What’s the difference between fashion and style? In a nutshell, style is timeless, fashion is timely. Fashion is what is offered up each season, style is what we choose. Fashion is collective whereas style is personal.
We all know those perfectly polished people who ooze elegance and always manage to look fabulous. But style doesn’t have to be expensive or consume our time. Style takes something else, something less tangible than the right label at the right time.
Whether you are a perennial minimalist or a fearless chameleon it’s that innate ability to know what to buy without overbuying. Buy less, buy better, seek out pieces that have the power to transcend trends.
There’s no doubt that our style evolves over time. It’s a lifelong project that adapts to the different stages of life. So, we set ourselves a mission to find five leading ladies who love, live and shop in Surrey and who encapsulate the very best of Surrey style…
SURREY FRILLS STYLING NOTES :
These impeccably cut silver trousers are designed to sit flatteringly high on the waist while elongating the frame. We’ve paired them with a Bardot top in mint green that perfectly flatters Laura’s coloring. Watch Laura on the latest series of A Place in the Sun weekdays at 4pm on Channel 4 and follow her on Instagram and Twitter @laurahamiltontv
LAURA HAMILTON
As host of Channel Four’s A Place in the Sun, Laura Hamilton has travelled all over the world but there’s no place like home.
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The House That Rocks
Transforming an impressive, seven-bedroom Victorian property in Dorking wasn’t without its challenges, but the result is a stunning family home that has had the interiors world raving
REMEDY FOR SUCCESS
Surrey’s Tracy Borman discusses the return of her heroine healer in the final book of her best-selling fictional trilogy
Love Celia
Actress Celia Imrie has travelled the world for work and leisure but wherever she goes there is a part of her which is forever Surrey
EXHIBITION OF THE MONTH
Art & Action: Making Change in Victorian Britain at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village in Compton focuses on the Victorian roots of art activism
Electric dreams
The Range Rover plug-in hybrid brings silent electric motoring to this iconic luxury car
THE OPEN ROAD
Chris Pickering rounds up some of the best drives in Surrey
TOWN AND COUNTRY: Oxted & Limpsfield
With the North Downs looming nearby and glorious countryside surrounding it, Oxted is a town with real “escape from London” appeal and character, while nearby Limpsfield has a superb village vibe with its own community-run pub
Artist to the stars
Known as ‘The Face of Modern British Impressionism’, Mickleham-based Sherree Valentine Daines is celebrating four decades at the forefront of her field
A RIGHT ROYAL WELCOME
The Signet Collection’s inaugural hotel project is a reimagining of a former royal guest house, situated directly opposite Hampton Court Palace
TOWN AND COUNTRY: Godalming & Hascombe
On the banks of the River Wey, Godalming is a watercolour pretty town surrounded by pristine countryside and in-demand rural villages, such as Hascombe