Favourite Things: Accessories
Handbags
A beautiful handbag is one of those rare things that can be both entirely practical and deeply personal.
I have always been drawn to handbags, not simply because of the label they carry, but because of their design, craftsmanship, history and the way the right bag can quietly complete an outfit.
Over time, my approach to buying them has become increasingly considered. I am less interested in having a large collection and far more interested in owning bags that I genuinely love, use and intend to keep.
The brands included here have earned their place for different reasons. Some are everyday favourites, chosen because they work beautifully with the way I dress and live. Others are investment pieces, vintage finds or bags that I simply found too special to leave behind.
What they share is longevity.
I don’t believe a handbag needs to be expensive or carry a particular name to be worthy of keeping. It needs to work for you; aesthetically, practically and personally.
The best pieces become more than accessories. They become familiar companions, travelling with us through ordinary days, important occasions and different chapters of our lives.
And when chosen well, they are pieces we can love for years.
Jewellery
Jewellery may be one of the most personal things we wear.
Unlike so many other parts of a wardrobe, jewellery rarely feels disposable. We collect it, inherit it, receive it as gifts and sometimes buy a piece simply because something about it speaks to us.
Over time, these pieces begin to carry stories.
My own jewellery is a mixture of pieces collected across different stages of my life; from everyday favourites I wear repeatedly to vintage and antique finds chosen because I loved their character, craftsmanship or history.
I am particularly drawn to pieces that feel distinctive rather than fashionable. Jewellery doesn’t need to match everything, follow a trend or even make perfect sense to anyone else. Sometimes its value lies simply in the way it makes us feel when we put it on.
That is what you will find here.
Not a collection assembled for the sake of having more, but pieces I genuinely own, wear and love; jewellery that has earned its place through beauty, sentiment, craftsmanship or simply the pleasure of wearing it.
The most meaningful jewellery doesn’t just decorate us. It becomes part of our story.
The things that we love tell us what we are.
Thomas Aquinas