Style File: November Shopping List

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With Christmas exactly one month away, and our neighbourhood’s lighting ceremony on Thursday evening, one can’t help but get a little caught up in all the holiday excitement. Here are a few things on our list, from the kinds of pieces that feel made for this in-between moment of the year, when November is slipping quietly toward winter and everything seems to slow under the softer light. Cashmere and warm suede, candlelight and small luxuries – little reminders to savour the hush before the festivities begin. It’s the season when even the simplest objects take on a certain magic: a Fair Isle pattern that feels like the first snowfall, a swirl of beeswax taper candles echoing the glow of windows at dusk, a whisper of rosewood or marble that grounds the rush of the days.

It is the mood more than the things themselves – the sense of preparing, slowly, for what’s ahead. Evenings stretch a little longer, scents grow warmer and sweeter, and the whole world seems to tilt toward ceremony: the lighting of a tree, the wrapping of a gift, the familiar comfort of wool against cold air. These small, beautiful additions are just touchstones, really – ways to make November feel intentional, romantic, and quietly shimmering as we wait for the full brightness of the holiday season to arrive.

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