Need to know; The Latest News

So need to know what’s going on, to steal a line by Marvin Gaye? Here are a few bits of news to ensure you are up to date. From looking good to doing good and to smelling great. Find out more in Need to know; The Latest News

For the fourth year, The Bicester Collection at the primary shopping location Bicester Village near Oxford, continues its commitment to unlocking the future of women with the return of its infamous pop-up.

Running through to the end of August, the DO GOOD boutique will feature a curated collection of new designer women’s ready-to-wear, jewellery, shoes and bags from the likes of Frame, Varley, ALIGNE and Dear Frances, alongside pre-loved and vintage pieces from heritage French and British houses. As well as donations from style aficionados Jess Diner (Vogue UK), Emma Rose Thatcher and Ebony Francis to name a few. 

Using fashion as a force for good, the pop-up will simultaneously provide guests with new, staple wardrobe items whilst raising vital funds to help more women look and feel ready to unlock their potential through the Smart Works core service of interview dressing and coaching.

Opening on 29 July and trading until 25 August 2024 the DO GOOD pop-up will host a curated collection of new designer women’s ready to wear, jewellery, shoes and bags from trailblazing brands including Frame, Varley, ALIGNE and Dear Frances along with pre-loved and vintage pieces from heritage French and British fashion houses.

As part of this summer of guilt-free, circular shopping, guests will be able to see the tangible impact of their purchases with 100% of the DO GOOD pop-up sales going towards empowering women to reach their full potential.

Much like those shopping in the boutique, clients of the Smart Works service can access a wide-ranging wardrobe, in their centres, during their appointments to create and keep an interview outfit that they feel and look confident in. Supported with further interview coaching, the 63% of women who go on to get the job, are then able to return to Smart Works and build a capsule wardrobe to support them in their first month in their new role. 

Now are you a pizza lover and if so have you got into making your own? Two brands that have revolutionized the kitchen, Gozney and Hedley & Bennett, have revealed a collaboration guaranteed to get every foodie screaming “Yes Chef!”.

The brands have joined forces to create a limited-edition collection of some of their most iconic products.

From three new radical colourways of Gozney’s latest pioneering pizza oven, Arc XL, which set the culinary world alight when it launched earlier this spring selling out in a matter of minutes, to two new Gozney-ified versions of Hedley & Bennett’s world-famous apron, giving the UK a chance to get their hands on H&B’s range for the first time. 

Drawing on both brands’ history of developing products for the best chefs in the world, Gozney and Hedley & Bennett join forces to surprise and delight food-lovers offering the ultimate armory of outdoor cooking essentials with pizza ovens, aprons, a chef’s hat, pizza peel and pizza cutter included in the limited-edition range. Marrying Gozney’s innovation and ground-breaking design history with Hedley & Bennett’s use of colour and technical materials, the new collection celebrates the pursuit of culinary passion every day, from sunrise to sunset and features an array of limited-edition designs that draw on the gradient colours of the sky from the washed terracotta of sunrise to the deep teal blue of twilight.  

The three new limited-edition versions of Gozney’s multi-award-winning Arc XL, the world’s most advanced compact pizza oven, feature NASA-grade insulation, a revolutionary lateral gas burner and built-in digital thermometer so you can cook restaurant-worthy pizza in as little as 60 seconds.

The pinnacle of the collection is a “Mash-Up” shade of the oven which they are only dropping a hundred of worldwide. The hundred “Mash-Up” Arc XLs are individually numbered and blend together sunrise and sunset in a joyous expression of culinary possibility featuring a mix of the collection’s signature terracotta and teal colours.

When it comes to the apron, Gozney and Hedley & Bennett teamed up to create a design that is built specifically for the pizza-obsessed.

You’ve been fed and dressed up so now you want to smell delicious the new Guess Iconic EDP will be the perfect add-on. This new fragrance launch is a real step-change for the brand and the fragrance is beautiful, with a warming fruity floral scent.

It opens with bright light spicey top notes of Pink Pepper and Mandarin with a heart that brings florals with a ting of greeny-woods via Geranium and Orange Blossom. This wraps up with a hug in a bottle via Amber and Musk. A fruity floral with a luminous lightness of touch

Now you ae up to date!

To find out everything you want to know visit thebicestercollection.com HereThe new collection from Gozney and Hedley & Bennett, is set to drop on 7th August. Available to purchase from gozney.com and select retailers. For Guess Iconic please visit  The Perfume Shop and Guess Boutiques. 

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