Travel. It’s probably my number one motivator for owning less. Packing is easier, and isn’t it marvellous to travel fashionably light? (Yes.).

For my five-day trip to Paris I brought:

• one dress (a Little Black one, appropriately)
• two pairs of tights (which I layered together for the departure from gloomy London)
• my Ambrym Duck Top
• my flanel Gilly Hicks buttondown – perfect for layering (seen here)
• a hoodie, borrowed/stolen from The Monkey
• knitwear: hat, gloves, scarf
• signature Crown & Glory bow
• and as always, my Docs and All Saints coat.

I actually didn’t need the flanel top, but just because I was lucky weather-wise – it’s a must-have in the unpredictable European pseudo-springtime. The rest worked perfectly for wanders through parks, long dinners, and 10pm jazz in the cellar basement of a pub.