September 1st is basically New Year for art girls, forget January, this is when the season really starts. Summer tans are fading, inboxes are overflowing, Frieze whispers are getting louder, and the pumpkin-spiced lattes are calling. Here’s what we’re arming ourselves with to survive and thrive in the gallery crawl.
📖 How To Live An Artful Life by Katy Hessel
366 inspirations to bring a splash of creativity into your daily grind. Think of it as your desk-side oracle for when deadlines loom and the only thing on your calendar is “install drinks.”
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🌧️ Burberry Chelsea Trench
Back-to-back private views in London’s drizzle? Only a trench will do. The Chelsea’s heritage gabardine is timeless, but its subtle subversion lies in how it lets the check lining wink out just so.
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🐱 Yoshitomo Nara Tea Towel
Been there, done that, got the tea towel. From what feels like the Instagrammed exhibition of the season, this Harmless Kitty towel from Hayward Gallery Shop lets you dry your dishes with a side of cult Japanese cool.
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🥤 Diet Coke – Sew Your Soul
Free from sugar but not from feeling. A textile Diet Coke can by Lucy Sparrow that might just cure your real-life addiction, or at least sit cutely on your desk while you sip the actual thing.
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🧶 Massimo Dutti High-Neck Wool Blend Sweater
Nothing screams “I work in the art world” like a black turtleneck. Warhol knew it, Celia Hempton knows it, and now you do too. Affordable enough to buy two for the inevitable paint splatter incident.
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📕 Scarlet Red Classic Notebook
Taking inspiration from Celine Song’s Materialists, we’re channelling our inner protagonist with this red notebook, perfect for heading back to work.
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👜 GANNI Large Kat Bag
The ultimate tote for back-to-office chic.
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☕ Lavender Chilly’s Cup
For your return to pumpkin-spiced latte season. Eco-friendly, chic, and soft lilac.
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🍒 Emi Jay Hair Clip
Oversized, glossy, and unapologetically Y2K, this Wild Cherry accessory was made for bad hair / rushed mornings.
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🎨 LOEWE + Josef Albers Cardholder
Because if anyone should be colour-blocking your receipts, it’s Josef Albers. Minimalist Bauhaus discipline, maximum flex at the gallery till.
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