This is the month for diving head first into summer. And summer rewards the prepared and the spontaneous in equal measure, and the stylish mother knows the trick is to be both at once: sunscreen sorted before anyone’s asked and a chic pair of sneakers by the door.
So consider this your June edit, the things worth packing, wearing, booking and bookmarking before the month runs away with you. There’s clever suncare that takes the daily battle off your hands, skincare-grade rituals for the bits we forget, footwear made for running barefoot-adjacent through Italian summers, and pop-ups to queue for. Here’s everything the stylish mum needs this June.
WEAR THESE THIS SUMMER SUPERGA x Mrs Francoise
Summer makes me think of a striped umbrella, pebbled streets, gelato anytime of day noon, and I’ve found the perfect shoe to wear through it. Superga, the Turinese house behind the cult 2750 sneaker since 1911, has joined forces with Mrs. Francoise, the romantic resortwear label born from childhood summers in Forte dei Marmi. The result is a capsule steeped in Italian Riviera nostalgia and dreamy toile de Jouy, the canvas classic reimagined in the prints that have made the brand a quiet-luxury obsession. The Bow Sneaker is the timeless Superga 2750 silhouette reimagined through the collection’s signature striped bow. The genius stroke? Mrs. Francoise designs for mothers and children alike, so the coordinating-but-never-matchy moment you’ve been quietly plotting all year is achievable, and nailed. Pack them for the Riviera, or simply summon it on the school run.
VISIT THIS SUMMER POP-UP The Anya Hindmarch Ice Cream Project
The most fashionable scoop in London is back. Now in its fifth summer, designer Anya Hindmarch’s gloriously eccentric Ice Cream Project returns to The Village in Belgravia, its sleek silver freezers stocked with ice creams and sorbets inspired by Britain’s most beloved pantry brands. This year’s line-up is as delightfully unhinged as ever, McVitie’s Ginger Nut and Walker’s shortbread for the faint of heart, then the genuine curveballs: OXO, Lurpak, Green Giant sweetcorn, Paxo stuffing, Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puddings, and, most daringly, a scoop infused with bright-pink Euthymol toothpaste. A single scoop is £4.50, a whole tub £16, and the brave can book the Blind Tasting Tea to sample all fifteen flavours. Equal parts dessert and theatre, and a guaranteed hit with small connoisseurs who’ll never forget the day Mummy let them try beef-stock ice cream. How adventurous are you and your kids feeling?
TRY THIS AT HOME Nonicure's 14 Day Manicure
Between the school run, the inbox and the small people who need feeding at inconvenient intervals, the salon manicure is often the first luxury to fall off a busy mother’s list. Skincare has long preached prevention over repair; so nail care is finally catching up. Enter Nonicure, the cult-in-the-making ritual from 14 Day Mani founder Suzanne Fowler, who, after fourteen years in the industry, grew tired of watching weak, over-drilled nails simply masked with more gel rather than treated at the root. It’s a three-step preventative ritual designed to be used at home, between manicures, borrowing the prevention-over-repair logic of your skincare routine and applying it, at last, to your hands. A quick Nail & Cuticle Scrub smooths the surface, then a Nail Veil Treatment hydrates and conditions so nails stay strong and flexible rather than brittle. The result is hands that look quietly cared-for whether or not there’s colour on them, the kind of low-effort polish that survives real life. A few minutes to yourself, no appointment required, and a small win on the days when looking pulled-together can feel like a tall order.
USE THIS SUMMER ESSENTIAL Beame Under the Spotlight UV Stickers
The most stylish thing a mother can carry this June isn’t strictly a thing of beauty, it’s a thing of cleverness. Founded by beauty entrepreneur Eniye Okah, Beame has solved suncare’s oldest, most exasperating problem (reapplication, that perennial battle of wills) with a sticker that does the nagging for you. You pop one on a sun-exposed spot, apply SPF over both skin and sticker, and watch: it starts clear and turns purple the moment your protection has worn off, a foolproof, science-backed cue to top up. Waterproof, vegan, cruelty-free and a touch genius, they’re a particular gift to families (older and younger), where tracking who has been topped up and when, can feel like an Olympic event. And since children associate stickers with fun, the daily reapplication suddenly becomes something they want. Around £10 for 36, this is the sort of small, smart luxury we live for.
UPGRADE YOUR BABY DECOR Greyfox Designs
A small confession every parent will recognise – the highchair is the one piece of nursery kit that resists all attempts at elegance. Greyfox Designs exists to solve precisely that. Reimagined as a highchair and weaning brand in 2020, the label dresses the family highchair, (IKEAS and Stokke Tripp Trapp’s among them,) in beautifully considered prints, from painterly florals to the kind of crisp gingham that wouldn’t look out of place on a Riviera tablecloth. Bespoke cushion covers, leg wraps and placemats turn a purely functional object into something that earns its place in a well-styled kitchen, while a range of waterproof bibs, splash mats and first-feeding sets brings the same quiet polish to the gloriously messy business of weaning. This small but smart upgrade will often beg the question, “Where’s that from?” and makes your kitchen or dining room decor feel just right with added furniture for the very valued added family member.
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