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Louis Wise

Deputy Editor, HTSI

Louis Wise works across features at HTSI, specialising in arts and fashion. He has previously written for the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Telegraph, the New Statesman, ES Magazine and Vogue, among others, and worked as an editor at the Sunday Times Culture.
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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    HTSI
    ‘She’s our guiding light’: Sheila Scott’s many ways of giving

    How a mother of five embarked on a mission to help the homeless

    The Stephenson family at Mary Stephenson’s studio in Seven Sisters, north London
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast34 min listen
    Our massive holiday gift guide, and tips for a less stressful Christmas

    Ideas for easy Christmas gifts, and tips on how to actually enjoy December, with FT Magazine’s Harriet Fitch Little and HTSI’s Louis Wise

  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    HTSI
    How Harris Dickinson seduced Hollywood

    The ‘chubby kid’ from Walthamstow is now a bona fide heartthrob. But can he play the film star on his own terms?

    Harris Dickinson wears Stone Island wool-mix jumper, £760. Prada cotton shirt, £640
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    The Aesthete
    Jilly Cooper: ‘Is sex an indulgence? Not any more’

    The novelist talks greyhounds, Joanna Lumley and her typewriter, Monica

    Jilly Cooper photographed at home in the Cotswolds
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    FT SeriesThe HTSI holiday gift guide 2024
    17 feelgood buys for stylish guys

    HTSI deputy editor Louis Wise skips into the new year with a mood-boosting haul 

    HTSI deputy editor
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Go long on Bermuda shorts

    The menswear staple that works in any season

    Junya Watanabe wool Man coat, £1,545, and wool Bermuda shorts, £345. Polo Ralph Lauren tartan wool jumper, £349. Emmet cotton shirt, £245. GH Bass patent leather loafers, £220. Falke cotton socks, £20
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Positively Pernambuco – a story of hope in Brazil

    A fashion photographer and a teacher shift the focus onto a close-knit community 

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Theatre
    The Aids Plays Project honours a lost generation of writers

    Alastair Curtis is reshaping the queer theatrical canon, starting with a maligned work by the writer of ‘A Chorus Line’

    Two men sit together in theatre seats; one has a large book on his knee
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    FT SeriesWhat to wear this autumn – the menswear special
    The solution to finding the perfect T-shirt? Design it yourself

    Sunspel’s new bespoke service aims to answer an age-old quest 

    The author is measured for his T-shirt at Sunspel in London
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    HTSI
    Trainer spotting: the best sneakers for snappy dressers

    There’s a shoe for every mood

    Berluti leather and nylon Skyrunning trainers, £1,310
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    FT SeriesThe HTSI summer packing guide
    How to pack for a French Atlantic escape

    From a beach racket set to a chic bottle opener, HTSI’s assistant editor shares his handy holiday favourites

    Le Port des Pêcheurs in Biarritz, France
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    HTSI
    A first look at Emily Nixon’s new jewellery for men

    It’s a tale of crags to riches 

    From left: Emily Nixon silver Granite Tor ring, £190, silver Carve ring, £160, and gold Madron signet ring, £1,350
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    HTSI
    Totally Toteme: the Swedish house redefining Scandi style

    Elin Kling and Karl Lindman on celebrating 10 years of marriage – and a $100mn brand 

    Elin Kling and Karl Lindman in Toteme’s Stockholm headquarters. Kling wears Toteme wool collarless cinched jacket, £740, and wool straight tailored trousers, £390
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    HTSI
    How to spend it in June

    Things to buy, tables to book and shows to see  

    Secret Sea Cove in Pescadero, where Outstanding in the Field will host a dinner on 6 June
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    HTSI
    Inside Hôtel du Couvent, a 400-year-old nunnery turned five-star sanctuary in Nice 

    How a hotel conversion became an act of faith

    A view through to the bathroom of Le Chapître suite at Hôtel du Couvent
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    HTSI
    Andrés Anza takes the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

    Totems, politics and a necklace made from cow’s intestines – the prize, now in its seventh edition, sets few limits

    From left: ceramic tapestry, by Ozioma Onuzulike. Comme un lego, by Emmanuel Boos. I only know what I have seen, by Andrés Anza, winner of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    HTSI
    May’s don’t miss list, from Hunza G’s summer pop-up to Zendaya’s T-shirt

    Tables to book, exhibitions to see and films to watch this month

    Zendaya wears Loewe’s “I Told Ya” shirt in New York this month
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    The Aesthete
    Michael Bargo talks taste

    The interior designer loves ironed sheets, Yohji Yamamoto and Temo, his Mexican chihuahua

    Michael Bargo at home in New York with (on left) his lamp by David Lynch
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    How To Spend It In...
    An insider’s guide to Mallorca

    The designer Achilles Ion Gabriel loves the island for its flea markets, tennis courts and no-nonsense locals

    Achilles Ion Gabriel at the Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden, Palma
  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    FT SeriesHTSI spring menswear special 2024
    The psychedelic reinvention of Patrick Cox

    What happened when the shoe designer swapped his wild London days for a hill in Ibiza? He found ‘the god within’

    Patrick Cox in the garden of his Ibiza casita, wearing his new line, Doors of Perception
  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    HTSI
    12 things to see, buy and eat in March

    How to lift the spirits this month

    Loewe Giant Castle Bag from its Howl’s Moving Castle collection at the Crafted World exhibition
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    HTSIThe Art of Sound: starring Burna Boy, Peter Blake, Michael Stipe, Samara Joy, Lankum and more
    Why everyone wants to dance with Léo Walk

    Breakdancing and chanson come together at his company La Marche Bleue

  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    HTSI
    Six chic ways to wear a belt

    Updating your look is a cinch this season

    Max Mara camel-hair and silk Teddy coat, £3,370, handsewn double-faced broadcloth dress, £1,150, leather belt, £810, and wool yarn turtleneck, £350
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    HTSI
    The masterful Manolo Blahnik

    The legendary designer reflects on swinging London, new beginnings and the tenets of timeless style

    Manolo Blahnik at his company’s new headquarters at 31 Old Burlington Street, surrounded by shoes and sketches. He wears a suit by Anderson & Sheppard
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    FT SeriesHTSI’s holiday gift guide 2023
    16 buys for stylish guys this Christmas

    Give him loafers, limoncello and a big bucket of crisps

    Studio Nicholson leather Donovan shoes in oxblood, £395
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