Beauty: A new season calls for a fresh face
14 September 2020
Beauty: A new season calls for a fresh face
14 September 2020As autumn fashion trends usher in a new mood, beauty welcomes a fulsome freshness. Lisa Millard bares all
Diary Date: Sustainable Fashion Week debuts at ARU
08 September 2020
Diary Date: Sustainable Fashion Week debuts at ARU
08 September 2020Diaries at the ready and book a front row seat – next month Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) will host its inaugural Sustainable Fashion Week
Fashion: It's pick and mix this season
03 September 2020
Fashion: It's pick and mix this season
03 September 2020There’s no must-pick on the autumn/winter menu, simply an invitation to play with shapes and styles that work for you. Enjoy
Fashion: The locally made masks to wear now
31 August 2020
Fashion: The locally made masks to wear now
31 August 2020Face masks are becoming part of our everyday wardrobes. Fortunately, there are many reusable styles to choose from – and lots made locally. . .
Shopping: Fashion gem Fantasia is on the move
30 August 2020
Shopping: Fashion gem Fantasia is on the move
30 August 2020Glad tidings for fashion fans: vintage treasure trove Fantasia is coming to Cambridge's Rose Cresent
Fashion: How to shop the sustainable way
18 August 2020
Fashion: How to shop the sustainable way
18 August 2020Velvet spotlights three brands which combine on-trend design with people and planet-friendly practices
Real Life: Living and working the eco-friendly way
16 August 2020
Real Life: Living and working the eco-friendly way
16 August 2020Guilden Gate, a slice of sustainably-created paradise in Bassingbourn, combines a smallholding, glamping spot and way of life, as Lisa Millard reports
Fashion: Wherever you are, make life a beach
14 August 2020
Fashion: Wherever you are, make life a beach
14 August 2020You don't have to be going on a sea-and-sand holiday to give your wardrobe some beachy feels. Velvet goes shopping
Beauty: Caring for skin the sustainable way
12 August 2020
Beauty: Caring for skin the sustainable way
12 August 2020More of us are looking for beauty products that go gently on the environment and more brands are stepping up to the mark
Interview: Why it's time to press reset
01 August 2020
Interview: Why it's time to press reset
01 August 2020While Covid-19 continues to shape our world, recovery offers an opportunity to reset. Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts CEO, talks to Lisa Millard
Fashion: Combining style and sustainability
29 July 2020
Fashion: Combining style and sustainability
29 July 2020Fast fashion costs the planet, but there are brands making steps to be slow, sustainable and stylish
Real Life: Meet the canine heroes changing lives
26 July 2020
Real Life: Meet the canine heroes changing lives
26 July 2020Nothing can bring comfort and joy quite like a dog. Lisa Millard, owner of Zephyr the wonder Weimaraner, meets three remarkable four-legged friends
Fashion: Bring on the frills, ruffles and ra-ras
18 July 2020
Fashion: Bring on the frills, ruffles and ra-ras
18 July 2020Embellishment is all the rage for summer. It's time to embrace fashion's frills and spills
Fashion: Be bold in summer's power prints
07 July 2020
Fashion: Be bold in summer's power prints
07 July 2020Be bold this summer in clashing power prints. Pick giant florals, psychedelic patterns and rainbow colours to wear in eye-popping combinations
Beauty: Meet the skincare superheroes
02 July 2020
Beauty: Meet the skincare superheroes
02 July 2020Skincare is bursting with ingredients to make the most of your skin. Rachel Eve of Stetchworth's Advanced Skin Clinic explains
Jewellery: Treat yourself - and a key worker too
25 June 2020
Jewellery: Treat yourself - and a key worker too
25 June 2020Buy a Protect Necklace from Cambridge brand Eleven Fifteen and they gift one to a key worker of your choice
Fashion: Welcome back! Boutiques reopening now
15 June 2020
Fashion: Welcome back! Boutiques reopening now
15 June 2020Many of our much-missed boutiques are opening doors today and all of us at Velvet just want to say welcome back. . .
Fashion: Say hello to boudoir chic
13 June 2020
Fashion: Say hello to boudoir chic
13 June 2020Lines between nightwear and daywear are blurring. . .
Fashion: Fantasy island dressing
10 June 2020
Fashion: Fantasy island dressing
10 June 2020Sadly only islands of the kitchen variety, but no reason not to up the fashion ante at home. Velvet dresses like a quarantine queen
Fashion: Chic Scandi shoe brand comes to Cambridge
08 June 2020
Fashion: Chic Scandi shoe brand comes to Cambridge
08 June 2020ECCO is about to opening a shop on Sidney Street, Cambridge
