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Daily Mirror
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
‘I reach for this £25 summer body mist over my pricey perfumes'
'I've got dozens of expensive perfumes but these easy-to-wear £25 summer scents are the one I'm reaching for every day, and get me so many compliments,' says our beauty editor I've got a dressing table filled with perfumes from some of my favourite fragrance brands – including Jo Malone London, Maison Margiela Replica and Glossier – which probably totals hundreds of pounds, but recently I've been skipping all of these and reaching for one particular brand of body mist instead – and they're a fraction of the price. I've had my head turned away from expensive eau de parfums by PHLUR's Hair & Body Fragrance Mists – viral, Instagrammable bottles of mostly gourmand or skin scents – and they're now one of my favourite ways to wear scent, with prices starting from £25 for 88.7ml bottles. My current favourite is the new Beach Skin, with Vanilla Nectar coming in at a close second – and if you're looking for an irresistible new scent for summer, I think these are well worth sniffing out. First – and most importantly – they smell really lovely. Beach Skin falls under one of my favourite types of perfume: a little bit sweet, a little bit salty, a little bit musky, reminiscent of warm sea-sprayed skin, sun cream and sand between your toes. If you're familiar with Maison Margiela Replica Beach Walk (currently reduced to £52.70 for a 30ml bottle), which I also love, it's very similar – but costs a lot less. PHLUR's Beach Skin even got a couple of "you smell nice" compliments from my boyfriend, which rarely happens. Smaller bottles of Beach Skin are currently unavailable online, but the supersized 236.5ml bottle, which I have, are priced at £38. PHLUR's Vanilla Nectar, meanwhile, is much fruitier, with notes of papaya, apricot, peach blossom and honeyed amber, yet still with the 'skin-like' base notes that the brand does so well. Another plus of using these PHLUR body mists is that you don't have to be especially precious about them. The bottles are plastic and so can be easily flung into a handbag or beach bag, and because they're cheaper then traditional EDTs or EDPs, I don't feel like I need to 'save them for best'. I currently have Beach Skin on my desk and spritz it on multiple times a day, whenever I need a perfume pick-me-up. The down side to using body mists over 'traditional' perfumes, however, is that the scent is much lighter, and therefore won't last as long on the skin, hair or clothes. More regular top-ups will be necessary, so you might find that you get through your big bottle quicker than expected – but for the price, the fragrance and the mini moment of joy it brings me, I think it's worth it. If you like a lightweight, beachy summer scent, this totally gets my vote. For something similar to PHLUR Beach Skin but with a bit more staying power, you could try Jo Malone London's new Beach Blossom Cologne, £86, or the cult classic Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Eau Fraîche Skinscent, which currently has 25% and is down to £43.50. Sol de Janeiro's body mists are also super-popular; you can try four of them for £26.60 in this Limited Edition Cheirosa Hair & Body Perfume Mist Discovery Set. Join our Shopping & Deals WhatsApp for the best bargains and fashion news WHATSAPP: Get the best deals and exclusive discount codes straight to your phone via our WhatsApp group. Users must download or already have WhatsApp on their phones to join in. All you have to do to join is click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! We may also send you stories from other titles across the Reach group. We will also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. Some of these articles will contain affiliate links where we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from them. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose Exit group. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Telegraph
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Thanks to Jane Fonda, fashion's most divisive trainer could be back in style
Fashion is a fickle beast. One minute you're in, the next you're out. Case in point are Golden Goose's iconic Super-Star sneakers. The brand's popularity first began to soar in the late 2010s, when fashion trainers first became a thing. Suddenly, celebrities like Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon and Selena Gomez were all spotted wearing the signature star-emblazoned sneakers, with many opting for the ready-made scuffed up versions (box-fresh whites were so passé). Hailed as comfortable and practical, it's no wonder that the trend trickled down to the yummy mummy circuit, being ubiquitous with glamorous mamas from Notting Hill to Brooklyn Heights donning them while running from Pilates to school pick-up. Unfortunately, that's when rather predictably the fashion cognoscenti turned their nose up at them, with fashion oracle and journalist Lauren Sherman recently writing about them in her must-read newsletter, Line Sheet, that they were over 'thank goodness'. 'I've never understood the allure of Golden Goose Super-stars,' says stylist and brand consultant Flossie Saunders. 'I hate a scruffy trainer and the signature star feature to me feels childish and uncool. As a stylist, I'm open to new ideas and would like to think I understand or can get on board with usual trends of ironic fashion jabs, but I just don't see the point of buying a pair of shoes which look battered and bruised before you've even taken to the pavement in them. If you're willing to spend on trainers, in a similar price bracket I'd opt for the Maison Margiela Replica sneaker or Loewe Ballet Runner style which both give a similar understated aesthetic whilst still feeling interesting and elevated.' But could the Italian designer's fortunes be about to shift again? After all, its latest ad campaign stars none other than 87-year-old actress, activist and style icon, Jane Fonda, looking especially chic. Styled by Gro Curtis, the brand's official stylist, alongside Fonda's official stylist Cristina Ehrlich, she's photographed in one image wearing a loose-fitting black trouser suit, while in another she's in a white tux with a contrasting black leather jacket draped across her shoulders. Our favourite styling element though is the ankle-length red, white and blue striped socks – surely a come-on to Gen Z customers, whose opinions on all things hosiery length are well-known. Joining Fonda in the 25th anniversary campaign, which is being dubbed 'Born To Be A Super-Star' are a diverse bunch of trailblazers, including Australian skateboarder and double Olympic gold medallist Keegan Palmer; Italian Paralympic athlete and Inclusive Padel Tour founder Alessandro Ossola; American restaurateur and entrepreneur Joe Bastianich; and renowned fashion stylist Cristina Ehrlich, designed to highlight the universality of the brand. Of course, the Super-Star's rise, fall and rise again in popularity is very much in keeping with what we know about the life cycle of the shoe. Just look at the Adidas Samba, for example, which was effectively cancelled (but was it really?) when the former prime minister Rishi Sunak wore his with a navy trouser suit last year (he was later forced to issue a 'fulsome' apology to the Samba community). Once ubiquitous on any given train carriage, the relatively simple style went from being so cool it had a sell-out Wales Bonner collaboration, to being a persona non grata in fashion circles. Since Sunak's faux-pas, searches for the shoe have plummeted to half of what they once were, and according to the payment app Klarna, sales of the style fell by 11 per cent in the month in which Sunak wore them. Yet, the Instagram account Data But Make It Fashion recently shared that positive sentiment around Adidas Sambas was up by 20 per cent this month, proving fashion's collective memory is very short indeed. Another example is Uggs. In the 2000s, you couldn't move for Uggs, which were the unofficial uniform of red brick university students and A-listers including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss alike. Having reached saturation point by the early 2010s, they were considered extremely un-chic again – not least because they aren't actually very practical in the winter (they were originally designed as indoor slippers and aren't waterproof). Now, in the past six months, they've been re-hailed as the comfy footwear du jour with a reinvention – including heeled styles – loved by Jennifer Lopez et al. Go figure. According to Footwear News, Uggs had a 16.1 per cent increase in sales in the final quarter of last year, up to £980 million. That's a lot of soggy toes. Of course, some shoes deserve to remain in the annals of fashion history (gladiator sandals, we are looking at you), but we'd personally quite like the world to rediscover the joys of Steve Madden's slip-on platform sandals (dubbed 'slinkys') or Vivienne Westwood's pirate boots, both Y2K icons ripe for a renaissance. Perhaps they can see if La Fonda is free to model them. Our pick of the flock As modelled by Fonda, this classic white pair with grey suede inserts and a gold glitter star is an instant update on the iconic style, and will dress up any outfit. Super-Star with gold glitter star and ice-gray suede inserts, £445, Golden Goose Swap the intentionally messed-up off-whites for these in black leather, which feature a fun zebra print star – a modern update on the leopard print version. Super-Star in black nappa leather with zebra-print pony skin star and beige leather heel tab, £485, Golden Goose Red accessories are trending again, so why not subtly nod to it via these Super-Stars, which feature a rust effect star and heel? White Women's Super-Star LAB with rust-effect star and heel tab, £610, Golden Goose
