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It used to infuriate me when I saw adverts for Christmas puddings and shop decorations any before November, it honestly does get earlier every year. But since being at Handpicked, I’ve realised that the people behind the scenes talk about Christmas for months and months beforehand; we’ve been feeling festive since April. I enjoy it, [...]

I think I speak for the majority of the Handpicked team when I say, Uniqlo is one of the best high street brands. Previously, the Japanese-born company wasn’t particularly well known, but lately, it seems to have taken off.
Cheap, well-fitting jeans in fun colours cater for the younger market (I think I have three different [...]

Recently Handpicked have come across stand up comedian Hannibal Buress. He has hit the US by storm and we’re sure that he’ll be over here in no time. His very casual delivery makes the whole show very relaxed whilst his ability to see ridiculous situations in everyday life reminds us a little of Michael Macintyre. [...]

Isn’t it weird when we just welcome a new saying into everyday language? Two or three years ago, if you said to someone that you’re just off to Cath Kidston’s new pop-up, they would have had no idea what you were on about. Every other page in every magazine tells us about a new pop-up [...]

We are unbelievably excited that all our lovely customers will be receiving their new Handpicked Collection catalogue over the next few days. We’ve been beavering away for months to source out our new favourite things. The aim of this catalogue is to inspire people to spend more time outdoors with our stunning range of picnic [...]

Despite the Icelandic Volcanic Ash floating miles above our heads like a sci-fi Doctor Who episode, here in London we’ve been blessed with a beautiful weekend filled with rounders in the park, barbecues and a fair amount of Pimm’s. Everyone knows someone who is marooned somewhere (now aptly labelled VAV – Victim of Volcanic Ash). [...]

Gosh, sorry not to have reported any Handpicked News since the beginning of this week but we’ve been so busy we haven’t even had a computer to hand to update the blog. With so much to report, it’s hard to know where to start. I got back last night with Creative Director Amanda from the [...]