This Week CF Loves: 31.08.26

With Nothing Underneath has spent years perfecting one thing, the kind of oversized, borrowed-from-a-boyfriend shirt that makes you look like you didn’t try, and now founder Pip Durell is turning that same eye onto jeans. The brand’s first-ever denim collection lands with three shapes, each named after an icon whose style did the talking for her: The Stevie, a cropped kick-flare in light blue and off-white; The Crawford, a classic straight leg in mid-blue and light blue; and The Fawcett, a full-length wide leg in mid-blue and off-white. It’s exactly the kind of considered, no-noise approach to denim you’d expect from WNU – no fleeting trend shapes, just three wearable silhouettes built to anchor a wardrobe the same way the Boyfriend shirt already has. The natural next step for anyone already living in that shirt and reaching for it before anything else, the jeans are designed to do exactly the same job for your bottom half. Get in early; WNU’s shirts have a habit of selling through entire size runs within days of restock, and we’d bet the jeans behave no differently.

The skinification of absolutely everything has finally, mercifully, reached our scalps. Neville’s new Scalp Facial applies the exact same logic we’ve all been drilled on for our skin – cleanse, exfoliate, stimulate, nourish – to the bit of us that’s been neglected under a summer of salt water, SPF residue and dry shampoo overload. Over 45 to 60 minutes, targeted massage and micro-exfoliation clear out product build-up and pollution residue while boosting circulation, leaving hair visibly shinier and noticeably lighter by the time you leave the chair. “Your scalp is skin too,” says Director Elena Lavagni, which is the kind of obvious-once-someone-says-it logic that makes you wonder why we’ve spent years assuming shampoo and conditioner alone were doing the job. Book it every four to six weeks, or specifically ahead of your next colour appointment – a clean, balanced scalp is apparently the difference between a blow-dry that lasts and one that doesn’t, and after a summer of neglect, ours could use the reset.

Every season needs an It bag, and Fairfax & Favor’s new Connie has arrived to do exactly that job for AW26. Landing this week in Tan and Mahogany, the whole thing is built like a saddle got a very sophisticated makeover, curved silhouette, Italian pebble-grain leather, and brass hardware lifted straight from the tack room, right down to a bit-inspired clasp on the front. “We wanted The Connie to feel rooted in its equestrian origins, but ultimately designed for modern life,” says Chief Creative Officer Barbara Horspool, and she’s not exaggerating – dog clips and D-rings mean you can swap between two straps depending on whether you’re doing school run or supper, which is precisely the town-to-country flexibility this brand built its entire name on. At £295, it’s not an impulse buy, but it is the kind of piece Fairfax & Favor is positioning as an heirloom-in-waiting – “made to be lived not worn,” as they put it — and we’d wager it sells out of both colourways well before the leaves have properly turned.