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Ashley Hernandez, Something NavyAshley Hernandez

Ashley is Senior Content Strategist at Something Navy. Ashley holds an MA in Digital Media and Content Creation from Middlesex University and a BA (Hons) in Media Studies from the University of Reading, and has spent more than seven years working freelance in content strategy. Ashley pairs storytelling with audience research and is drawn to the everyday: how people connect, how they live and what they choose to wear.

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Does Food Taste Better on a White Plate? The Science of Plates, Cutlery, Colour and Crunch

8 November 2026

A white plate made strawberry mousse taste sweeter in an Oxford-led study. In a real restaurant, the story got more interesting. Here is what the tableware research shows.

Categories Style & Living
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Does Owning Less Make You Happier? What 175 Studies on Materialism Say About Minimalism

5 November 2026

Studies link wanting less with feeling better. But the evidence is messier than the decluttering videos suggest, and the fix is not a new set of matching boxes.

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The New Sofa Makes Your Rug Look Shabby. A Philosopher Described That Feeling in 1769

31 October 2026

One upgrade can quietly set off a run of others. Experiments show when it happens, and how to stop the spiral before it hits your bank balance.

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Money’s Tight and You Still Bought the Lipstick. Psychologists Have a Theory

23 October 2026

Lipstick sales are said to rise in hard times. The data is messier, but the urge is real, and there is a smart way to indulge it.

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Nearly a Third of Your Wardrobe Goes Unworn. Your Brain Did the Shopping

3 November 202622 October 2026

UK wardrobes hold about £30 billion of clothes unworn for a year. Six mental habits help explain it, and a short audit tackles most of them.

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That Cosy Feeling Some Rooms Give You Isn’t Luck. It’s Light, Corners and Safety

21 October 2026

Scientists asked 798 people to rate 200 interiors. One quality, hominess, explains why some rooms hold you and others don’t.

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The Guilty-Pleasure Trick That Got People to the Gym 51% More Often (at First)

21 October 2026

A later trial with 6,792 gym members found a smaller boost, about 10%. Here’s how to build bundles that still work for you.

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Your Yellow Jumper Feels Happier for a Reason. It Just Isn’t Dopamine

20 October 2026

A survey of 4,598 people in 30 nations shows how widely we share colour feelings, and where the dopamine dressing story outruns the science.

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Your £90 Fair-Trade Dress Can Cost Less Than an £18 One. Here’s Where the Money Goes

20 October 202620 October 2026

Fairtrade, GOTS, Fair Wear and B Corp promise very different things, and since September vague green claims are banned in the EU.

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Your Clothes Can Change How You Think, Just Less Than the 2012 Lab Coat Study Claimed

20 October 202619 October 2026

A review of 40 studies backs the idea. The surprise is at home: comfy clothes beat office wear for remote workers’ engagement.

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