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    Jo Ellison

    Deputy editor, FT Weekend & HTSI editor

    Jo Ellison is the FT’s HTSI editor. She was educated at Edinburgh University where she read history. Prior to joining the FT, in August 2014, she was the features director of British Vogue. Her column appears on the Life & Arts pages.
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    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: are you ready to party?

      Dinner-date darlings, hosts with more than most, and dresses to dance in. Welcome to the HTSI celebration issue

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      Penelope Ternes wears Gucci chiffon crepe evening dress, £6,000. Simon Azoulay gold-painted PVC metal-mesh and gold mirror earrings, €250. Schiaparelli leather Anatomy Jewelry bag with golden brass details, €6,900. Manolo Blahnik suede Sahsia shoes, £625
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Of Bezos and biceps

      Is the Amazon founder and ‘swole monarch’ a new model of middle-age masculinity?

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      HTSI
      The very stealthy success of The Row

      An exclusive interview with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

      From left: leather Devitt coat, £11,540, leather Simon gloves, £1,570, and leather Luisa Pump 35 shoes, £1,120. Wool-mix Tavish coat, £3,600, cashmere-flannel Berto trousers, £2,730, leather Soft loafers, £1,250, and leather Idaho XL bag, £4,260. Diane wears cashmere coat, £11,540, cotton poplin Moon shirt, £1,200, silk-mix Erci jumper (worn around neck), £2,080, wool Ednah trousers, £2,170, and leather Grant boots, £1,450. Max wears wool Anders coat, POA, wool Elam top, £1,200, cashmere flannel Berto trousers, £2,730, leather Classic belt, £560, and canvas and leather Sam shoes, £770. Wool Arpa coat, £3,690, microtexture wool/mohair Arpelle dress, £3,930, and leather Enzo shoes, £1,250. Tights, model’s own
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the big noise about quiet luxury

      Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on The Row, monks who make soaps, a trip to Laos, and more

    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: it’s the most wonderful issue of the year

      389 present ideas for every person in your life

      The right-hand side of the Wilton diptych, c1395-1399, to be displayed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from 10 May 2024 in the NG200 National Treasures exhibition
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Life & Arts
      How common are you?

      Nicky Haslam’s £40 tea towel skewers all things middlebrow, from Wimbledon to the Waleses

      Prince George of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, outside Windsor Castle
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      FT SeriesHTSI’s holiday gift guide 2023
      What does the HTSI editor want for Christmas?

      Jo Ellison selects her seasonal picks

      Loewe leather Squeeze bag, from £2,950
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the A to Z of awesome architecture

      For the biggest and boldest projects, think global

      Inside The Whiteley development in London
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Chandler Bing and the fiction of forever friends

      You can’t curate your friends any more than you can choose your family

      A seated group of thirtysomething people, smiling
    • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: autumn travel special

      Fresh destinations to fall in love with

      Singer-songwriter Eric Nam gives his guide to Seoul
    • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: new conscious attitudes

      Social housing, recycled gadgets, crickets for dinner – and the thorny issue of land management

      Alfie Nickerson of Burnt Fen Flowers
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Arts
      Why I believe in Taylor Swift

      As the cinematic instalment of her US tour opened last weekend, audiences got up close and personal like never before

      An elegant woman in a cocktail dress stands on stage
    • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the autumn 2023 interior design trends to know

      From 9 1/2 Weeks erotic to Merchant Ivory romance

      Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger in 9½ Weeks, 1986
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Serge Gainsbourg, David Beckham and the secrets of eternal style

      What their contrasting wardrobes reveal about the art of crafting a look

    • Saturday, 7 October, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: horses for courses

      An exclusive tour of the world’s most successful stud farm, plus maritime fashion and a dispatch from Genoa

      The Juddmonte stallion Bated Breath with his handler Jay Legg
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Does my bum look visible in this?

      How nudity became the norm

      Women on a runway
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: at home with Ralph Lauren

      A smorgasbord of delights, from the king of Americana to a robo chef

      The porch of the Vance Cabin on Ralph Lauren’s Double RL Ranch in Colorado
    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: the icons-only issue

      Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Lucas, David Shrigley, Bernadette Peters, Albert Hammond Jr, Sudan Archives and many more

      Albert Hammond Jr at home in LA with his La Marzocco GS3 coffee machine
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      What is it about men and the Roman empire?

      A TikTok trend has exposed a crucial difference between the boys and the girls 

      Men dressed in the costumes of ancient Roman gladiators, but checking their smartphones
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: men’s autumn style special

      The latest in suits, sportswear and shifts in menswear

      Zegna wool jacket, €2,690, wool shirt with covered placket, €2,990, and wool trousers, €3,290
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      In praise of sore losers

      Forget about repackaging disappointment into a ‘learning journey’ — we should accept the fact that defeat hurts

      A tennis player lifts a trophy after beating her opponent, who looks on
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: introducing the autumn women’s fashion

      The new season calls for tactile fabrics, vegan leather and the return of power dressing

      Victoria Beckham crochet and synthetic-hair dress, £990. Maison Margiela leather Tabi knee-high boots (just seen), £1,450. Bottega Veneta sterling-silver earrings, £720
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The joy of the flop

      A five-star review is great; one star is irresistibly subversive

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      Fashion industry leader Alison Loehnis talks taste

      The president of Net-a-Porter and interim CEO of YNAP loves Loretta Caponi, Lee Radziwill and A Tribe Called Quest

      Alison Loehnis wearing a favourite pair of Saint Laurent jeans: her style staple
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      The secrets of the house of Harlech

      Glyn Cywarch, a 17th-century Jacobean manor in north Wales, has been renovated by the fashion stalwart Amanda Harlech and her daughter – and is now opening its doors

      Tallulah and Amanda Harlech at Glyn Cywarch in North Wales
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