Dianne Hanson writes and curates Diary of a Visual Merchandiser, an online VM magazine based in Manchester UK. Known to disappear for days at a time with a Law & Order boxset and a bottle of Dom P Rosé, her posts otherwise cover aesthetics, décor, style, design and display within a retail environment.

More specifically, you may find: Film cameras, Rilke poems in textbook margins, bad television, new socks, amateur theology and semi-regular existential crises, Dior gowns, fairy tales, blatant disrespect of the golden ratio, puppetry, unexpected architecture, leather detailing, late nights and early mornings, sequins, kohl eyeliner, masquerades, conspiracy theories, Oscar Wilde over-quoting, good Scotch and bad television, pointed court shoes, cashmere jumpers, Cabernet Merlot blends, Tom Ford lipstick, clever typography, Chelsea boots, ice skating, matte black anything, good local patisseries, Helmut Lang and shearling aviator jackets.