#godfreys

the warden’s whisper: book one is already finished, so i'll be posting every thursday and who knows? i may drop the first two chapters together.

Godfreys, a renowned vacuum cleaner retail chain established in 1931, has faced a significant setback, entering voluntary administration amid challenging economic conditions. The company, operating 141 stores across Australia and New Zealand, cited reduced customer demand, elevated operational costs, and intensified competition as contributing factors. On Tuesday, Godfreys took the step of…

Godfrey’s Guide: Chic in the Jar, Magic on Skin

Godfrey’s Guide Chic in the Jar, Magic on Skin

Jean Godfrey-June is our beauty director, but her enthusiasms are many.

I was once the recipient of a particularly spectacular orchid. I watered it carefully, and its pale, delicate flowers lasted a whole month. Then a second month. I kept watering, gingerly, over the course of six months, and not a single bloom dropped. It’s a miracle,…

Godfrey’s (Gift) Guide: 10 Beauty Presents I Really Want—and the People Will Go Nuts For

godfrey’s (gift) guide 10 Beauty Presents I Really Want—and the People Will Go Nuts For

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Jean Godfrey-June is our beauty director, but her enthusiasms are many.

A beauty-related present is that incredible thing that seems intensely personal yet doesn’t require great knowledge of the recipient, and it almost invariably delights. My very…

Godfrey’s Guide: Makeup Bag Confidential

GODFREY’S GUIDE Makeup Bag Confidential

Jean Godfrey-June is our beauty director, but her enthusiasms are many.

As people who held on to their early ’90s black nylon Prada backpacks surely know, black nylon might be plastic, but it has a sustainable aspect: If you buy something made out of it that you love, that thing never has to be bought again. Black nylon simply shows no age. It…

Godfrey’s Guide: My Detox at a Clinical Swiss Spa Swarming with Doctors

GODFREY’S GUIDE My Detox at a Clinical Swiss Spa Swarming with Doctors

Jean Godfrey-June is our beauty director, but her enthusiasms are many.

Nurse! Nurse! Rolling in mountains of perfectly ironed, edelweiss-white sheets, I clutched a nurse-on-call button—precisely like one you’d find in a hospital, but emblazoned, chicly, with a single, minimalist bright-green cross—as the sun…

Godfrey’s Guide: What I Packed for My Weekend at Shou Sugi Ban House, a Gorgeous New Hamptons Spa

Photo courtesy of Fredrika Stjarne for Shou Sugi Ban House

GODFREY’S GUIDE What I Packed for My Weekend at Shou Sugi Ban House, a Gorgeous New Hamptons Spa

Jean Godfrey-June is our beauty director, but her enthusiasms are many.

Route 27 in Water Mill, New York, is one of the fanciest, beachiest, and most crowded thoroughfares anywhere. The traffic…