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Why Large Followings Are Losing Their Appeal
Culture, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 18/12/2025 Culture, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 18/12/2025

Why Large Followings Are Losing Their Appeal

A big following used to be the point. But the game has changed. Here’s why the numbers no longer matter and what actually carries weight instead.

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Why Hosting Will Improve your Confidence Skills
Home, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 03/12/2025 Home, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 03/12/2025

Why Hosting Will Improve your Confidence Skills

Throwing the dinner, holding the room, making people feel at home. Why hosting is one of the fastest ways to build real confidence.

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Travel Doesn’t Change You. It Shows How Much You Have Changed
Lifestyle, Travel, Culture Patrice Monique 30/11/2025 Lifestyle, Travel, Culture Patrice Monique 30/11/2025

Travel Doesn’t Change You. It Shows How Much You Have Changed

Travel is your mirror and shows you exactly how much you've already grown.

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The ‘It Girls’ are Losing Power. Look Who is Replacing Them
Culture, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 26/11/2025 Culture, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 26/11/2025

The ‘It Girls’ are Losing Power. Look Who is Replacing Them

The 'It Girl' era is fading. But who’s next? Here's the kind of woman taking her place, and why she's far harder to ignore.

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Why Women Are Choosing to Buy Beyond Aesthetic
Lifestyle, Culture, Home Patrice Monique 23/11/2025 Lifestyle, Culture, Home Patrice Monique 23/11/2025

Why Women Are Choosing to Buy Beyond Aesthetic

Pretty isn't enough anymore. Women are spending on pieces with meaning, story and staying power over things that just look good.

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How To Curate a Home That Carries Your Voice
Home, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 19/11/2025 Home, Lifestyle Patrice Monique 19/11/2025

How To Curate a Home That Carries Your Voice

Your home should sound like you, not a showroom. How to curate rooms that carry your voice instead of someone else's taste.

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Where the Tastemakers Escape To (And Why They’ll Never Tell You)
Travel, Lifestyle, Culture Patrice Monique 16/11/2025 Travel, Lifestyle, Culture Patrice Monique 16/11/2025

Where the Tastemakers Escape To (And Why They’ll Never Tell You)

The places women of taste slip away to, and the reason they keep them off the grid. A look at where the tastemakers actually go.

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How Homeware Became the New Handbag
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 05/11/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 05/11/2025

How Homeware Became the New Handbag

The handbag had its moment. Now it's the candle, the glassware, the linen. How the home became where women spend to signal taste.

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The New Status Symbol of Fine Dining Down the Road
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 22/10/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 22/10/2025

The New Status Symbol of Fine Dining Down the Road

Forget the Mayfair reservation. Why the best table in town is now the small place down the road, and what that says about status.

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Why Culture is The New Currency
Lifestyle, Culture Patrice Monique 21/10/2025 Lifestyle, Culture Patrice Monique 21/10/2025

Why Culture is The New Currency

What you read, watch and know now counts for more than what you earn. Why culture became the currency that opens doors.

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Martinis at 4PM? Why We’re Bringing Back the Art of the Daytime Drink
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 10/09/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 10/09/2025

Martinis at 4PM? Why We’re Bringing Back the Art of the Daytime Drink

The long lunch, the afternoon martini, the drink with nowhere to be. Why the daytime drink is back and worth savouring.

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Taste, Trauma and Trying to Belong
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 27/08/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 27/08/2025

Taste, Trauma and Trying to Belong

This one's more personal than most. How taste became my armour, what trying to belong cost me, and who I became on the other side.

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Bedtime Rituals That Make You Feel Expensive
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 20/08/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 20/08/2025

Bedtime Rituals That Make You Feel Expensive

Feeling expensive isn't about money, it's about how you close out your day. The bedtime rituals that make an ordinary night feel like a hotel.

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Grand Entrances: The Lost Art of Dressing Up on Your Down Days
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 13/08/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 13/08/2025

Grand Entrances: The Lost Art of Dressing Up on Your Down Days

The worse I feel, the more I dress up. Here's why getting properly ready on your down days does more than any pep talk.

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How Expensive Friends Expand Your World Without Saying a Word
Lifestyle Patrice Monique 30/04/2025 Lifestyle Patrice Monique 30/04/2025

How Expensive Friends Expand Your World Without Saying a Word

The right friends change you without ever giving advice. How the company you keep expands your whole world without a word.

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