HURRICANE DORIAN Events Hurricane Dorian swept past us on Harbour Island. Bruised, but none of the catastrophic effects that we saw happen later to our neighboring islands.…
The Royal Mansour Marrakesh Life Winding down a company is a disheartening business, especially when it was your company with your name. It feels a bit shit. So when…
Newport Flower Show Life “Oh, you are the guest speaker?” said one of the ladies at lunch “What is your specialty?” she asked. ”I don’t really have one”…
One Chaotic Day Life “Just a trim Maury, nothing more” I reminded him. It was a little chaotic, we were on his small terrace, Amory was there with…
A Letter to My Children Life Remember this – your childhood isn’t who you are. It’s the beginning of who you are. It’s just the opening chapter. You are the…
Design Inspiration (Tequila Optional) Life You just never know where or when you might fold the next hint of inspiration into a winning design – the colors around an…
A Mexican Invitation Adventure When I was in Iceland, they invited me to try an Isopod flotation tank experience. “Errr, what is involved?” I asked. “Nothing at all…
International Women’s Day Extraordinary Lives “I don’t intend to breastfeed the nation. I plan to lead it.” – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Inspired hugely by the quote from Iceland’s first…
Extraordinary Lives: Olivia Norman Extraordinary Lives Olivia Norman turns loved but hidden photographs into beautiful linen books or leather-bound albums that are collected by everyone from Elisabeth Murdoch to Melissa…
Outshine Life We were crisscrossing London in search of my mother’s jewels. She has not been robbed, it was just that she could not remember exactly…
HICKS-ISMS Design When creating our latest collection, GrapHicks, we were clearly, as many others before us, inspired by David Hicks, and most particularly his geometric alphabet.…
ICELAND Life I have seen the Egyptian pyramids twice – once on horseback, once on a camel. I have shaved sheep in Australia. I have sailed…
Cooking the Hicks Way Life All of my cooking skills have been inherited from my mother, and she can barely boil an egg. Although she is very good at…
Ring The Bell Life A few years ago, realizing that we had celebrated so many New Years together, David and I thought it was cause for a big…
11 is Tricky Life 11 is tricky….10 was easy – it was Unicorns, obviously unicorns. Twelve will probably be a dance party or something equally tweenie, but 11…
Mystifying Life The week was pretty full – I filmed all the spring product release videos, met with our sales, marketing and product teams, tackled Brandy Melville,…
A non-traditional traditional holiday Life As a child, I was always a little confused as to why the Father Christmas I met on Christmas Eve always smelt faintly of…
India’s Picks – All Star Gifts Under $100 Life I should have been Christmas shopping- but I went riding with Conrad and Domino instead. I’m going to shop later, online, avoiding crowds. Just…
Happy Birthday, Prince Charles Life Every birthday, every Christmas, a card and present would arrive from my Godfather. To begin with, they were signed: from ‘your loving Godfather Charles’,…
SURVIVAL TRAVEL TIPS Life Always double check your passports are within 6 months of expiration. Anything less and you’re in big doodoo. *Tip: Also think to check your…