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  <title><![CDATA[Birch Citrine]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Birch Citrine is an Oxford boutique stocking womenswear and accessories in natural fibres, with complimentary styling and alterations. Open Mon-Sat.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Building an autumn capsule wardrobe that actually works]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The phrase 'capsule wardrobe' has been used so many times it has almost lost meaning. Most versions of it are really just a shopping list dressed up as a philosophy. What Grace means when she talks about a capsule is simpler: a group of pieces that work together, that you actually reach for, and that do not require you to buy something new every time the season changes.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:43:14 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to wash and care for natural fibre clothing]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The question Grace gets asked most often in the shop is not about fit or colour. It is about washing. Specifically: can I actually wash this at home, or will it shrink, felt, or fall apart? The honest answer, for most natural fibres, is yes, you can wash it at home, provided you know what you are doing. Here is what seven years of handling these fabrics every day has taught her.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:58:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What to look for when buying a wool blazer]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A wool blazer is one of the few pieces of clothing that genuinely improves with age if it is made well and looked after. It is also one of the easiest pieces to get wrong, because the things that make a blazer last are mostly invisible at first glance. Grace has been buying and selling blazers for fifteen years. Here is what she looks at before anything else.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:29:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why shopping at an independent boutique is different]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Grace spent nearly a decade working for a department store group before opening Birch Citrine in 2019. She is not going to pretend the big stores do not have advantages: the range is wider, the returns policy is usually more generous, and you can often find something in a size that a small shop cannot carry. But there are things a small shop does that a large one structurally cannot, and they are worth knowing about before you decide where to spend your time.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:16:06 GMT</pubDate>
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