VERY strong collection from Hush this season. Everything is terrific, your problem will be choosing what you want.
The headline is that they have changed their sizing, which if you are a regular Hush customer you will know is a big deal.
Hush used to be the place where if you were a size 12 you took an XXXS and it was most and incredibly gratifying to hit “EXTRA SMALL” in everything and have it still all fit. But things have changed (or I have suddenly put on 3 stone) and now their sizing is very much true. I am an 8-10 and everything I tried on was a 10 and an 8 would have been too small.
I went along to the Hush PR offices this morning to try on a whole load of clothes and their strongest pieces, to my mind, are below.
The Emmanuelle dress in lightening bolt print. I have this dress with a blue star print and it is an incredibly useful item of clothing, very flattering and skims all the bits you want it to skim.
Wear now with white trainers, later with tights and boots. Beautiful shimmery material – I missed out on the long version of this dress last year and my friend Salima at school had it and I was furious all winter long about it.
Sissy Draped Blouse; this looks rather alarming on the hangar but it so wonderful on – draped and flattering and smart enough for pretty much anything, but also comfortable. I don’t own nearly enough blouses because they so often look like they will require dry cleaning or they will be chilly, but this one is so wearable – both literally and also in practical terms.
Chrissie Check Blazer: I hesitated getting a check blazer last season – even though they were everywhere (originating at Erdem and later Anine Bing) because to wear one would, I thought, just be a bit too fashiony and kind of embarrassing, but I think they are just about everywhere now for it to be simply modern to wear one rather than silly. If you agree with me, you could do much worse than get this one.
This Anya coat is very good – it comes in chestnut and also red and it’s a cross between a cardigan, a coat and a duster. Not for very cold days but a wonderful smart/casual transeasonal item I can see being incredibly useful.
These Avebury boots are fabulous – I would buy them if I hadn’t already bought a very similar pair from M&S; quite rare to find a boot like this that isn’t totally absurd in some way, but these are a very on-point such fantastic quality. It’s worth noting that these are quite a slim fit.
There is also this very good, standard military-style jacket if you don’t already have one; comes up short-ish although not cropped.
I had a nose around this Rosalie bag and it’s rather a dead ringer for the Balenciaga Tool Bag, which I have long admired; it has a handy front zipped thing for your Oyster card and phone and then a deeper bucket section for other stuff – your Kindle, perhaps? Kiddie snacks? VODKA???
Still love those green chinos
SUCH a useful tip about the sizing. Just waiting for the Hush voucher I am assured will be arriving as a birthday gift in a couple of weeks, then will be all over this.
Also – you look awesome in all these things. There’s no way I’m not buying everything they have.
Awesomeness, thank you Esther. It’s so helpful to see someone actually trying things on. And good tip about the sizing!
I feel v smug because my biker boots from last year are the exact same as those and they were about £30 from Next.
Just bought a dress and some leggings. The dress is now sold out in ALL sizes… 😬 they sell very fast… I think that this is their best collection yet…
It’s not sold out!! It’s still very much there in all sizes! I think you might having misinterpreted the greyish size font colour as an indication that it has sold out… not so – the previous season’s red and celestial prints are gone but plenty of lightning bolts for everyone…
Not that dress, the Kensington shirt dress. I managed to get one in 14 but every size now sold out… 🙄they go quickly…
Love the military style jacket and boots. As someone else has said it’s very useful seeing you in the items, gives a much better idea of how they look.
I made a crazy face when I saw this post as I can’t be spending anything right now, and all the other people are going to be wearing MY dress. Doesn’t it all look nice. Nnnghh.
Great collection and what a good idea to try out the clothes for us! I’d like to say that although you have written about your stick calf legs they really aren’t. Just a nice shape normal leg as far as I can see! Maybe you are seeing something different in the mirror …
Love the military style jacket but I’m worried that people would point , stare and laugh up their sleeves if I wore it because I’m the wrong side of 50 …. however on reflection I don’t give a flying fig …. I’ll wear it and fabulous !!
What?! If you’re the “wrong” side of 50 (your words not mine) this is exactly what you should be wearing! Who is going to point and stare? Where do you live, Poundbury?? This, a pair of boyfriend jeans, some natty trainers, gold hoops and you’ll be ready for anything
Do you know what ?? You are so right !!!!
Well I’m the ‘wrong’ side of 60 and life is now too short to waste any of it worrying that I might be mutton dressed as. I want the chestnut coat, ASAP.
Ha! My 10% off billet doux arrived this morning and I managed to restrain myself from looking at the website until after working hours. Immediately I saw that green military jacket, I went YUM. Also agree that the Anya coat is great. Lisa x
Went to look at the boots and somehow accidentally managed to order these instead. Love them!
https://www.hush-uk.com/footwear_2/footwear/boots/bingley_boots_black.htm
The boots 😍.
Well that was expensive…!
The problem with not living esp near a John Lewis is the impulse to order lots ‘just to try it’ then ending up loving it… for the sake of my bank account hopefully not all of it fits!!
Lou you have to be RUTHLESS when it arrives and only keep what you are really confident you will wear. I buy anything online assuming that I will have to return it, then when it arrives you’re in the mindset that you will HAVE to send it back… anyway the best bit of ordering online is the anticipation of it arriving. Anyway report back! xx
Wanted to reiterate that it massively helps seeing you trying stuff on. Means I have a much better idea of proportions than fancy brand pics on an unfeasibly tall model. Can still lust after jackets even if I don’t buy much.
The unfeasible tallness and thinness of models used by most companies still baffles me – it makes it so hard to see what clothes might actually be like on. Some brands have told me that those are simply the models available for catalogue work, and I don’t want to criticise those girls as god knows they work hard and look wonderful – but it makes it hard for the likes of you and me to see what something might look like on a mortal xx
So useful to see you wearing this stuff! Can I ask what height you are as I much prefer the dress length on you to the shorter length it comes up on the model!
Thank you! Glad to know it is a help. I am 5’6″ xxx
What’s the navy thing you’re wearing under the jacket in the last shot? A jumpsuit? I want it!
It’s the Hannah jumpsuit from Monsoon – last season! Keep an eye on Monsoon for AW, I think they must have a new designer or something, they are doing great work