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Susie Boyt writes a column on shopping for the FT Weekend supplement. She is a novelist and lives in London. - -
A dress named desire
Summer would be solved for Susie Boyt if she could have the three utterly feminine and charming gingham dresses she saw at a birthday party
A midlife crisis of a handbag
Susie Boyt has fallen half in love with a huge Chanel handbag. Gaudy, flashy and cheap-looking, it’s as brash and as bold as a bag could be
Why mother knows best
A parent’s job needn’t just be helping the child to grow up – the primary concern should be making the child’s life as lovely as possible, writes Susie Boyt
Pushchairs turn the tables
While looking for a new kitchen table, Susie Boyt stumbles upon one in Carrera marble and lime-washed wood that suggests food preparation and fine dining, modesty and kings
Break-ups and salad days
Three Chloé pieces will remain a treasure for Susie Boyt even after a reshuffle at the brand
A hand towel named desire
When she tries on extravagant outfits, Susie Boyt often wonders where she would wear them. Shop assistants have a ready answer: buy the dress, and the life will follow
Meetings in remarkable frocks
After agonising over the lack of work-appropriate wear in her wardrobe, Susie Boyt finally finds the perfect professional dress in an alluring navy tunic
Food and the music of love
Rather than consult cookbooks, Susie Boyt turns to great literature when it comes to finding inspiration for creating meals
La vie en roses
Susie Boyt wishes she had never visited Covent Garden flower market because after seeing what’s possible flower-wise, almost any florist-made bunch just won’t do
Hardly a trifling matter
The lack of a decent receptacle for what Italians call ‘English soup’ felt rather shaming, writes Susie Boyt
