing-good-ideas 2026-07-06 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1534030347209-467a5b0ad3e6?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The twelve-week lead time is killing good ideas A mill outside Como. The interesting cloth here is booked into next spring. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/what-happens-to-the-samples 2026-07-03 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1539533018447-63fcce2678e3?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop What happens to the samples A sample rail four months after the show, in a storage unit in Park Royal. https://wearnotes.uk/runway/front-row-back-problem-seats-nobody-can-sit-in 2026-07-02 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1539109136881-3be0616acf4b?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Front row, back problem: the seats nobody can sit in Seating plan for a 400-capacity show, redrawn four times in two days. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/rubber-soled-everything-new-ugly-shoe 2026-06-30 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535295972055-1c762f4483e5?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Rubber-soled everything: a field guide to the new ugly shoe A commuter rubber sole, roughly four centimetres at the heel. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/everyone-is-wearing-brown-we-asked-why 2026-06-27 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506152983158-b4a74a01c721?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Everyone is wearing brown. We asked why. A mill in West Yorkshire. The brown started here about two years ago. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/the-office-skirt-has-gone-feral 2026-06-26 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1546069901-ba9599a7e63c?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The office skirt has gone feral Liverpool Street, 8.20am. The hem is longer and the styling is completely off-duty. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/wide-leg-wider-how-far-can-this-go 2026-06-24 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1543163521-1bf539c55dd2?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Wide leg, wider: how far can this actually go A 34cm leg opening, photographed in Antwerp. Four years ago this was extreme. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/nylon-over-leather-the-bag-market-flipped 2026-06-21 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554568218-0f1715e72254?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Nylon over leather: the bag market flipped A nylon shopper after fourteen months of daily use. It has not marked once. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/the-tie-is-back-loosely 2026-06-20 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1553544260-f87e671974ee?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The tie is back, loosely A knitted tie, worn open-collared and deliberately badly knotted. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/the-fleece-has-gone-formal 2026-06-18 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1555529669-e69e7aa0ba9a?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The fleece has gone formal A wool-faced fleece worn under an unstructured jacket. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/deadstock-is-not-a-sustainability-strategy 2026-06-15 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1556217477-d325251ece38?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Deadstock is not a sustainability strategy Deadstock rolls in a London studio, most of them from three mills. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/sizing-has-quietly-stopped-meaning-anything 2026-06-14 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1572804013309-59a88b7e92f1?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Sizing has quietly stopped meaning anything Twelve size-medium t-shirts, measured flat. The spread is 14 centimetres. https://wearnotes.uk/trends/resale-has-changed-how-people-buy-new 2026-06-12 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1576566588028-4147f3842f27?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Resale has changed how people buy new A second-hand rail in south London, priced against live resale listings. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/nylon-shopper-is-back-costs-less-than-dinner 2026-06-09 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1580489944761-15a19d654956?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The nylon shopper is back, and it costs less than dinner Nine bags, two weeks each, one commute. Only four came back intact. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/the-30-pound-t-shirt-test 2026-06-08 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1585386959984-a4155224a1ad?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The £30 t-shirt test Twelve plain t-shirts after eleven washes, photographed in the same light. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/twelve-pieces-under-120-that-outlast-the-season 2026-06-06 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1574015974293-817f0ebebb74?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Twelve pieces under £120 that outlast the season The eight that stayed, photographed after a month of daily wear. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/three-bags-three-budgets 2026-06-03 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1564557287817-3785e38ec1f5?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Three bags, three budgets Three bags, six weeks, one brief: laptop, lunch, gym kit, in the rain. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/rubber-soled-loafer-tested-four-months 2026-06-02 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1593032465175-481ac7f401a0?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The rubber-soled loafer, tested for four months Six pairs after four months. The wear pattern tells you everything. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/lambswool-versus-cashmere-scarf-test 2026-05-30 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1583744946564-b52ac1c389c8?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Lambswool versus cashmere: the £58 scarf beat the £240 one Eight scarves after a winter and four washes each. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/five-coats-we-would-spend-400-pounds-on 2026-05-29 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1596462502278-27bfdc403348?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Five coats we would actually spend £400 on The five that made it, photographed on a wet morning in east London. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/the-wide-leg-jean-at-four-price-points 2026-05-27 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1578932750294-f5075e85f44a?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The wide-leg jean, at four price points Four pairs, same cut, four price points, two months of wear each. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/sock-drawer-economics 2026-05-24 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1592878940526-0214b0f374f6?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Sock drawer economics Forty pairs, five months. Fourteen developed holes. https://wearnotes.uk/the-edit/what-we-returned-this-season-and-why 2026-05-23 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1582142306909-195724d33ffc?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop What we returned this season, and why Eleven returns in four months. All of them failed for reasons visible in ten seconds. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/last-record-shop-is-now-a-menswear-label 2026-05-21 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1590650153855-d9e808231d41?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The last record shop on the corner is now a menswear label The basement in Peckham. The racks are still here; the records are not. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/sound-system-style-forty-years-of-carnival 2026-05-18 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1596755094514-f87e34085b2c?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Sound system style: forty years of Carnival dressing From a crew member's album, west London, late 1980s. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/ninety-seconds-inside-a-dalston-tailors-studio 2026-05-17 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1581338834647-b0fb40704e21?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Ninety seconds inside a Dalston tailor's studio The cutting table, unchanged since 1991, in a first-floor room in Dalston. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/every-subculture-gets-its-price-tag-eventually 2026-05-14 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604176354204-9268737828e4?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Every subculture gets its price tag eventually A club night in south London. Roughly twenty months from here to a high-street rail. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/costume-designer-who-dresses-for-second-viewing 2026-05-13 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1599447421416-3414500d18a5?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The costume designer who dresses for the second viewing A continuity rail on a film set, garments tagged by scene and day. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/museum-40000-garments-can-show-300 2026-05-11 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1613490493576-7fde63acd811?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The museum has 40,000 garments and can show 300 A textile store: acid-free tissue, controlled humidity, and no daylight at all. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/what-people-wore-to-work-in-1974 2026-05-08 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1605518216938-7c31b7b14ad0?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop What people wore to work in 1974, and why it matters now From a company photographic record, an engineering works in the Midlands, 1974. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/stylist-who-works-only-with-what-you-own 2026-05-07 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1610384104075-e05c8cf200c3?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The stylist who works only with what the client already owns A client wardrobe, mid-session. Roughly a third of it will be removed. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/nightlife-decided-this-decades-silhouette 2026-05-05 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1609357605129-26f69add5d6e?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop Nightlife decided this decade's silhouette, again A cloakroom in Berlin at 3am. Everything here has been chosen for eight hours. https://wearnotes.uk/culture/photographers-who-never-got-paid-for-the-archive 2026-05-02 monthly0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1601046668428-94ea13437736?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop The photographers who never got paid for the archive Contact sheets from a decade of show-season street photography. https://wearnotes.uk/author/dara-vance 2026-08-09 weekly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/author/nia-okonjo 2026-08-09 weekly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/author/lex-amari 2026-08-09 weekly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/author/joon-park 2026-08-09 weekly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/author/ines-marchetti 2026-08-09 weekly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/aboutmonthly0.5 https://wearnotes.uk/contactmonthly0.4 https://wearnotes.uk/privacyyearly0.3