Stylist August 4, 2021

“I’m seeing fields of green everywhere I look” As the owner of a pair of green eyes, I have always felt a bizarre type of ownership over the colour green. As just one of 2% of the population with green eyes, I have an unreasonable pride at my genetic lottery win. My eye colour, often commented on, feels special – like glittering emeralds in a sea of azure blues and chocolatey browns. People mention them and I feel the puff of pride, ignoring the reality that my green eyes are the consequence of a combination of up to 16 different genes coming together that I had no part in choosing. Yet my misplaced pride is only compounded by a very strange incident when I witnessed a man being knocked off…

A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Laura Pick, musical theatre actor Laura, 29, stars as Elphaba in the West End musical Wicked. She lives in south-east London with her boyfriend and dog My alarm goes off… Anywhere between 10am and 12pm, depending on how tired I am from the previous night's performance. Once I’m up, I’ll scroll through Instagram for a few minutes before I make an almond milk latte. I’ll usually wear something really comfortable like dungarees or baggy jeans and a top to head to the Apollo Victoria Theatre for 6pm, which is where Wicked is reopening this September. I’m responsible for… Putting on a great show for the people who come and see it. I’m always focused on telling the origin story of…

“the great outdoors is overrated” words: billie bhatia I feel nervous telling you this, about sharing my unpopular opinion, because I am an inherently people-pleasing person. But here it is: the great green outdoors is overrated. Gasp, I know, I’m the worst. To caveat, I’m not talking all outdoors – white sand, palm tree-lined beaches and crystal-clear blue waters can stay. But, try as I might, I just can’t learn to love those wild forest greens and rolling meadows. My quest to be an outdoors person has been long and fruitless. I have tried, in vain (with chafed thighs) to enjoy the tiresome but rewarding clamber up a green-grassed hill, including a very unsuccessful hike up Arthur’s Seat. Those hills are like mountains, the beasts. I have endeavoured to be…

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feature Why the colour of growth is so right for now It soothes, relaxes and signals hope: Stylist investigates the psychology, power and back story of this season’s choice colour words: Meena Alexander Whether you’ve consciously acknowledged it or not, shades of green are everywhere right now. From the emerald Bottega Veneta bags, shoes and robes dominating our Instagram feeds to the soaring success of Farrow & Ball’s Green Smoke, we can’t get enough. It’s the colour with more named hues in the English language than any other (mostly associated with food – think lime, mint, sage, olive) and the most abundant colour on Earth. Green has clearly been dominating our thoughts this summer, too, as we feverishly Google “green-list countries” to escape to and lament the extreme weather sweeping…

interiors Why you need this shade in your home Take a leaf out of a professional interior designer’s playbook and give into green this summer words: billie bhatia You could be forgiven for thinking green’s appeal lies in its fresh, invigorating and relaxing qualities, but interior designer Charlotte Rey (of Campbell-Rey fame – the duo have worked with Zara Home, London’s Edition hotel and Bentley, to name a few) explains why the colour’s charm resonates on a deeper level: “The human eye can perceive more nuances of green than any other colour. So when choosing a green for an interior scheme, we always want to make sure it feels rich and verdant. We love using deep emerald and olive tones in more dramatic spaces, and something soft like a very…