You can’t visit LA and not hike up to the Hollywood sign; it’s practically a rite of passage. While the sign itself may be relatively underwhelming in real life, the walk through the Hollywood hills […]
Manifesto Woman
A sustainable lifestyle store selling secondhand and vintage designer clothes, shoes, accessories & homeware + a kids preloved designer clothes edit
The Joshua Tree
Before U2 became an international embarrassment they produced pretty good music – The Joshua Tree was the soundtrack to many of my teenage years. So the park has always felt iconic, even if a little […]
Hope Springs Eternal
Looking for the best boutique hotel in Palm Springs? Or simply in search of mid-century design fabulousness? Here’s a recommendation for one of the most photogenic boutique hotels on earth: Hope Springs Resort. Located in […]
The London Doll
Full disclosure: my eyelashes are not my own. Years ago a friend suggested I give The London Dolls a try and I have been a loyal customer ever since. If you’ve been dithering, wondering whether […]
House of dreams
There is a constant tension in our household between the desire for urban living vs. the lure of the Good Life. I have lived in a city all my life… four cities in three different […]
Alpha Female
Apparently the best indication of where you fall on the extrovert/ introvert spectrum is how you feel after being in a crowd. An extrovert absorbs energy from others, whilst an introvert feels depleted. I think […]
The Manifesto Woman Series
Introducing our Manifesto Woman series where we aim to celebrate women we love, as they are. I’ve been thinking a lot about aspiration and while I hope I never stop growing and learning, I think […]
Liberation: being afraid and acting in spite of the fear that grips
Celebrating the birth of Manifesto
A bit late to the best nine party, but better late than never. 2017 was the year Manifesto Kids was born – my third (and most troublesome 😏) baby… it is worth documenting. What I […]
Clothes worth £40 billion sitting unworn in our wardrobes
The statistics on clothing waste in the UK are astounding: UK households binned more than 300,000 tonnes of clothing in 2016 (read more here) We send an estimated 235,000 items of clothing to landfill each […]
Manifesto: who we are
We’re a premium marketplace collective comprised of two sites: one for kids and one for women. Our focus is premium & boutique label clothes, shoes and accessories, vintage items and best of the high street… […]
Hi, I’m the founder
I love to know about the people who started the brands that I am interested in. So I thought I’d write a bit about me. Although, rather than a traditional bio focusing on a potted […]
Podcasts: the recommendations
I have a noisy mind. Really noisy. Which means I avoided podcasts for a long time… who needs more voices in your ears when you’re already dealing with hundreds of conversations going on at once […]
A lesson in tenacity
I subscribe to the School of Life newsletter, which I highly recommend doing if you haven’t already. It’s genuinely insightful and a good read, with practical tips for navigating life a little more seamlessly. You […]
The start of Manifesto
Like, I suspect, many others I was becoming increasingly disillusioned with the less-than-ideal functionality, design and customer service of the reselling platforms available. And, with a career
