Pillow Talk: Lucy Will Show You

The sophisticated creator of insider style guide "Lucy Will Show You", interior design guru and hotel bed connoisseur, Lucy Freedman is our latest Pillow Talk pin-up... 

POPLIN designs are inspired by the style of iconic women; if you could dip into anyone's wardrobe, past or present, whose would you choose? 

Well, I am a very lucky girl and get to dip into my late grandmother's wardrobe daily. Whether it's a piece of jewellery, shirt, clutch or dress, I pretty much wear something of hers daily. I also love Diane Kruger- that woman has enough Chanel to last a lifetime. 

What's on your wishlist from POPLIN? 

A Bergman Dress

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We are all about the beauty sleep at POPLIN. Are you an owl or a lark? Late sleeper? 

Early riser? 

I seem to wake up at about 11am ready for a few hours at my macbook. As soon as I'm home by 6pm I'm straight into my Gatsby's. 

Favourite thing to... 

- Cook in your pyjamas? 

Breakfast for dinner

- Read in your pyjamas? 

A giant stack of American design mags and colour supplements that I save up from all the hotels I visit.

- Listen to in your pyjamas? 

I'm a huge Soundcloud user at the moment. I love finding remixes of all my favourite sons and making new playlists. 

Pet hate? 

I can't sit next to noisy eaters. Cereal is not easy for me in the mornings. 

Guilty pleasure? 

The hotel reviews I am invited to write for my website. Every one feels like an indulgence. I'm so lucky. 

Super power? 

In real life, I am good at remembering visuals. But my dream super power would be to add and subtract hours to the day. Depending on my mood... 

"Nightcap" of choice?

Negroni 

Best hotel bed you've ever slept in? 

Viceroy, New York last week (and I've been asked this a few times. This time, as I was lying there, I thought, nope, this is it. This is really it.) 

Most decadent hotel breakfast? 

JK Place Florence, but also a little closer to home would be CUT at 45 Park Lane. Full of men having their power breakfasts, but man they know how to create the most visually beautiful breakfast in London. I asked for a side of avocado and it came glazed and decorated in the most beautiful petals. Crazy. 

Dream destination? 

At the moment, Marrakesh. My dream destinations are usually sparked by hotels which have caught my eye... 

Top travel essentials you always pack? 

With the aid of a killer luggage system, courtesy of Smythson and Globetrotter, I'm getting better at this now. First in is what I'll want on the other side, so... 

- my monogrammed Classic Gatsby PJs 

- Tea Bags 

- Chargers 

- Travel blanket 

Money can't buy these long legs, but it can buy the Classic Bardot Shirt

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This weekend we escaped to Cornwall for a weekend in a cottage, thoughtfully leant as a wedding present. Log fires, Jilly Cooper, a brisk walk along the cliffs followed by the perfect cream tea, rain and then rainbows, delicious seafood for supper at Rick Stein and curling up in my POPLIN PJs.... 

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Beautiful Spitalfields Town House where we recently held our secret POPLIN dinner is on Remodelista right now. Have a peek inside and find out more HERE. 

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The brains (and beauty) behind our MOSCOW stockist, super cool concept store Kuznetsky Most 20 wearing her Gatsby Classic Nightshirt. We love it!

Plans are underway at POPLIN HQ for something special. 

Can't wait to share it with you on the blog soon! 

POPLIN Indochine Classic Silk PJs + a glass of wine + conversation with a good girlfriend = heaven! 

A February Feeling

Tim Walker: Storyteller

It was "back to school" for me when I visited the Tim Walker "Storyteller" exhibition a couple of weeks ago: the Courtauld Institute of Art, where I did my MA in Fashion History, is also based in Somerset House, so my Saturday afternoon treat brought back lots of happy, ink-stained, library book-laden, memories.

But after a dream-like wander through the East Galleries, filled with Walker's whimsical photographs and many of the visionary props he uses to create them, my eye was firmly fixed on the future and the madcap designs and ideas for POPLIN that his images always inspire in me.  

It was so refreshing to go around an art/fashion exhibition- Walker rides both horses- with people laughing, smiling and relaxing, and without the usual self-conscious stiffness that a gallery environment can provoke. 

These are just a few of my favourite images, but I have a particular fondness for the self-portrait in PYJAMAS above! Kindred spirits indeed... 

Tim Walker: Storyteller runs until 27 January at Somerset House London 

Entry is FREE! 

Autumn Obsession

Shop Iris Classic PJs 

There is definitely an autumn nip in the air that makes us want to get into our candy striped POPLIN Iris Classic PJs and snuggle up to watch the new series of Downton Abbey or 'don't look now' French cop series Engrenages a.k.a. our latest obsession. 

Music to Listen to in your Pyjamas #2

Anthem of the moment. Hanging onto Olympics euphoria and a heart-fluttering love for London that crept up on the most cynical of us...

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Perfect Day and Night

A favourite of model, writer and muse Laura Bailey, the POPLIN Bardot Nightshirt is our staple summer style with a leather jacket and wedges by day and pure and simple by night. 

 POPLIN Bardot Nightshirt 

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A Forever Thing

Vogue Italy, May 1993 

There's something perfect about an oversize white shirt for lounging, sleeping, relaxing in...

Ours are  a little tailored so that you can even wear them as shirt dresses, styled up, like Joy, or down, like Prarthna.

POPLIN Grace Nightshirt- £85 

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POPLIN Bardot Nightshirt £85 

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Morocco: A Visual Diary #2

Azure skies, ancient olive trees and orange groves under the Atlas Mountains.
Pools of rose petals and butter-soft Moroccan slippers to wear with a love-worn POPLIN nightshirt.  

From Another Point of View

SHOP Iris Pyjamas 

SHOP Marlene Pyjamas 

Fashion-insiders' new favourite online shopping destination, Avenue 32  has styled POPLIN pyjama tops with fitted jeans, heels and bags from Sara Battaglia. 

It's a fresh take on POPLIN and we love it!  

Grace-ful Style Inspiration

Shop POPLIN's Grace Nightshirt, inspired by Grace Kelly's crisp, fresh, ladylike style.

Prarthna Shoots POPLIN

I first met photographer Prarthna Singh, whose whimsical blog you can follow here, when we worked together on a collaboration that culminated in an exhibition at Le Mill- now a POPLIN stockist in Bombay.
We had the sort of instantaneous connection that means easy conversation, shared esoteric interests and lots of laughter!

The one time we've shot together was capturing Daisy in my house in Bombay in her POPLIN Grace Classic Pyjamas. SHOP for them here at the new POPLIN ONLINE SHOP.  

Breakfast in Bed

Poplin Pyjamas