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ANKLE BOOTS, £725,

BY LOEWE

Jonathan Anderson’s womenswear

collection for Loewe’s S/S18 season had

a strong focus on patterns, prints and

trinkets. We were particularly taken with

this pair of pointed ankle boots, with

scaly trim. Taking inspiration from ethnic

patterns, the sharp protrusions also

suggest some time travelling may have

been done – the boots have something

of a prehistoric profile, rather like the

sharp teeth or scaly back of a dinosaur.

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Charcoal is steadily infiltrating

all walks of life. Shou-sugi-ban, the

Japanese art of weatherproofing

wood by charring it, has been

inspiring the design world, with

artists such as Arno Declercq, Jim

Partridge and Liz Walmsley, and

Roberto Sironi all putting a flame

to their woodwork, while John

Birch has used carbonised bamboo

in his collection for Restoration

Hardware. The detoxifying

credentials of activated charcoal

see the substance infiltrate

everything from lemonade to pizza

dough, while in the bathroom it has

been fused into towels, face masks,

toothbrushes, make-up sponges

and soaps. With its chemical-

clearing and moisture- and bug-

repelling qualities, it seems singed

wood is proving a blazing success.

BLACK MAGIC

FROM LEFT, KONJAC BODY

SPONGE, £9, BY NOMESS.

CHARCOAL AND ALOE FACE

CLEANSER, $25, BY

LITTLEBARN APOTHECARY.

PORE PENETRATING

CHARCOAL BAR, £4, BY BIORÉ.

FLAT TOP VESSEL, £2,400,

BY JIM PARTRIDGE AND

LIZ WALMSLEY, FROM SARAH

MYERSCOUGH GALLERY.

‘WYETH’ SPLIT BAMBOO

NIGHTSTAND, $1,237, BY

JOHN BIRCH, FOR

RESTORATION HARDWARE.

BAMBOO TOOTHBRUSH WITH

CHARCOAL BRISTLES, $10

FOR THREE, BY BMBU. RAW

COCONUT AND ACTIVATED

CHARCOAL TOOTH

WHITENING POLISH, £27, BY

SISTER & CO, FROM LIBERTY.

JAPANESE BATH TOWEL, €72,

FROM MANUFACTUM. ‘EAU’

CARAFE, £35, BY BLACK &

BLUM. ‘GOBLET’ VASE, £900,

BY ARNO DECLERCQ, FROM

WILLER. ‘REFUEL’ DRINK,

£4, BY BOTANIC LAB

Ankle biter

We’re walking the dinosaur

in these ridge-backed boots

WRITERS: LAURA HAWKINS, EMMA MOORE

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Fashion assistant: Eva Santner. Digital tech: Alex Cornes. Photography assistant: James Whitty. Lifestyle assistant: Harvey Waller. Production assistant: Sam Thompson