Desmond and Dempsey is a London-based luxury sleepwear and loungewear brand founded in 2014 by couple Molly Goddard and Joel Jeffery. Inspired by the search for the perfect Sunday morning pyjama, the brand features hand-painted, playful prints on high-quality cotton, linen, and silk, designed for comfort and leisure.

Desmond & Dempsey

Square Nightie - Peony White

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402 Short Set - Dot White/Black

402 Yellow

402 Long Pyjama Set Pink

Womens 402 Long Set Chambray Blue

Short Sleeve Pyjama Set - Primavera Cream

Cami Top and Wide Leg Trouser Set

Men's Cuban Pyjama Set - The Geo

402 Long Pyjama Set - Chambray Blue

Cuban Short Pyjama Set

402 Short Pyjama Set

Short Sleeve Pyjama Set - The Jag Navy

402 Long Pyjama Set Blue

Pointelle Soft V Tank Top Set of Three White

Pointelle Short Slip Nightie

Slip Nightie - Picante Cream

Short Slip Nightie

The Jag Navy Eye Mask

Soleia Leopard Cream Eye Mask

402 Long Pyjama Set Lightweight Flannel Blue/Pink

Boxy Shirt and Wide Leg Trouser Set Tippi Cream/Blue

I get asked this one a lot, usually with a slight edge of suspicion. How do you find these places? As though there's a list somewhere and I'm sitting on it.
There isn't a list. What there is, I think, is a habit - one I've been doing for so long that I'd genuinely stopped noticing I was doing it. It's less a method and more a low hum in the background of everything else. Writing it down has been quite revealing, actually.
So. Here it is.

How to discover the coolest places in a new area

Sitting somewhere between an introvert and an extrovert, the idea of travelling solo was something I both debated and fretted over. In 2023, a week after my birthday, I took the leap and headed to the sandy beaches of the Maldives. Three years on, it still feels surreal to type that sentence.

How to Travel Solo? Advice for Introverts and Extroverts!

July, you've been a lot - but in a good way. Busy doesn't quite cover it, but here's what's stuck with me this month.
A reading room stocked entirely with queer literature, tucked inside an Aesop store. A cabbage (yes, a cabbage) baked and frosted until it passes for a cake. A cosy, intimate dark in Fitzrovia that's somehow fully booked on a random Thursday.
But the one that's properly stayed with me, a shoe shop in Shoreditch, about to go under, saved overnight because the owner's daughter put it on TikTok and the whole neighbourhood turned up for it. Community, doing what it does best.
So that's my July edit, a bit of design, a bit of food, a bit of "support your local shop or lose it." Exactly as a July edit should be.

What Inspired Me This Month

“I've made so many friends all over the world and have had so many discussions with followers about books they've read and loved,” says Rachel Soo Thow, the visionary behind the online literary Instagram account, The Lit List, of the virtual community she’s cultivated. “On the other hand, I've also had conversations with readers about books they didn't love and why; and that's what I love about this community – discussion invites intrigue, and if I can create that, then my job is done.” The 187k people who follow Rachel (and counting) would undoubtedly agree.
What started as a page to document the books she loved, those she didn’t love quite so much, and why, has grown into a powerhouse. On the feed, you’ll find the New Zealand-based creative’s current reading list, accompanied by short blurbs about each novel, essays she’s reading to combat internet brain rot, her personal Substack essays, and much more.
Alongside this, Rachel has launched a subsidiary account, Litsy, where non-viral book recommendations – both old and new – can thrive. Her approach to reading is entirely mood-based, and she’ll often pick up a book and, “if it doesn't grab me, then I put it aside and move on to the next one”. Solid advice, to be honest.
Rachel is a woman who knows what she wants to read – so we caught up with her to find out which books will be occupying her summer, the head-scratchers that left her rethinking, well, everything, the essays she keeps returning to, and, most importantly, whether she’s a bookmark user or a page-folder.

Summer Reading List