The Thackray Guide to British Occasion Dressing

Woman in a camel coat and rust cardigan beside a man in a charcoal overcoat, tweed jacket and burgundy knit.

What to wear to Hay Festival Winter Weekend: bo...

A winter wardrobe for Hay-on-Wye, with a considered route through the festival, its performances and the bookshops that give a conversation somewhere to continue.

What to wear to Hay Festival Winter Weekend: bo...

A winter wardrobe for Hay-on-Wye, with a considered route through the festival, its performances and the bookshops that give a conversation somewhere to continue.

Woman in tobacco corduroy and an olive field jacket beside a man in tweed, burgundy knit and olive trousers.

What to wear to Malvern Autumn Show: the pleasu...

Autumn clothes for women and men, with a guide to the growers, remarkable vegetables and living orchard history that give this harvest gathering its particular character.

What to wear to Malvern Autumn Show: the pleasu...

Autumn clothes for women and men, with a guide to the growers, remarkable vegetables and living orchard history that give this harvest gathering its particular character.

Woman in a pale-blue shirtdress and navy cardigan beside a man in an olive chore jacket and stone chinos.

What to wear to RHS Malvern Spring Festival: a ...

A thoughtful wardrobe for a day at the showground, and a closer look at the gardens, growers and local stories that make Malvern more than a beautiful shopping trip.

What to wear to RHS Malvern Spring Festival: a ...

A thoughtful wardrobe for a day at the showground, and a closer look at the gardens, growers and local stories that make Malvern more than a beautiful shopping trip.

Woman in a printed cotton dress and rust cardigan beside a man in a tobacco blazer and olive chinos.

What to wear to Charleston Festival: colour, co...

Clothes for a day of talks at Charleston, and a way into the place itself: its painted rooms, contrary ideas and conviction that ordinary life deserves an artist’s attention.

What to wear to Charleston Festival: colour, co...

Clothes for a day of talks at Charleston, and a way into the place itself: its painted rooms, contrary ideas and conviction that ordinary life deserves an artist’s attention.

Woman in a bronze silk skirt and ivory knit beside a man in an olive blazer and cream trousers, in the white studio.

What to wear to Opera Holland Park: an evening ...

Opera without a compulsory wardrobe: clothes for a London evening, the history behind Holland House and the pleasures of a company that makes room for discovery.

What to wear to Opera Holland Park: an evening ...

Opera without a compulsory wardrobe: clothes for a London evening, the history behind Holland House and the pleasures of a company that makes room for discovery.

Woman in a pearl-grey evening dress, navy wrap and silver flats beside a man in a black dinner suit.

What to wear to Grange Park Opera: the Theatre ...

An evening at West Horsley Place: how to dress for the gardens and opera house, what to make of the long interval, and the surprisingly recent story behind the setting.

What to wear to Grange Park Opera: the Theatre ...

An evening at West Horsley Place: how to dress for the gardens and opera house, what to make of the long interval, and the surprisingly recent story behind the setting.