the laidback party-person floor

pair with an Edwardian ass dress

The colors. “Another feature of the rushes is the variation in colour, as shown by the photos the palette travels from a dark blue green through to honey and light straw browns.”

• I would like to recommend purchasing a handwoven rush mat, or entire floor (£225.00 per sqm + VAT). A company in England harvests English Bullrush each summer—you can commission them to execute. I’ve only ever seen it in the houses of English people who are great, non-fussy hosts who read books. (Once, I stayed alone in a house with just such flooring and the host, who was out of town, insisted that I drink as much wine as I wanted. After I left, he called me and said he was disappointed, he thought I was capable of much more drinking than that! I had tried very hard to exercise restraint—one bottle per day.)

• Phoebe Philo’s husband, Max Wigram, owns a small pub with a great restaurant and five bedrooms in Somerset. The couple has a second home nearby. The concept is simple. “Low ceilings, wooden bar, open fire.” You can make reservations here. I wonder that this isn’t more of a destination for Americans. I assume it will be soon. (You can follow Max on Instagram.)

  

• It’s impossible to get a sense of the inventory at Atelier Bomba from the internet. A woman has to fly to Rome—or catch a glimpse of dresses out of the corner of her eye on Instagram stories. Ashley Helvey, my friend from Marseille and a staunch anti-influencer, posted these Hanging Rock-esque white gowns and I almost booked a flight. (You could try to email: boutique@atelierbomba.com.) I noticed that Ashley ate here on her travels.