 is now modelling country wear for Musto, an outdoor brand that the late Queen sometimes wore. The business of country clothing is not as simple as it once was. If you're a London socialite who likes to weekend at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds, your idea of outdoor wear is designer wellies and a down jacket. If you're a long-term resident of the local village, it's jeans and a fleece, and that's your indoor wear, too. And if you're Kaleb, the farming contractor on Jeremy Clarkson's farm, it's overalls. So, one person's idea of what happens in the country is now very different from the next person's, even within the same square mile. Rarely if ever have the words 'I'm off to the country' meant so many different things to different people. Here, then, are the seven country tribes (at the time of going to press… could be one more by now). The Flat-White tribe Founder member: Kate Moss Some of us arrive in the country and then the peace, the dark and the long nights stretching ahead with not so much as a car alarm to make us feel we're not alone in the world puts us on edge. These people will head almost immediately to the nearest coffee emporium that could be in Notting Hill, such as Burford Garden Co (a whole world of comforting metropolitan-friendly stuff). The attraction of the countryside for Flat Whiters, if you had to boil it down, is shopping for sheepskins and then sitting on a sofa in front of a fire drinking red wine/coffee. Most likely to say: So, where is the nearest Hauser & Wirth? Least likely to say: I'm entering One Man and His Dog. The Actually Live Heres Founder member: Zara Tindall It's very easy to spot the ALHs because they're not interested in being anything other than comfortable as they go about their daily business. The ALHs would obviously include Zara Tindall, who may or may not be seen out and about wearing a long, quilted Musto jacket, but if she is, it's because it does the job on t){kind=link}
From designer wellies to red trousers, Britain’s rural residents come in an array of forms
You may have seen that Zara Tindall (Sporty Royal) is now modelling country wear for Musto, an outdoor brand that the late Queen sometimes wore. The business of country clothing is not as simple as it once was. If you’re a London socialite who likes to weekend at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds, your idea of outdoor wear is designer wellies and a down jacket. If you’re a long-term resident of the local village, it’s jeans and a fleece, and that’s your indoor wear, too. And if you’re Kaleb, the farming contractor on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm, it’s overalls.
So, one person’s idea of what happens in the country is now very different from the next person’s, even within the same square mile. Rarely if ever have the words “I’m off to the country” meant so many different things to different people.
Here, then, are the seven country tribes (at the time of going to press… could be one more by now).
Founder member: Kate Moss