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    Isabelle Kountoure

    Style director, HTSI

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    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      HTSI
      Fashion’s age of hyperinflation

      Just when you thought style was becoming more stealthy, designers have taken details to the max

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      HTSIWhat to pack for your winter holidays
      What to pack for a winter weekend in Athens

      From a trusty trench coat to a nourishing face mask, HTSI’s style director shares her winter holiday packing essentials

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      FT SeriesWhat to pack for any holiday this summer
      How to pack for a Greek odyssey

      HTSI’s style director never travels without her Birkenstocks, EltaMD sunscreen and backgammon set 

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      HTSI
      Nine incoming trends to update your look today

      Key ideas from the pre-fall collections

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
      FT SeriesThe HTSI summer 2022 travel special
      A style odyssey in Morocco

      The dry heat of the Zagora desert calls for an easy approach to glamour

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      HTSI
      Tide and seek: the hidden treasures of low tide

      A very stylish mudlark finds flashes of metal wrapped up in winter layers

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      HTSI
      Style: let Anja Rubik show you how to work the core essentials

      Nine updates that will transform your winter wardrobe

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      HTSI
      Fashion’s surreal season

      Eight looks to unlock the subconscious

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      HTSI
      Winter menswear – the feeling’s neutral

      Cool silhouettes and clever tailoring give ’90s minimalism a modern update. Photography by Justin Leveritt. Styling by Tony Irvine. Models, Luis Sena and Juju Merk

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      Smell of success – the FT perfume guide
      Putting on the spritz: Chanel No 5 at 100

      How to mark the centenary of one of the world’s bestselling fragrances? With a dedicated collection of jewels, of course

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      HTSI
      Look back in languor – sultry glamour for lazy days 

      A ’70s setting shapes the season’s mood 

    • Friday, 2 April, 2021
      HTSI
      Heat-activate your look

      Bold colour, cut outs and athletic silhouettes bring a high-octane glamour to this season’s styles

    • Friday, 12 February, 2021
      HTSI
      Easy pieces: new-season fashion – served with a twist

      This season the classics are updated in feelgood fabrics and smart silhouettes

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
      HTSI
      Spring’s most seductive fashion trends

      The recipient of the Magnum Photos emerging artist award, Sophie Wedgwood, captures looks to fall in love with

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      The best beauty buys of 2020
      Cheek to chic: how to create the perfect holiday look

      The creative and image director of Dior Makeup shows us four great beauty ideas, on four new faces

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
      HTSIThe How To Spend It Gift Guide
      HTSI gift guide: Isabelle Kountoure’s fashion hotlist

      Our style director selects classic and contemporary icons of minimalism

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
      HTSI
      Plaid tidings: fashion’s fresh perspective on checks

      From Prince of Wales to houndstooth, when it comes to traditional checks, designers are thinking outside the box

    • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
      HTSI
      Fashion’s reawakening

      The photographer Vincent van de Wijngaard and his model wife Saskia de Brauw explore the strange currents of a season like no other from their house in upstate New York

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      HTSI
      Fashion’s fresh outlook

      Looks to uplift your mood

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