This month, it spans an instant camera that which – and this is the crux – makes a compelling case for putting down the inescapable iPhone, a rediscovered Gertrude Jekyll design (glorious!), the perfect Fair Isle cardigan and a book devoted entirely to the glories of autumn. Here are the things currently making the covetable cut.
Fujifilm Instax SQ1 Instant Camera, Terracotta Orange, £119
An actual photograph is wonderfully counter-cultural in these digital days: one shot, filter-free, no deleting the ones in which you don’t much like your chin (alas, alas on that last score). Fujifilm’s chunky square-format Instax makes the whole thing easy – and we particularly love it in this very 1970s terracotta orange. One for documenting the bits of life that otherwise languish among 26,000 photographs on your phone.
Gertrude Jekyll Munstead Flower Vases, from £64
Now this is exciting. Originally designed by the great Gertrude Jekyll in the 1880s for arranging flowers from her garden at Munstead Wood, these beautifully simple glass vases have been unavailable for more than a decade. Jekyll’s great-great-niece Christina Freyberg discovered a folded pattern sheet of the original designs dating from the early 1900s and has now brought them back to life, hand-blown in Portugal and faithful to Jekyll’s originals. A little piece of British design history – and beautiful to boot.
TOAST Migration Patchwork Side Tie Waistcoat, £245
Just when we think we really must draw a line under our ever-burgeoning collection of TOAST clobber, they do it again. Handstitched in India, this knockout would look romantic with billowing skirts and chic with black cords and boots. TOAST, why must you torture our acquisitive souls so?
Cotswold Grey Marshall Cushion, £180
Oh, how we do love an oversized linen grain-sack-style cushion. This one, from Cotswold Grey, is pretty much the exemplar: slouchy, slubby, striped, perfect. We’ll take five. In our dreams.
Plümo Shingle Cardigan, £149
The changing season is always bittersweet. For us, though, the sweet element of that equation is found chiefly in the rediscovery of cosy knitwear. When the cold truly hits, we’d wear this Fair Isle knit from Plümo Studio to death and with everything – jeans, cords, skirts, pyjama bottoms. Autumn dressing at its most cheering.
M&S Pure Cotton Muslin Revere Pyjama Set, £35
These muslin pyjamas are so understatedly stylish that we vow we’ll never need another pair. Light enough for the last vestiges of warmth in September but sufficiently cocooning for cooler nights, they also possess that elusive quality we demand of good nightwear: they’re presentable enough to answer the door in.
Kate Mosse, Autumn: The Story Of A Season, £16.99
If ever there were a book to buy in September, this, surely, is it. Kate Mosse turns her attention to her native Sussex and the season of shifting light, taking in everything from migrating birds and ancient yew forests to harvest fields, folklore and Bonfire Night. Essentially, it is a love letter to autumn – a season for which, despite our sadness at summer’s end, we have always had a particular fondness.
Perfumer H Humid Wood Refillable Candle, from £63
British perfumer Lyn Harris was raised between Scotland and Yorkshire and trained in France. As such, everything she touches seems to speak of the atmospheric lands that raised her – a case in point being her Humid Wood candle, an olfactory ode to the scents of autumn and winter. As they say, it’s all ‘forest mists, created with eucalyptus leaves and pine needle fused with galbanum and frankincense resins resting on a base of juniper and cedar.’ Delicious and just a touch magical.
Sea Sisters’ The Fish Only One, £35
Sea Sisters was launched during the pandemic when Bridport-based husband-and-wife duo, Angus Cowan and Charlotte Dawe, realised that none of the canned fish they loved eating actually came from British shores. Inspired, they set out to launch their range of high-end conservas – preserved and canned British fish that tastes truly delicious. Even if it didn’t (it does!), we couldn’t resist that packaging.
Anna + Nina Gold-Plated Retro Prism Ring, £80
A good cocktail ring can do a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to getting dressed. This gloriously retro number from Amsterdam-based Anna + Nina is just the thing: chunky, colourful and pleasingly reminiscent of something one might unearth in a fabulous grandmother’s jewellery box. Wear it with everything from a white shirt to a velvet dress – preferably with a martini in the other hand.
Hair by Sam McKnight's Rejuvenate & Repair Spray, £32
Several weeks of sun, sea, chlorine and general summer abandon can do quite a number on one’s poor old hair. Enter Sam McKnight. His Rejuvenate & Repair Spray is designed to help strengthen and smooth stressed-out strands – just the restorative intervention ours are crying out for. Consider it the hair equivalent of getting back into sensible shoes after a summer spent in flip-flops.
FAQs: September Editor’s Picks
What is The Good Web Guide’s Editor Approved edit?
Editor Approved is our regular round-up of the fashion, beauty, interiors, food, books and other assorted treasures currently catching our editor’s eye.
What are the best things to buy in September 2026?
September is the moment to invest in pieces that bridge late summer and early autumn: cosy knitwear, transitional clothes, restorative beauty buys, atmospheric home fragrances and small upgrades that make spending more time indoors feel rather appealing.
What are the best autumn fashion buys for 2026?
This month, we’re particularly drawn to pieces with texture and longevity, from Plümo Studio’s Fair Isle Hebrides Cardigan to TOAST’s patchwork waistcoat and Anna + Nina’s gloriously retro statement ring.
What are the best autumn homeware buys?
Look for pieces that subtly shift the mood of a room as the seasons change. Gertrude Jekyll’s reissued Munstead flower vases, Cotswold Grey’s oversized striped cushion and Perfumer H’s wonderfully atmospheric Humid Wood candle are our current favourites.
What book should I read this autumn?
Kate Mosse’s Autumn: The Story Of A Season is almost purpose-built for September reading, exploring the landscape, wildlife, traditions and folklore of the season through the Sussex countryside.
What is a good post-summer hair treatment?
Hair that has spent the summer exposed to sun, salt water and chlorine can benefit from a strengthening and smoothing treatment. Hair by Sam McKnight’s Rejuvenate & Repair Spray is our editor’s current pick for giving frazzled end-of-summer hair some attention.
