Some online fashion stores are excellent when you need a plain T-shirt. Love My Apparel is more interesting when the invitation says: “Wedding.” “Birthday.” “Holiday.” or, slightly more alarmingly: “Black tie.” This independent British fashion retailer specialises in women’s dresses, occasionwear and contemporary clothing, combining its own LMA label with a broad mix of outside…

There are two ways to store a guitar. The first is to lean it against the nearest convenient object and spend the rest of the day quietly hoping gravity remains cooperative. The second is to use something that has actually been designed for the job. Openhagen belongs firmly in the second camp. This Danish design…

There are two ways to decorate a home. The first is to buy whatever happens to be available in the nearest enormous furniture warehouse. The second is to spend three evenings looking at sculptural lamps, hand-painted porcelain, contemporary art and decorative objects while muttering: “That would look incredible on the sideboard.” Micucci Store — also…

There comes a point in every home-improvement project when somebody says: “You know what would look good there?” Sometimes the answer is a shelf. Sometimes it is a cupboard. And sometimes the only reasonable answer is: a fully fledged home bar. If you happen to belong to that third group, JSA Timber Products could be…

Growing a beard sounds wonderfully straightforward. Stop shaving. Wait. Admire beard. Unfortunately, anyone who has actually grown one will tell you there can be a few additional stages. Itching. Dry skin. Hairs apparently determined to point in seventeen different directions. And the occasional morning when your reflection suggests you spent the night sleeping in a…

There are general UK online shopping websites that sell a little bit of everything. And then there are specialist stores. Nvee very definitely belongs in the second camp. Nvee is a British vaping brand and online retailer offering e-liquids, vape kits, pods and replacement accessories for adults. The company has been operating in the UK…

Some jewellery is designed to quietly complete an outfit. Other jewellery makes you stop and say: “Hang on. Is that a tiny silver bee with amber wings?” Henryka belongs very comfortably in the second category. This British jewellery brand specialises in distinctive sterling silver jewellery, Baltic amber and natural gemstones, with inspiration coming heavily from…

The world of online retail contains specialist shops for almost everything imaginable, and vaping is no exception. Vawoo is an online marketplace specialising in vaping products for adults aged 18 and over. Rather than operating simply as a single-brand vape shop, the platform describes itself as a meeting point for vaping manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and…

There are certain jobs almost everyone agrees are important. Checking the smoke alarms. Sorting out the pension paperwork. Backing up the photographs on your phone. And making a will. Unfortunately, they also have something else in common: they are remarkably easy to put off until another day. That is the problem Online Wills is trying…

Some outfits quietly enter a room. Others arrive approximately three seconds before you do. Nazz Collection is very much in the second category. This London-based fashion retailer specialises in glamorous sequin dresses, embellished eveningwear, jumpsuits, party dresses and statement occasionwear designed for moments when blending politely into the background is not really the objective. Its…

Underwear shopping used to be fairly simple. Briefs. Boxers. Perhaps something daring in navy instead of black. Then Dead Good Undies enters the picture and suddenly you’re comparing trunks with hipsters, thongs with strings, anatomical pouches with conventional cuts, and wondering why your underwear drawer has spent years displaying so little ambition. Dead Good Undies…

There are some purchases you are perfectly happy to discuss with the person behind you in a supermarket queue. Bread. Coffee. A new kettle. Sexual wellness products? Perhaps slightly less so. That is one reason specialist online retailers such as Happy Lola make a lot of sense. Happy Lola is a UK-based sexual wellness store…