It’s the end of the week! A particularly lovely thing in the summer, indeed. This week, we review the reader mail in which we were personally most invested:

Dear BS:
I am almost ashamed to ask this, but am I the only person who sort of wants a tan? Like, from the sun? Bronzer just looks so stupid and summer only comes once a year … I feel like an outcast. Help!

E.

Responses to be found here.
And then also:

- Glastonbury fashion: v. muddy and also v. shiny.

- More high-waisted jeans, the addiction we just can’t kick.

- Are expensive sunglasses oh-so-wrong or just-so-right?

- When is a dress really more like a towel?

- If you’re going to buy an It Bag, now’s the time.

- Bookstores! We need some recommendations, and any potential contributors to the site.