Personal Effects: Hannah Keegan
The Stylist features director loves Mastermind magazine, Davines hair masks and the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen.
Welcome back to Late Filing and to another edition of Personal Effects. If you’re new here, Personal Effects is basically where I reach out to the coolest, most interesting women in my wider circle in London – people I think you should know about – and I ask them to tell me all their favourite things. It’s basically the Late Filing version of a Proust questionnaire and hopefully a chance for readers to discover a new vintage store or beauty product or restaurant. Past interviewees include a womenswear designer who makes all her clothes in London; a curator with an art history IG account that blew up over lockdown; the chief exec of a non-profit who used to be an elite swimmer; the head of modern and contemporary African art at Bonhams and one of the best-dressed women I know; and an FT HTSI editor with an eye for up-and-coming contemporary designers.
This month it’s Hannah Keegan, who is the features director at Stylist. Over the past couple years, the magazine has really levelled up its covers and its socials, and Hannah has had a hand in some of their most conversation-stirring stories. She also has the best style and a great sense of humour, and you should absolutely follow her on Instagram once you’ve read through her picks below.
CULTURE
Film The Royal Tenenbaums (for Margot), Mulholland Drive, Lost in Translation
TV show The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City for comfort watching and Couples Therapy to make me think
Book Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
Author Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis
Artist John Kacere and his peachy bottoms
Publication HTSI and Mastermind
Album Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra
Gig Ethel Cain at Hammersmith Apollo
Musician Sade
Photographer Juergen Teller – mostly his early work
Museum The Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen
STYLE + SHOPPING
Era 1990s
All-time designer Phoebe Philo
Style icon Mary-Kate Olsen circa 2010s for nostalgia
Brand I am loyal to none
Most prized possession My grandma’s sapphire ring
Last purchase A backpack from Kapten & Son for weekend trips – very glamorous
Jewellery A pair of simple gold hoops from Otiumberg that have served me incredibly well over the years
Wishlist I’m after a new pair of Onitsuka Tigers in black and red
IRL shopping destination Hilda, a wonderfully curated vintage store on Church Street in Stoke Newington
Online shopping destination Vinted, eBay, Vestiaire Collective – I like a treasure hunt
BEAUTY + WELLNESS
Recent beauty discovery Ouai Hair Oil – as rich as my very dry hair needs it to be
Holy-grail makeup product Pat McGrath’s Divine Glow blush stick
Holy-grail skincare product Weleda Skin Food
Holy-grail body care product A good dry brush (mine is from Goop)
Holy-grail hair care product Any and all Davines hair masks
Beauty secret The more blush the better (for me, anyway). Apply it to the top of your cheekbones and never go for matte.
Makeup brand Jones Road
Makeup artist Gucci Westman
Treatment Lymphatic drainage massage as a treat
Wellness must-have Gua sha (mine is from FaceGym)
Wellness guru This new influencer I’ve been following called Tara Mar. She does mystic circles and hypnosis, mainly, and I find myself nodding along to all of her reels.
DRINKING + DINING
Restaurant Bistro Freddie. I’m dying to go back. And then the Feng Shang Princess in Regent’s Park forever.
Bar The Roses of Elagabalus, an incredibly chic queer venue in Dalston that is as fun as it is well-curated
Pub Auld Shillelagh in Stoke Newington. Irish heaven.
Go-to drinks order A negroni or a very dirty martini
Real-life dinner companion My sister; my magic best friend of 26 years, Hannah; my girlfriend
Fantasy dinner companion Marlene Dietrich – the stories! I’d also say Joan Didion, but I don’t think she’d say very much. And David Lynch.
Restaurant I want to try The Dover
Comfort dish A Sunday roast cooked by my wonderful aunt
PLACES
Dream London neighbourhood Stoke Newington. I live there, so I’m lucky.
Dream city to call home London. For a little while it was Paris, but then I got homesick.
Hotel The Hoshinoya in Tokyo
Unforgettable trip Los Angeles a few years ago – everyone insisted I’d hate it and so I was surprised by how happy I felt there, particularly when we drove out to Joshua Tree and spent the night in the desert. That, or the time my mum and I stayed at a very old-school spa on Margaret Island in the middle of Budapest and spent the entire weekend in robes.
Bucket-list destination Alaska
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Love this series! And ditto on the Mary Kate 2010 era. I always go back to her when I’m stuck in a style rut
MKO circa 2010s! Iconic